Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 10 August 2015

The day’s best and most impor­tant design- and design business-focused arti­cles, tuto­ri­als, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.

• 7 Top Authors Talk Twitter Tips and Social Media’s Effects on Literature
  Sometimes, 140 char­ac­ters are all an author needs.Tags: Writing AmWriting self­pub marketing
• Examples And Tips For Using Illustrator’s Warp Tools
  Adobe Illustrator is one very use­ful pro­gram for cre­at­ing vec­tor art­work. The tools and fea­tures avail­able in Illustrator make it easy to cre­ate dig­i­tal illus­tra­tions, whether from scratch or by trac­ing a pho­to­graph. But this is not all Illustrator can do. Businesses can cre­ate impres­sive graphs using Illustrator’s Graph tools. Marketers can use the impres­sive Type tool and oth­er type fea­tures to design single-page ads. Designers cre­ate logos and oth­er mar­ket­ing graph­ics that need to be scal­able in Illustrator. In short, Illustrator is a com­pre­hen­sive vec­tor pro­gram that is dif­fi­cult to mas­ter. The aim of this arti­cle is to pro­vide one more resource for those of you yearn­ing to learn more about Illustrator. We’ll look at one of the less-mentioned fea­tures: the Warp tools, also known as the Liquify tools.

  Tags: Vector Illustrator

• High-paying jobs you can do on the side
  Trying to make some extra cash? Have free time you don’t know what to do with? You should con­sid­er get­ting a side job.
• Choosing Fonts for Tight Tracking
  Lately, we’ve been devel­op­ing a taste for tight let­terspac­ing. Our clients have been doing the same: design­ers know that tight track­ing is an effec­tive way to make any mes­sage seem more imme­di­ate and ener­getic. But not every type­face is designed for close quar­ters, and the wrong font can ruin the effect. Here are a few things to con­sid­er when set­ting type tightly.

  Tags: Typography

• Remove hotspots from por­traits with Photoshop
  We’ve all done it – glare from strong sun­light or flash can ruin por­traits. Here’s how to tone it down in four sim­ple steps.

  Tags: Photoshop por­traits

• Best lessons entre­pre­neurs learned in their 20s
  From Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and Mark Cuban to the founders of Warby Parker.Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Brassballs
• Best lessons entre­pre­neurs learned in their 20s
  From Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and Mark Cuban to the founders of Warby Parker.Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Brassballs
• Spending On Native Ads Will Soar As Publishers And Advertisers Take Notice
  Native adver­tis­ing is shap­ing up to be a huge trend in dig­i­tal media.Tags: eprd­ctn emag digimag
• What Writers Should Do Right After Publication
  After you pub­lish any short piece, con­sid­er tak­ing steps in two main cat­e­gories. I do these myself and think of them, broad­ly, as “exter­nal” and “inter­nal.”

  Tags: Writing AmWriting self­pub epub

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