After a few months of working with Astute Graphics Illustrator plugins I am, for want of a better way to concisely express it, blown away. There are certain innovations in vector drawing that created a marked delineation between what drawing was like before their creation and after. For example, Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh tool; there was…

Happy Holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or just the turn of the new year, this time of year is regarded worldwide as a time of giving. But what does one give to graphic designers, illustrators, fashion designers, product designers, Web designers, and other creative professionals? After all, we are often a difficult-to-buy-for…