While some folks are perfectly happy with Adobe Illustrator's "factory" default settings, a custom default fill and stroke can help to increase your productivity (and ease your creative flow).
The default fill/outline in Adobe Illustrator is a white fill with a black stroke.
To change the default fill and outline swatches:
Change the stroke and fill to the desired colors. (In thi...
Whether you're orbiting the Earth, or circling a soccer ball, setting text around a round path is one of the most common tasks in sticker design. While Adobe Illustrator makes this a snap, the procedure can be a little daunting if you’ve never done it before.
With that in mind, here’s a cool little step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates the basics ...
To put text around a circle in...
We've all sat through one (or a hundred) too many boring PowerPoint presentations. And we've all labored to create decks with the hope of not putting the audience to sleep.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Giant Thinkwell has designed a presentation tool unlike any other. An iPad app without parallel.
Haiku Deck has a noble goal:
We feel crafting a compelling story should be a joyf...
Sometimes a sticker is more than just a sticker. Sometimes it's magic.
Caja del Campeón's smoking hot pinup girl series is case in point. The company commissioned these two gorgeous beauties to use within the lids of their marvelous gentleman's valet boxes.
If there's a guy in your life that constantly misplaces his car keys, cellphone, sunglasses, and wallet, take note. These vintage...
This Panther Hawk sticker is another great example of how our digital die-cutting process can really make your designs pop. Conventional die cutting is costly and time-consuming. There's no waiting for a die to be made with our gear. It's so push-button awesome that George and Judy Jetson would be blown away.
You might mistake this for an embroidered patch on a military flight jacket, at...
I'll sign for that!
Never mind Victoria's Secret. The roots of Mike Shampine's perky illustration style run back to the days of his youth in Alaska, where legend has it, he drew (literally) inspiration from stacks of comic books and Sears lingerie ads. I may be totally off, but I see a hint of Vaughn Bode in Mike's work. His WWII aircraft nose art pin-up renderings literally pop off the ...
Want to save time in Adobe Illustrator when performing repetitive tasks? You can automate many procedures by creating an Action. This function can be extremely powerful when used on batches of files.
Illustrator ships with a slew of Actions pre-installed. You can create a new Action by modifying one of the standard options or by building one from scratch.
In this video tutorial, you'l...
Want to punch an image out with a random shape like a cookie cutter punches through cookie dough?
In order to fill a shape with an image, you'll need to use a clipping mask. Clipping mask sets consists of two components: the clipping path (shape) and the underlying image. Only vector objects may be used as the mask, although any type of artwork can be masked (bitmaps and/or vectors).
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I'll admit it. When I first heard that we had the ability to print sandwiches here at StickerGiant, my imagination ran away with me. First I dreamed of the fabled Chicken Salad Sandwich on Wheat Toast from Five Easy Pieces.
"You've got bread, and a toaster of some kind?"
That dream soon morphed into into a marvelously gloppy Philadelphia Cheese Steak, dripping with gooey cheese pr...
