The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 2

“On the second day of Christmas…” Welcome back, everyone! Thanks to all of you who Dugg and Stumbled yesterday’s opening post. I’ve had some great illustrators get in touch today for later in the month, but for now let’s open our next window!
Oh, if you’re a fan of The Hobbit, make sure to check out [...]

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The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 1

Pinch, punch, first of the month! December is suddenly upon us, and only 24* shopping days left until Christmas Day!
Join me every day in the run-up to the big day in revealing a fantastic designer or illustrator in each window of my advent calendar…
* Yes, ok, 23… I had some Illustrator problems earlier, so this [...]

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Call for Designers’ Advent Calendar Illustrations

I’m planning to make an online advent calendar for December, and I was thinking it would be a good chance to provide a showcase of illustrators’ and designers’ talents.
Basically, the first 24 people to commit to this (I’m having spot #25!) will have their image displayed on the calendar, along with their bio and contact [...]

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Tutorial: Twitterlove Bird, from sketch to vector in Photoshop and Illustrator

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Following the recent launch of SoulTweet, Graham Smith made a call out for any illustrators to help out with the site.
In a few minutes that I had spare, I doodled a couple of birds to offer up for use, and sent across the best of the two for consideration. It didn’t get taken up, so [...]

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Rock On for Reading!

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It’s now only 4 days until I head off to Reading Festival for the long bank holiday, and I can’t wait! Ok, I don’t actually have a ticket yet, but here’s hoping I’ll be able to pick one up at the entrance as usual.
In anticipation of the three full days of rock awesomeness, I created [...]

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Rob Barrett Introduction