Making enamel pins with mostly-free software
This month I made my first set of pins that are based on an illustration from my upcoming coloring book. I picked one of the…
Fridays with Ricardo
A couple of weeks ago I saw an advertisement for an event on Google Plus. It was for an animation workshop using open-source software presented…
Inkscape and Gimp take the spotlight
A few days ago I decided to start make an official break with Adobe in my personal life and work in open source software and…
Drawing for Maggie
A close and wonderful friend is starting her first Etsy site and it was my pleasure to help her out and create some illustrations and…
An Example of ArtRage + Illustrator Live Trace
Here is an example for the post that I just wrote on transforming your hand drawn line art to vector art. For this Illustration, I used the…
iPad + ArtRage + Inkscape = Creating Hand-Drawn Type
Hand-Drawn Vector Art Sometime creating vector art can look too mechanical and computerized. It’s nice to create resolution-independent art that feels like it was hand…
Spiro Mode in Inkscape Makes a Perfect Curve
If you ever tried to make a perfect curve in Illustrator, this post is for you I definitely don’t mean to be so negative about…
Bitmap Tracing (live trace) With Inkscape
Tracing in Inkscape In my previous post, I compared the tracing capabilities of Inkscape and Illustrator. With CS6 being released this week, I think it’s…
Adobe Illustrator Live Trace Vs. Inkscape Trace Bitmap
Tracing Images Tracing bitmaps in a vector program like Illustrator or Inkscape can give mixed results. To ensure a good outcome, remember to trace from…