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Nick Saporito

Shattered text effect created with GIMP
Create a Shattered Text Effect with GIMP
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use GIMP to create a shattered text effect where it appears as if the letters have been smashed to bits and scattered about. The following is a brief outline of the steps taken to achieve this effect. For complete step-by-step instructions, please refer to the video…

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Create repeated background patterns with inkscape
Create A Repeated Background Pattern with Inkscape
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can create the repeated background pattern depicted above. The finished design will be a tileable square, meaning you can create duplicate copies and stack them next to each other infinitely. The following is a brief overview of the process. Skip to the end of the post for…

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GIMP channel art template
Free GIMP Channel Art Template | Video Tutorial
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use GIMP to design channel art for your Youtube channel. I’ll also be providing a downloadable GIMP channel art template that you can use however you’d like. Channel Art Guidelines Designing channel art can be a bit tricky because one design needs to work for virtually…

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Custom swatch in Inkscape
Create Custom Swatches in Inkscape
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating two things — first, how to create a gradient color palette between two different colors where it appears as if it’s a gradient, but it’s really just a series of individual colors. Then, I’ll be demonstrating how to create custom swatches within Inkscape from that same series of colors. This is…

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Inkscape brochure template
Inkscape Brochure Template | Video Tutorial and Free Download
 Inkscape Brochure Template | Video Tutorial and Free Download 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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Today I’ll be sharing an Inkscape brochure template sized at 8.5″ x 11″ with full bleed and guidelines, formatted to VistaPrint’s tri-fold specifications. They’re not sponsoring this post and I’m not an affiliate of theirs. I’m just using them as an example because they are by and large the most frequently used online print service…

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Reflective water effect
Create A Reflective Water Effect with GIMP
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can take any image and make it appear as if it is reflected in water. The interesting part of this process is that we won’t be using any actual images of water – it’s just a reflection of the image itself with some design magic added! The…

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4 Free Bakery Logo Templates | Editable Vector Download
 4 Free Bakery Logo Templates | Editable Vector Download 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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I was going through some old projects and came across a few unused logo designs for bakeries and figured I’d throw them up on the site — in vector format — as a free download. The free bakery logo templates are as follows… Free Bakery Logo Templates This first design depicts a whimsical-style chef hat…

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Inkscape text portrait
Create Text Portraits with Inkscape
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can create vector text portraits with Inkscape. This will be a relatively simple masking exercise, but I’ll also be introducing a new technique in flowing text into an object. The following will be a brief written overview for how to execute this effect with Inkscape. For complete step-by-step…

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My 12 Best Small Caps Fonts | Free Downloads
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A small caps font is any font in which both the uppercase and lowercase variations of a letter are capitalized. The best small caps fonts do so while maintaining a consistent weight throughout each letter. The above image depicts both an uppercase and a lowercase letter A. Notice how they’re both capitalized though. A common…

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3 Color Combinations for Logos
3 Color Combinations for Logos | Best Practices for 2018
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Earlier this year I wrote a post outlining some examples of good logo color combinations as it relates to pairing 2 colors. When pairing 2 colors, choosing contrasting shades usually works well. But when it comes to 3 color combinations for logos, it’s a little trickier. Usually what works best is to use the 2 contrasting colors…

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