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Nick Saporito

Inkscape Tutorial: Shield Logo Design
 Inkscape Tutorial: Shield Logo Design 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use Inkscape to design a shield logo with a banner wrapping around it. The following is a brief overview of how we’ll go about creating this design, for those of you who may be more advanced users and would like to save some time. Otherwise you can…

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Open and Create Adobe Illustrator Files with Inkscape
How To Open And Create AI Files With Inkscape
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As a graphic designer who primarily uses open source software for the majority of his work, it’s not uncommon for me to run into cross-platform compatibility issues when it comes to transferring source files between myself and clients, particularly when it comes to opening and saving AI files with Inkscape. Seeing as how Adobe Illustrator…

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Inkscape Mountain Logo Design Tutorial
Inkscape Tutorial: Mountain Logo Design
 Inkscape Tutorial: Mountain Logo Design 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to design a vector mountain range logo using Inkscape. This tutorial makes effective use of the Bezier Pen in regards to freehand drawing. It’s still a pretty simple task though, so don’t let the freehand aspect intimidate you. The font I used for this tutorial is called League…

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Design A Star Logo with Adobe Illustrator CC
 Design A Star Logo with Adobe Illustrator CC 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can design a vector impossible star logo using Adobe Illustrator CC. This post will be a generalized outline of the steps. For step-by-step instructions with voice narration, scroll to the bottom of the page for the video tutorial. Step 1: Create A Star Create a standard 5-point…

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Painted letter logo made with GIMP
Create A Painted Letter Logo with GIMP
 Create A Painted Letter Logo with GIMP 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use GIMP to design a logo comprised of a single letter with a dripping paint appearance. Upon first impression, creating a design like this seems quite intricate and time-consuming considering the color composition. It’s actually quite simple, though! Step 1: Find A Colorful Sunset Image This…

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Free Download: The 20 Best GIMP Brushes
 Free Download: The 20 Best GIMP Brushes 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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One of the many wonderful things about GIMP is that it allows you to install brushes created by third parties, which can save you a ton of time that you would’ve otherwise spent drawing these elements individually. In this post I’ll be sharing the 20 best free brushes I’ve rounded up. Many of these brushes…

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GIMP: The Best Photo Correction Software, And It’s Free!
 GIMP: The Best Photo Correction Software, And It’s Free! 1024 602 Nick Saporito
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If you occasionally need to make casuals edits to your pictures, photos and graphics, GIMP may be the best photo correction software for your needs. Not only is it incredibly easy to use, but it’s open source (free) and is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. Best photo correction software – visit gimp.org to download…

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Free Design: 100% Money Back Guarantee Logo
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Seeing as how my contact icons and social media icons were well-received and regularly bring in search traffic, I figure it would make sense to come up with some kind of useful design to create and give away maybe once a month or so. This week’s giveaway: a 100% Money Back Guarantee logo. I’ve often…

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A Look At My New Design Setup
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For those of you interested in the tech side of things, I figured I’d share my latest build. I’ve been using my previous machine for quite some time, but it’s getting old and slowing down. Since this is something my livelihood depends on, I had very little hesitation about investing in an upgrade. With this…

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Common Logo Design Mistakes To Avoid
 Common Logo Design Mistakes To Avoid 850 500 Nick Saporito
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Logo design can be tricky. A logo is meant to be a unique symbol that an audience can identify a brand with. Often times we tend to over-think it and make needless mistakes though. In this post I’ll be going over common logo design mistakes and how to avoid them. Too Literal The number one sign…

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