Illustrator CS5 for Web Design Interface.

Yes, you read correctly. To find out how, read http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/17/productive-web-design-with-adobe-illustrator/. Thorough explanations and even downloads to get you started. No time like the present. Take a look now. Have you used Illustrator as your interface design tool yet?

Anyone up for a design challenge? Check out http://www.threadless.com/loves/noir. If you find a challenge or contest, share it here.

In my research for class I have found two very interesting illustrators that I had not viewed before. I hope you will visit and then comment on what inspires you.

http://koikoikoi.com/2010/09/illustrations-by-zso/

http://koikoikoi.com/2011/03/ethan-is-sweet/

amazing eye for design, passion, crazy thoughts, inspired. Read what Koi Koi Koi is. Send me a link to  what inspires you.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 Shape Builder Tool

If you are new to Illustrator or want to learn new features in CS5, then watch this tutorial:

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs5/creating-complex-art-with-the-shape-builder-tool-/

After you practice with this new tool, I am sure you can see the potential for its use. Please leave a comment and link to anything you have created with the shape builder tool.

Illustrator, designer profile. Interview with Serbanescu Gabriel.

Now that you have looked at the hidden messages in logo designs, read this article  about one successful illustrator and his thoughts on design contests:

http://blog.99designs.com/2010/12/17/designer-profile-trickster/

What do you think of his t-shirt designs?