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It's funny because I have favorite styles I work in but regardless of the style I choose on a project I've had people look at two different aesthetics and say "I could tell it was your work." So regardless of style there seems to be some type of embedded aesthetic that bleeds through style in some regards. But the signature style I love to work in probably took me about five years to explore and feel really comfortable in.
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Appropriately chameleonic.
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asked by SaraMatsuzaki
Staying true to your own ideals in the frame work of a commercially driven project. Keeping the balance of life/work. Staying inspired and passionate about your work to keep it consistent in terms of quality and effectiveness. All the while trying to grow into new areas, ideas, and pursuits.
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Yes I do, and from talking to many other creatives it seems to be normal.
When we create our work we can't help but associate and bond with it on a deeper level. Having a passion for what we do means we care about what we create. This of course can make rejection of our ideas harder to accept. Sometimes clients make the whole process very frustrating and you see the end result coming up short of what you had hoped for or envisioned.
At some point you feel like nothing is working. I suck. I should just quite and find something else to do. To get out of this type of rut (stinkin' thinking) I have to remove myself from my work for a period of time and just do other things I enjoy. Get inspired by non-creative stuff and let my passion refill and renew my drive to create.
A good friend of mine just last night reminded me and encouraged me to spend more time just hanging out with friends, enjoy life and let life inspire your work. I think that is important and they don't teach you any of this in art school but it's probably the most important thing a creative should know IMO.
So yeah I get burnt out. I actually feel a bit burnt out right now myself. I've been trying hard to make sure I leave my weekends open to do what I want to do and not fill it with more work. Hope this helps. -
To be completely honest I never use the blob feature nor the eraser tool. But I bet if you visited Mordy Goldings "Real World Illustrator" blog and sent him an email with the same question he'd answer it for you. He knows more about Adobe than Adobe IMO.
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Years ago I bough SymmetryWorks and it was so confusing and difficult that I gave up and never used it again. Waste of money. If you want to create seamless patterns check out my tutorial to do it from scratch here: http://illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-pattern/
Maybe post on my Facebook wall at: http://www.vectorbasictraining.com or via craigslist? Maybe send an email to Astute Graphics and ask them if they'll give you a discount code since you just bought the other? Worst they say is no, they might do it? -
http://www.vonglitschka.com is my primary website where I post most of my client work.
http://www.drawsigner.com is where I just post personal creative work, rants, commentary or projects that I feel aren't fleshed out enough for the other site. Sometimes I'm hired to just create one graphic and for me that isn't worth putting on my primary site.
http://www.illustrationclass.com is where I post tutorials. Really need to post some new ones though, just have been really busy to write them up. Than it takes a few weeks to get them translated into spanish.
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asked by marcus0618
Coloring is hard to bake down into a systematic process because so much of it is just experimentation and exploration to discover what works best. In general though I do this: http://www.formspring.me/VonGlitschka/q/169341375320452663
That said I have a set color palette within my Ai default document that contains base colors that have been proven to work in past print jobs. I start with that and than create any additional custom colors needed as I progress. -
asked by marcus0618
Never use it. If you're going to render something that photo realistic it's better to just go CGI where you get more options rather than one perspective.
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About 40 minutes south of PDX. Yes, I founded Glitschka Studios.
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I actually wanted to get into the film industry but my career counselor sucked and didn't find anything for us. (Pre-internet) So I went to art school instead. Still plan on pursuing film eventually.
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Not really a big football fan. I've always supported the Seahawks since I grew up near them. I'm more into basketball and baseball.
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All the analog tools/resources I use here:
http://illustrationclass.com/download-info/
You can support the tutorial site I run by buying these tools here:
http://illustrationclass.com/supplies/
My creative process starts in analog, moves to digital, and often goes back and forth during the course of a project. -
asked by marcus0618
I use to do flash coding but I gave up around Actionscript 3 because it just never got easier. It just got more and more complex. Use to really like Flash but the more I use CSS and CMS and HTML 5 the more I loathe plugin dependent methods.
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No. Filter IT is basically just a distortion tool. So lets say you design a label for a beer bottle and you want the brand name to arch above a circular motif while it runs horizontal. You could use Filter IT to help distort it that way. But it just works OK, it's not perfect or a very precise too either. Lots of eyeballing involved which is a bit annoying to be honest. In the past there was a plugin for Ai called KPT Vector Effects that did this very well but it's development was discontinued. A really old app that could do this is one called Typestyler and they're still around if you google it but I don't think they have a OSX compatible version yet?
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I've only done one and it was an easy one: VON Haven't tried anything more difficult but it really takes a lot of work to pull off well. The master is designer John Langdon http://johnlangdon.net/ My feeble attempt can be viewed on my old blog here: http://goo.gl/I1GD5
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My scanner is like six or seven years old now. Still works fine though. Epson Perfection 1260. I just replaced my Xerox Phaser printer with a new Kyocera FS-C5350DN. It's a really good printer and cheaper to upkeep than the Xerox was.
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asked by hayniedesign
I think so just check their website by Monday or Tuesday and it should be available.
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I don't really use Phantasm plugin because it's geared for a different kind of work flow. Production, pre-press, fx for layouts and such. I don't do much of that kind of work nor do I want too. It's good at what it does but I just don't do that much of that kind of work. I do however use Astute Graphic VectorScribe plugin everyday almost all day long in Ai.
I do most of my texture work in Photoshop because it allows me to have greater control. Ai is still too limited and it bloats file sizes to force it to do all kinds of blend modes when it can be done better and faster in Photoshop.
I did the texturing on this design in Ai because it's spot colors and being silk screened. It's just a placed tiff colored white on a layer on top. http://www.vonglitschka.com/2011/09/12/do-good/ -
asked by eyesaydesign
Logos are always buyout situations. I quote everything as flat rate fees so once a client pays the full amount for a logo they own it. Other work like illustrations are charged flat rates to create than there is a usage fee for the type of ussage, that covers exposure, length of time etc. and all of that is in addition to the time it took to create it. If the client wants to buy it out it's significantly more to own the full rights. But a logo is never handled that way. At least I've never seen it handled that way and would be surprised if any company would agree to that.
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Von Glitschka’s Bio
I am an Illustrative Designer doing the full-tilt creative boogie out of my home studio. Ask my cat "Snickers" a question as well if you'd like.
