Comments on: Design with Swirls and Flourishes http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/ A Resource For All Things Design Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TheBozzhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-47274 TheBozz Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:38:23 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-47274 Fan FLAMING Tastic, I've been looking at Fotolia.com and their vector images and been seriously thinking about purchasing an image as it quicker than creating my own - No need now AWESOME Tutorial seriously BIG Thanks Fan FLAMING Tastic, I’ve been looking at Fotolia.com and their vector images and been seriously thinking about purchasing an image as it quicker than creating my own – No need now AWESOME Tutorial seriously BIG Thanks

]]> By: Shaynahttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-46763 Shayna Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:04:13 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-46763 AMAZING tutorial. You have a knack for explaining things. There are so many tutorials that are great tutorials save for the terrible explanations. I'll be looking for more of your tutorials! AMAZING tutorial. You have a knack for explaining things. There are so many tutorials that are great tutorials save for the terrible explanations. I’ll be looking for more of your tutorials!

]]> By: Kristinhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-45828 Kristin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:44:44 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-45828 Mine didn't come out so good. Must practice! But very good tutorial :) Thank you!! Do you have any tutorials on how to create the above flourish with buds sprouting from the branches and then flowers blooming? I've always wanted to learn how to do that. It's so beautiful and would love to create that for my website :) Mine didn’t come out so good. Must practice! But very good tutorial :) Thank you!!
Do you have any tutorials on how to create the above flourish with buds sprouting from the branches and then flowers blooming? I’ve always wanted to learn how to do that. It’s so beautiful and would love to create that for my website :)

]]> By: stuhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-45604 stu Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:40:24 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-45604 thanks for this excellent tutorial. i am illustrator beginner and can use photoshop okay. This tutorial forced me to learn new techniques with the pen tool that I can now use in photoshop!!The tutorial was very well written and I followed (as a beginner) with no problems. The only part I didn't understand fully was the step #26/27. But this mattered not, as I know photoshop I played a little with some fx and added my own touches.Did you mean to rasterize the vectors in 26/27? I rasterized and made the multiply layer which of course simply darkened the swirl effects. I use CS4, maybe there was a compatibility difference for these steps.Anyhow - GREAT tutorial - I learned LOADS. Very good work :) thanks for this excellent tutorial. i am illustrator beginner and can use photoshop okay. This tutorial forced me to learn new techniques with the pen tool that I can now use in photoshop!!

The tutorial was very well written and I followed (as a beginner) with no problems. The only part I didn’t understand fully was the step #26/27. But this mattered not, as I know photoshop I played a little with some fx and added my own touches.

Did you mean to rasterize the vectors in 26/27? I rasterized and made the multiply layer which of course simply darkened the swirl effects. I use CS4, maybe there was a compatibility difference for these steps.

Anyhow – GREAT tutorial – I learned LOADS. Very good work :)

]]> By: Heather Spicerhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-45238 Heather Spicer Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:53:08 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-45238 This was awesome, I couldn't have mastered this if I tried and I have been forever on my own and without direction this stuff seemed impossible and this so far has been the best tutorial I have seen. I don't know if this is new or how I stumbled on it but it was a better tutorial than I got in class at the art institute. Thanks so much! This was awesome, I couldn’t have mastered this if I tried and I have been forever on my own and without direction this stuff seemed impossible and this so far has been the best tutorial I have seen. I don’t know if this is new or how I stumbled on it but it was a better tutorial than I got in class at the art institute. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Zanehttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-44996 Zane Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:01:35 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-44996 This is a great post :) Thank you! This is a great post :) Thank you!

]]> By: Karenhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-44694 Karen Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:17:53 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-44694 Brilliant tutorial, thank you very much. Im going to practice now! Brilliant tutorial, thank you very much. Im going to practice now!

]]> By: World Labelhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-44471 World Label Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:46:42 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-44471 Thank you so so much, Unreal how this helped us with a design for a customer. I learned so much, much appreciation. Thank you so so much, Unreal how this helped us with a design for a customer. I learned so much, much appreciation.

]]> By: Renhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-44293 Ren Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:31:44 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-44293 This is an extremely helpful tutorial. However I wanted to ask, because part of the process confuses the heck out of me... after you apply the brush to the line, how do you then make that entire thing a shape with paths and not just a line with the brush applied? This is an extremely helpful tutorial. However I wanted to ask, because part of the process confuses the heck out of me… after you apply the brush to the line, how do you then make that entire thing a shape with paths and not just a line with the brush applied?

]]> By: Kamila - Darc Vanilla Designhttp://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/10/design-with-swirls-and-flourishes/comment-page-2/#comment-42986 Kamila - Darc Vanilla Design Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:03:01 +0000 http://www.myinkblog.com/?p=877#comment-42986 Great tutorial. Although I still have difficulty of drawing Greek 'Alfa' kind of shape in Illustrator. Does anyone know more resources about the subject of creating swirls? Great tutorial. Although I still have difficulty of drawing Greek ‘Alfa’ kind of shape in Illustrator. Does anyone know more resources about the subject of creating swirls?

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