This tutorial covers the use of filters, brushes, the pen tool, masks, and maybe a couple other techniques; all in order to create a realistic sandwich bag from scratch.

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First off, thanks to everyone who submitted a poster design. You made this contest awesome, and really difficult to judge :) I know both Liam of Function and Adelle of Fuel Your Creativity agreed, it was really tough to narrow it down! But we did our best, and here are the results:

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As promised, although a little late :) here is my newest Flickr group showcase! I am still planning to feature the best work every 50 new members. Please consider joining the group and submitting your own designs, I’d love to feature them in my next showcase. As for now, enjoy these inspirational designs!

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Another day, another month gone by… slow down, please. Despite the relative speed of days gone by, August was MyInkBlog’s best month. I am so thankful that this blog has grown the way it has! Thank you for reading, commenting and being such a big part of it.

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One of the biggest perks of writing this blog is networking with some of the incredibly gifted designers. It’s through my blog and other social networks that I’ve had a chance to meet fellow designers like Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design. Jacob’s unique designs and creative…

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Illustrator is an amazing tool for building scalable vector art. With the sudden icon craze, it is ideal for creating these little doodads. Many of them are shiny, glossy, icons, but I must admit that I sometimes get tired of them. With a little help from a suggestion…

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The awesome animations of Alan Becker were just brought to my attention by Franz over at Fudge Graphics. Below are the links for the two videos in his “Animator vs. Animation” series. If you’ve done some work in Flash you are really gonna love these! Check…

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This post is a continuation of my “Inspiration With A Yellow Focus” series. If you missed the awesome poster designs, you can check that out here. I searched tons of logos to bring you the best that feature some yellow in them. Below is the inspirational logos…

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I love having freebies to give away to my readers! I’m looking forward to developing my own brushes and vectors for give away sometime soon, but until then here are some incredible brushes to tide you over. They are courtesy of the fine people over at MediaSlap

I wanted to use this post to thank everyone who has joined MyInkBlog Flickr Group. The group continues to grow at a nice rate, and as of this post, membership stands at 53. The quality of the group items astound me. I promised to showcase the…

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