Pixel Graphic Design Studio

This is the first in a series of fun comics we plan on publishing that will give you a glimpse into life here at the studio. Feel free to leave your comments and even some of your own experiences. Thanks!

More specifically: If you can imagine it . . . you can create it with the powerful controls offered through the fine folks over at Adobe Systems Inc.! Whether your program of choice is Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign there inevitably is a way to use these programs to create that which resides in your creativity. This was certainly the case with the latest PDF tutorial project produced by Pixel.

Here was the initial dilemma: It has been my experience that ‘most’ of the ‘create vectors from scratch’ tutorials floating around the web all follow primarily the same method. Though they may differ slightly in the end result or style, most tutorials rely almost exclusively on the use of the pen tool to “click, drag . . .click, drag . . .” your way around a rough sketch to create your main vector shapes. While this method may be the most ‘precise’ way to create vectors it certainly is NOT the fastest way. Depending on the detail of the art it could take hours if not DAYS to complete. So thus began the quest to find a quicker method . . .
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Its been just over one month since John Neiner started full-time here at Pixel! Wow… a month already! He started getting in the groove the first day he started and has been bringing himself up to speed rapidly. Though John has no lack of talent, he felt his knowledge of the Creative Suite was lacking so he took up the task of learning as much as possible about that set of programs. Now he comes to my office and uses shortcuts I have never used (let alone know about!) to get things done.
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