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Folio : Modern Apprentice

davekeyes — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:42:12 +0000

Illustration : GB Women’s Dragon Boating

davekeyes — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:20:26 +0000

Illustration: Some Old Folio Characters

davekeyes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:05:42 +0000

Folio: KiwiBank

davekeyes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:59:59 +0000

Folio: Sevens

davekeyes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:47:17 +0000

Folio: Frucor

davekeyes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:41:38 +0000

Optimising Adobe Illustrator for Web Work?

davekeyes — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:40:57 +0000

SmashingMagazine recently had a very short article on the worth of using Adobe llustrator for mocking up website visuals … and while the article itself was limited, it did provoke a wealth of comments, useful, constructive and otherwise. I noticed a standout comment by Daniel Sherson which provided a nicely put detail on how to optimise your Illustrator documents to best deal with pixel preview etc for web output. Worth spreading around … :

As for pixel perfection you just need to set it up right:
1: use pixels for dimensions. (file:document setup / file:new…)
2: set raster resolution to 72dpi (effect:document raster effect settings…)
3: pixel preview (option-command-y / view:pixel preview)
4: (optional) use smart guides (command-u / view:smart guides).
5: save for web (command-option-shift-s / file:save for web and devices)

A Bit of a Twit

davekeyes — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:21:25 +0000

With a prompt from Mr Read, I’ve gone and got myself hooked into Twitter blogging too [www.twitter.com]. Nice n simple & it’s really catchy. You can find me here … It’s good for snippet blogging and great for getting info/references/resources from experts in your field. I’ve absolutely no inclination to use it as some sort of mini personal diary.

Illustration : Make your Mark

davekeyes — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:44:17 +0000

An illustrated image from the Make Your Mark project I mentioned before. Quirky and on a very tight deadline.

Illustration : Illuminati

davekeyes — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:07:02 +0000