Articles by Spoon Graphics from May 2011

Whenever I’m stuck for tutorial ideas I always seem to be able to fall back on my typical ‘Chris Spooner’ style of cool abstract patterns people seem to enjoy. We’ve used simil...

In this week's question time I talk about what you can do if your client dislikes your design work, what you can try to avoid back pain while working at your computer and whether it’s a good ide...

Want to get your teeth stuck into a website design project to sharpen your skills? Follow this step by step tutorial to create a sleek website design for a fictional eyewear company. In part one o...

It’s that time of year again when the BundleHunt website springs to life with another treasure. If you’re not familiar with BundleHunt, it’s a fantastic compilation of awesome design...

Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a grumpy Internet troll character. We’ll start the process with a basic pencil sketch then build up a complete vector character design wit...

In this week's question time I talk about whether I’d recommend designers to buy a Wacom graphics tablet; whether I’ve looked into 3D design applications like Maya or Blender; and how mana...

Text effects have always been the bread and butter of design tutorials. This post rounds up 25 of the best graphical text effect tutorials from various design blogs on the web, every one of them takes...

Heart Internet have been in touch to offer Access All Areas members the chance to win a year's free reseller hosting, plus their choice of a free .uk domain (2 years reg) or a .com domain (1 year reg)...

Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a vibrant abstract design. We’ll put Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh tool to use to create a colourful shape, then build up layers of ob...