Articles by Spoon Graphics from October 2012

Each year Halloween gives us a great excuse to hack at our designs with the most grungy brushes and textures in our collection to create the most raw and gory artwork we can. Follow this step by step ...

In this week’s question time video I talk about what I think new designers should put in their portfolios if they haven’t done any live client work, and whether you should include part tim...

In last week’s vintage logo tutorial we saw how useful vector textures can be to create that aged and weathered appearance, while maintaining a scaleable vector format. So this week I’ve g...

This week Access All Areas members have the chance of winning 3 licenses to download premium WordPress themes of their choice from the ThemeFuse collection. The ThemeFuse range includes top quality th...

Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create an aged vintage style logo design. We’re going to take inspiration from generations past, when logos were hand crafted with custom letteri...

The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that Ive come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have ...

One of the hottest design styles at the moment is the revival of vintage theme. Designers are using classic typography techniques, muted colours and dirty textures to simulate designs from centuries p...

In this week’s question time video I talk about designing for print and how your colour selections may impact how your design is reproduced. I also share some tips on how to check the ink covera...

Retro photo effects are all the rage! There’s plenty of apps to give your photos the vintage look in your iPhone, but what about your desktop images? Follow this super quick Photoshop tutorial t...