One of the new features of Pixelmator 2 is the vector tools. You can create primitve shapes like rectangles, triangles, ellipses and edit them like in Illustrator or using paths in Photoshop. I decided to give it a try and create a poster using some impossible structures like Escher.
So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a poster using the vector tool in Pixelmator mixed with some textures and basic painting tools. The whole process won't take you more than 45 minutes and I am sure you will like the outcome.
The wallpaper of this week is a very cool design created by Matt Venhuizen, a graphic and web designer from Ontario, Canada. Matt runs a design studio called Venhuizen Studios. Matt sent the wallpaper suggestion via email and you can do the same ;)
For more information visit Matt's profile on Behance and stay tunned because the new Venhuizen Studios website will be up very soon.
The book suggestion of this week is a very inspiring one for those in love with vintage typography, it's called Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age. It's definitely a book for when you need some extra motivation and inspiration.
About the book
Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.
