MCKIBILLO past and new creative assignments

In Josh McKible’s (A.K.A. MCKIBILLO) first guest author article for the AG blog, he introduces his unique take on vector artwork. We are no stranger to Josh’s striking work, and readers of many popular titles such as TIME Magazine shouldn’t be either.

What are the differences between VectorScribe and DrawScribe?

In May 2011, Astute Graphics launched the VectorScribe plugin for Adobe Illustrator. The new “…Scribe” name then continued into 2012 when the new DrawScribe plugin for Adobe Illustrator was released. Since then, a number of people have been in contact to ask us what the differences are between these products. “If I buy VectorScribe, why [...]

Monitor technology overview for graphic designers

The internet, in particular e-forums are known to be the most helpful source of the information for selection of any technological device. The more popular the device to be selected, the more information may be obtained about it from current and former owners. But there is lack of comments as concerned professional, rare and expensive [...]

Astute Graphics policy on licensing and installation on second computers

Since the introduction of the new Astute Graphics licensing system in Phantasm CS version 2, it has provided customers the significant benefit of being able to transfer licenses, change between operating systems and Illustrator CS3, CS4 and CS5 without the need to purchase license upgrades. The recently-launched VectorScribe plugin for Adobe Illustrator also uses the [...]

Phantasm CS mention in Computer Arts magazine

Due to all the work associated with the launch of VectorScribe, the latest issue (June 2011, issue 188) of the UK-based Computer Arts magazine had been gathering dust. But we finally got around to a quick read and were very pleased to see Phantasm CS Studio v2, which was only launched under two months ago, [...]

Vector Mill – great vector resources by Ryan Putnam

There are many vector resources out there for Illustrator users, including a wide range of vector “clip art” sites. However, our attention has just been brought over to one which really stands out from the crowd; Vector Mill by Ryan Putnam (he of Vectips website fame). What sets Vector Mill apart from many of the [...]

VectorScribe launch articles and major tutorial

VectorScribe may be less than a day old, but some wonderful blog articles and an amazing tutorial has already been published by third parties. For the growing number of VectorScribe fans, here are the links…

“Sneak peek” of new Illustrator tools movie

A friend’s tweet this morning provided a link to an interesting movie recently posted on Youtube described as a “sneak peek” of new Illustrator tools. Whether these tools are in a future version of Illustrator or as a plugin is not clear. But it’s worth watching none-the-less as it shows how editable shapes and path [...]

Using Illustrator in the fashion industry

Here at Astute Graphics Hovel Towers, we are the first to admit that we’re not fashionable. Fashion is something reserved for those referred to as “dudes” (and “dudettes”?). However, we can all aspire… But one aspect of fashion that is increasingly taking our interest is the widespread use of Adobe Illustrator in the fashion design [...]

App Store and Plug-ins

With the very recent and public launch of Apple’s new App Store, a wealth of great Mac OS applications come within very easy reach of millions of users. It’s a very neatly implemented application, as we have come to expect from Apple, and largely does exactly what it says on the tin. However, for Astute [...]