The IT Enquirer website has an established record of being the first independent publication to truly review our latest products. And last week, they maintained this record by writing about both new Illustrator plugins; WidthScribe and ColliderScribe. “In the hands of a skilled Illustrator artist, the WidthScribe plug-in is gold and can save a lot [...]
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, Astute Graphics has been lucky enough to have hands-on experience of the wonderful Wacom Cintiq 24 HD Touch combined screen and graphics tablet. Before it was sent back to Wacom following the filming for the WidthScribe product launch, we did this review in relation to using the device with Adobe [...]
Read MoreMacUser magazine have been very kind in reviewing many of Astute Graphics’ products. And today, 11 May 2012, the latest edition of MacUser (Vol 28, No 10) has hit the shelves containing a review of DrawScribe! If you can, go out and buy a copy of MacUser today — especially as it contains a full [...]
Read MoreWacom has been present in the professional designer’s arena for many years now. The first Wacom device was purchased by this author around 15 years ago – a small A6-sized beige device. But Wacom have invested much in their innovative technology over the years, culminating in today’s Bamboo, Intuos and range-topping Cintiq products. Much has [...]
Read MoreHappy New Year! With 109 articles published on the Astute Graphics Blog in 2011, many of which being comprehensive new and unique tutorials, we feel safe in justifying a de-rigueur “Best of 2011″! This “Best of” list is based on visitor levels, feedback and our personal preferences. Enjoy! Guest authors We are proud of having [...]
Read MoreScriptographer is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator which makes it possible to expand the functions of this vector editor. Some scripts may initially appear to be toy-like, but I recommend taking a closer look at them as they might help you to create your own unique style. Let’s take a look at, in my opinion, [...]
Read MoreIssue 25 (October 2011) of Digitial Artist magazine features a full page review of VectorScribe Studio. We’ll try not to give the whole game away, but as it’s so quotable, we can’t resist a few snippets: Logo artists, designers and digital illustrators will love it! Combining [VectorScribe's tools] all in one creative workflow, however, makes [...]
Read MoreJames Provost is a freelance technical illustrator and co-founder of TechnicalIllustrators.org. We have a lot of time for technical illustrators, especially those as accomplished as James, as in 1997 Astute Graphics was founded as a technical illustration studio. We kind of lost our way since… The TechnicalIllustrators.org website is a great resource for all designers [...]
Read MoreThe kind people over at GoMediaZine have previously reviewed Astute Graphics’ Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator. However, in the past year, new blood has come aboard at GoMediaZine — and in that period Astute Graphics released both Phantasm CS version 2 and VectorScribe. So it was with pleasure when Simon H, their new editor, [...]
Read MoreThe German-language publication Illustrator Service, part of MEV Verlag’s Illustrator Aktuell extensive resource for all professional Illustrator users, published an extensive review of VectorScribe shortly after its release, May 2011. When we received copy of the review in German, we just had to ask the review’s author, Monika Gause, if we could reproduce the review [...]
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