The day is drawing near for the release of WidthScribe — yet another ground-breaking all-new vector design toolset. But beforehand, we wish to announce the culmination of over a year of frantic work with the release of new updates for the ever-popular Illustrator plugins DrawScribe, Phantasm CS, SubScribe and VectorScribe. These updates are freely* available [...]
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe big day has finally come — somewhat appropriately on our US cousin’s Thanksgiving day… Astute Graphics has released all its plugins for Illustrator CS6. That’s now for both Windows (XP, Vista and 7) and Mac OS (10.5+). These releases include Phantasm CS, VectorScribe, DrawScribe and the FREE SubScribe!
Read MoreFollowing on from last week’s release of Phantasm CS for Illustrator CS6 (Windows), we are proud to offer our FREE plugin SubScribe Designer for Illustrator CS6 (Windows). SubScribe offers Illustrator CS3 to CS6 essential additional tools to improve on accuracy and common drawing tasks. It is already used by many thousands of designers the world [...]
Read MoreIn October, Astute Graphics will be jumping across the big pond to do a tour of the USA over 16 days, starting in Seattle and ending in New York, with Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oklahoma being stops along the way. We’ll also be talking at the San Francisco and Los Angeles Illustrator user [...]
Read MoreSince first become available in April 2012, Astute Graphics’ 4th plugin has proved to be another popular addition to boost vector creative workflows the world-over. Originally released as a big “thank you” to existing customers, last month SubScribe Designer for Illustrator CS6 (Mac) was made available on the new Adobe Exchange. Since then, it has [...]
Read MoreIn this tutorial we will take a look at the process of creating a realistic icon, which encompasses a variety of techniques such as 3D modeling, gradient fills and color work, different ways of creating shadows and highlights. Within this page, I’ll describe the basic principles of creating realistic vector objects, which will be useful [...]
Read MoreThe big move for Astute Graphics towards CS6 compatibility is starting to deliver results. Not only is SubScribe Designer now available for Mac OS, but initially it is being made available on Adobe’s exciting new Adobe Exchange in-app store system. Better still, we have made SubScribe Designer for CS6 FREE to ALL Illustrator CS6 users!
Read MoreProgress for Astute Graphics’ updates for Adobe Illustrator CS6 has been marching on feverishly since the beginning of 2012. With its new user interface, 64 bit rework and much more, this upgrade has been by far the most technically challenging for all Illustrator plugin developers. We are now in a position to be able to [...]
Read MoreThis tutorial is the last in the exclusive series covering the topic of user interface design in vector. In this tutorial we will learn how to create complex shapes using VectorScribe, DrawScribe and SubScribe plugins within Adobe Illustrator quickly. These are available as full 14 day trial downloads. By the way, the SubScribe plugin is [...]
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