Knowing how to communicate with the printer and follow his instructions will help a lot during the planning of your project and preparing the final image for the printer. Two important considerations are image resolution and color mode.

Alphabets, or alphas, are a very popular scrapbook embellishment. In this tutorial, we will use the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to draw the letters of our alphabet and then create variations on the letters by changing the stroke and style characteristics.

In this tutorial, we will make a template for a greeting card and matching envelope. Adobe Illustrator and the Pen tool are perfect for this task.

One thing that can speed up your productivity as a graphic artist is the use of templates. Certain digital art projects just scream for the use of templates. Templates fall within two categories based on the production requirements for the final project.

PictureTrail is an image sharing service popular among eBay sellers and other small businesses. In this tutorial, we will walk through the process for uploading images to be used with an eBay auction template. Although auction templates may vary, the procedure is basically the same.

When selling online, the only way that your customer can see your product is by viewing pictures of the item on the web page. This is especially true for eBay auctions. We will take a look at a few decisions that you need to make when using photos and graphics with eBay auction templates.