Visualizing Solacified: Join the Creative Process

 Diving into the visual side of Solacified has been a project I’ve wanted to tackle for a long time. It’s been a fun challenge to translate the world of Iona and Seth into a comic format, especially when it comes to nailing down that clean, monoline aesthetic. I've been experimenting with different layouts and atmosphere settings to make sure the vibe feels just right for the story.

To keep things organized and share the process in real-time, I’ve decided to host all these work-in-progress updates over on my Buy Me a Coffee page. If you want to see how these strips are evolving, you can follow me there to get exclusive access to the drafts and behind-the-scenes looks. It’s totally free to join and follow, so feel free to head over and jump into the journey with me! 🚀

Join the Creative Process!

Find the very first WIP illustration panel of the 👇 SOLACIFIED Comic Strip 👇
✨Follow me on Buy Me a Coffee for FREE ✨ or become a member to unlock exclusive post and message!

Illustration and Art Open Commission

I’m excited to officially open my commissions to everyone looking for custom creative work! Whether you need vibrant character designs, vector illustrations, or unique typography, I’m ready to help bring your ideas to life. You can now explore my full range of services across your favorite platforms, including Gumroad, Fiverr, Buy Me a Coffee, Ko-fi, and DeviantArt. Please note that pricing may vary slightly depending on the platform’s features and fee structures, so feel free to browse through them to see which one works best for your needs .

My goal is to make the collaborative process as smooth as possible, and I’m dedicated to delivering art that fits your specific vision. If you have a project in mind that requires a more tailored approach or something beyond my standard offerings, I would love to hear from you directly. You can reach out to discuss your custom illustration requests or start a new project by visiting my site at audeemirza.com/start-project.

I look forward to working with you!

Burger Bangor Gratitude Box Design Contest

Hello all! it's been a very long time since I posted my update 🤓

Design entry submission by 

@tdpina

Recently there's an interesting local burger (@Burger Bangor)  packaging design contest on Instagram that I missed to join. 
Nevertheless, I found out that the entries are quite cool!

The theme is to visualize Indonesian diversity into their gratitude box cover. 

I feature some of the design submissions and probably will update you later for the winning entry 😎

Burger Bangor Entries

My most favorite submission entry:

Summer Time at the City Park - 3D Illustration Canva Template 🍧🏞🌞

It's my 4th entry for the Canva Design Challenge with 3d theme. 

My special thanks to: Alzea Arafat for the cool 3D characters that I use in the template 😍 "SALY - 3D Illustration Pack".

Summer Time at the City Park - 3D Illustration 🍧🏞🌞 ~ designed using @canva
It's my 4th entry for #canvadesignchallenge with #3d theme. I only make one design template this time 😊
Subscribe to my blogs as I'll probably share the template link access later 😉#canvatemplate pic.twitter.com/6BzFX4ai2o

— Audee (@GraphicIdentity) July 5, 2022

I only share the static preview of my design, so you can only edit the 3D city park background without the 3D characters in my template as you wish. 
I included the 3D assets from Canva such as the flowers, plants, and trees that are used in this template as well. 

You can download and use the free 3D characters from Alzea's profile page on Figma community site, or alternatively, you can add another 3D characters or objects from other resources or even your own design 😊

Find the Canva Template access link at the end of this post.

 
Feel free to like, share and reTweet if you find the template is useful for you 😊

 

Summer Time at the City Park - 3D Illustration by audeemirza

CANVA TEMPLATE ACCESS

 

Useful Links:

• How to customize a Canva template
• How to export images in Figma

Travel Poster Canva Template 🧳🏖️✈️

Hi again everybody,

I was finally able to join last week's Canva Design Challenge, and it's actually my 3rd submission for the event. 
It's a poster design set related to "Travel" theme in which the layout size is 42cm x 59,4cm.
There are 3 alternatives design in the set that is easy to edit.

Travel Posters - Canva Design Challenge #3 by audeemirza

Find the Canva Template access link at the end of this post.

If you're not familiar with the Canva template, you can read a quick tutorial on how to customize a Canva template here.

Feel free to like, share and reTweet if you find the template is useful for you 😊

Travel Posters @canva 🧳🏖️✈️

my 3rd #canvadesignchallenge #travel #canvatemplate

There are 3 alternatives design & the template link will be shared in my next blog post.
Let me know if you have any comments or ideas for the next round 😉#Poster#posterdesign #travelposter pic.twitter.com/RNwtIZMVX0

— Audee (@GraphicIdentity) June 19, 2022

CANVA TEMPLATE ACCESS

 

Galaxy Theme Wallpaper Canva Template 🪐🚀👨‍🚀

Hello again guys! 😊

Last week I shared an entry for another Canva Design Challenge.
The challenge design theme was about 'Galaxy'.
So I created a theme wallpaper template that is easy to edit with three alternatives. 

Find the Canva Template access link at the end of this post.

If you're not familiar with the Canva template, you can read a quick tutorial on how to customize a Canva template here.

Don't forget to like, share and reTweet if you like the template 😊

Galaxy Theme Wallpaper 🪐🪐🪐 @canva

my 2nd #canvadesignchallenge #galaxy #canvatemplate

It has 3 alternatives layout and I'll share the template link in my next blog post 😉 Stay tune!#themewallpaper#wallpaper#wallpapertheme pic.twitter.com/6UtJHAGn1M

— Audee (@GraphicIdentity) May 17, 2022

CANVA TEMPLATE ACCESS

Flowers of Love Animated Canva Template 🌺🌻🌺

Recently I joined Canva weekly design challenge and last week challenge was to create "Flower" design.
I made animated flower template with three alternatives of badge background shapes. 
I didn't aim to win the challenge but to just motivate me to make creative content each week and to share it with you all 🤗🥳

Find the Canva Template access link in the end of this post.

If you're not familiar with Canva template, you can read quick tutorial of how to customize a Canva template here.

Don't forget to like, share and reTweet if you like the template 😊

Flowers of Love - Canva Design Challenge #1 by audeemirza 

"Flowers of Love" 🌺🌻🌺 @canva
my 1st #canvadesignchallenge #flower #canvatemplate

It's actually also my first animated Canva template that consists of 3 alternatives of flower composition.
❤️Like ❤️or RT so I can share the template link via DM 😉 pic.twitter.com/U7hnvmFcPy

— Audee (@GraphicIdentity) May 7, 2022

CANVA TEMPLATE ACCESS

Converting Text to Single Stroke in Illustrator

To create outlines from text in Illustrator is the most common things to do when you deliver ready to print vector file. But what about to convert text to a single working stroke in Adobe Illustrator?

Recently I did a little experiment in LottieFile to animate an SVG file using a particular animation style which only animate the line paths or strokes of text and illustration element. It will not working if I just create outlines from a text, so here's a video tutorial that will explain of how to turn fonts or text into single line paths in Illustrator CC. 

There are few other techniques explained in an old forum thread in Graphic Design Stack Exchange of how to convert text to single stroke in Illustrator, but I think a few of them still relevant and worth to try.

Last thing, here's the final result of my experiment:

The decorative lineart frame is part of my design item on CreativeMarket: 25 Multipurpose Squary Lineart Font used: Grand Hotel

Certified by Creative Market

In March of 2019 the Creative Market Certified beta was opened up to any and all shop owners who were interested in joining.

This new program is to help their sellers to level up the quality of their work and help buyers easily find the best products from shops. Creative Market is launching a beta test of Certified by Creative Market for exceptional design products.

UPDATE:

On March 9th, Creative Market removed the Certified Program from Creative Market completely.

Creative Market newsletter announcement:

Our recent tests showed that Certified was effective in driving more views and sales for products in the marketplace, but overall those benefits did not outweigh the downsides of the program. We appreciate those of you that have shared your feedback on the program - it was helpful for us to hear your perspectives as we came to this conclusion.

As a result of this change, starting today, we will no longer be accepting or reviewing submissions to the Certified program. Some buyers will continue to see the Certified badges over the next few weeks, as we phase the program out completely by March 9th.

Go to Certified For Shop Owners forum for more details.

Create Dust Gold Effect in Illustrator

Do you know that you can add dust texture for a shape that has gold gradient? 
Our client requested to add this dusty gold effect in a set of decorative element. So here’s how we do it:

Prepare the shape

Add any shape that you have. We quick draw a line and several dots using Paintbrush tool then Expand Appearance it to convert the line to shape.

Draw a shape

Add gold gradient

Open your swatch library: Open Swatch Library > Gradients > Metals.
Here we use the minimal gold linear type gradient, after we altered a bit the default radial gold gradient effect in Adobe Illustrator.

Apply gold gradient to the shape

Apply texture effect

Go to Effect > Texture > Grain and then experiment with the settings

Dusty texture gold effect from ‘Grain’ texture

Then you will have ‘Grain’ texture applied on your gold shape. It’s fairly easy!

You can add this effect to the Graphic Style and save it in Graphic Style Library for future usage.

This dusty texture gold effect can also directly be applied to a line using Paintbrush or Pencil tool.

Monster Illustration Vectors that Work

Not all monsters are scary and we can apply them in a design composition or illustration. You may want to search bunch of new created monster illustrations in Creative Market, but let us help you with monsters that what we think would work great for your next design project.
These monster illustration can work in children book illustration, card, kids accessories and many more:

Monsters Alphabet — Vector Clipart

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Viruses vector cartoon bacteria

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Red Devil Cartoon Emoji Collection

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Spase and monsters clipart

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Dinosaurs Types Collection Vector

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Watercolor Monsters Clip Art

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Check all of our Creative Market collection to see more vector illustration designed by our team. If you have any questions related to my design items, or further customization with additonal fee after purchase just leave comment below or contact me by email: audeemirza[@]gmail.com :) 

How to Partially Color a Photo in Photoshop

Hello all!

If you want to know of how to partially color a photo, you can check this Photoshop tutorial, from Envira Gallery Blog.

You just need to duplicate layers, adjust the saturation and color range on one of the layers where you want the object to be colored aside of the black and white color for the rest of the area in the photo.
Select-inverse the colored object and delete, so you will see the background layer in black and white (greyscale) mode.

The result of this effect can be playful and dramatic for the main colored object in a photo.

Read Tutorial 

5 Animal Icons and Illustration

Hi again :)

After a while we're here to update you that our illustration sets on Creative Market is growing by numbers and this time is all about animals.

They are designed in several different styles and would be such a great time saver when you need to work on a design project.

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Check all of our Creative Market collection to see more vector illustration designed by our team. If you have any questions related to my design items, or further customization with additonal fee after purchase just leave comment below or contact me by email: audeemirza[@]gmail.com :)

The Best Online Services for Creating Logos

Time and again, it has been proven that a catchy and attractive logo is an effective marketing tool for any business or brand. It should be noted that people would often keep what they see in mind better than what they hear. Hence, creating a visually appealing and eye-catching logo to sell your brand might just do the trick. In crafting your logo, you have to ensure that it is specific and straightforward yet engaging to the eyes at the same time.

It is also worth noting that a logo should stand the test of time. Even after a few alterations, the logo should still be recognizable. It should be treated with utmost importance in order to stand out from your competition, should there be one. In this article, we will identify resources and tips on how to create a standout logo. Aside from the design, the color and the font are two of the most significant factors in a logo. Furthermore, we will identify several services for creating good logos for your business.

Foliage Vectors from the Corner Design Photoshop Brushes

Hi all!

If you're following my blog since the beginning, you would probably know my Corner Design Photoshop Brushes (Part 2) which I share for free. If you like them, you can have the vector format version on Creative Market now.

You can edit the shape and color easily with the AI, and EPS files. While layered Smart Objects of the blank badges are used in the PSD. I also provide blank badge with transparent background in PNG (2500x2500 pixels) for each design.

Take a closer look for each of the Foliage Vectors in my Creative Market shop.

Best Daily Design Tools Revealed by 126 Designers

Hi everyone!

Recently I've been interviewed by Bauke Roesink, one of the creative guys at PSDtoWP.net to be part of a big number of listing of a round up article about 'The best web design software and graphic design software'.

To find out which design software and design tools are a must have, 126 designers have been asked with the following question:

If you could only use 3 design tools for your daily activities, which 3 tools would you choose?

Curious with the result? check the round up article here :)

New Vector Set: Vintage Piano Badges

Hello again! Here's my latest vector set that you can check on Creative Market. Four designs of Vintage Piano Badge that are available in many file formats.

You can edit the shape, color and text easily on AI, and EPS files. While layered Smart Objects of the blank badges are used in the PSD. I also provide blank badge with transparent background in PNG (2500x2500 pixels) for each design. You can only edit the text for the PSD and PNG files in Photoshop.

Take a closer look for each of the Vintage Piano Badges in my Audee on Creative Market shop.

Simplify Paths in Illustrator

Live Trace in Illustrator can have complex settings. The traced object often gets lots of anchor points and the jagged edges even you thought you have did your best to use the Tracing Preset. Here's a quick tips that I want to share with you. Read More







After your vector object is traced, just go to Object > Path > Simplify and set the values of the Curve Precision and Angle Threshold.

You can also compare the simplified vector object with the original one by clicking the Show Original checkbox in Options. You'll see the outline of the original object vector surrounding or in linear layer with the simplified object vector, just to make you easier to further edit some of the anchor paths.  

Click to get bigger preview

 

Working with Guide Tool in Illustrator

You must be familiar with Guide Tool in Illustrator. But have you consider yourself using this feature optimally to speed up productivity, to help organize and accurate place your illustrations, and be more precise when creating artwork in Illustrator?

Here are some Illustrator Tutorials to better understand the function of Guide Tool, its customization and to learn what kind of things that you can actually make with the help of Guide Tool.

Feel free to post a comment below if you have your own quick tips to work with Guides in Illustrator, or if you want to share other tutorial resources with everyone!

Read More

How to Create Custom Guides in Illustrator

Create diagonal guidelines in Illustrator

Creating Accurate Ruler Guides in Illustrator

Grid Layouts and Compositional Guidelines using 'Split Into Grid' (SIG) Feature

The Power of Smart Guides

Guides In Multiple Artboards

Create an Isometric Grid in Less than 2 Minutes!

Working with Orthographic Projections and Basic Isometrics

Create isometric grid-based 3D lettering

Grid Systems – Making grids in Illustrator

Create retro type with Smart Guides

How to duplicate and position guides in Adobe Illustrator

How to make snap-able grid guides in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe CS5 Illustrator Ruler and Guide Customization and Use

Smart Guides in Adobe Illustrator CS5

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Random Gradients vol. 2

It was started as experimental small project back then, and the result was a set of Random Gradients vol. 1 as part of Graphic Identity's Free Design Box post series. It's about time I share another set of Photoshop Random Gradients vol. 2.

Even they are randomized in colors, I decided to make simplified gradient set without too much effects since I think it will be more applicable to your design. There are 100 gradients included and they're free to download.

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All of Graphic Identity's 'Free Design Box' files are FREE (for personal or commercial use). But please read: Legal Usage to employ Graphic Identity's 'Free Design Box' files before you decide to download the files.

If you like my Free Design Box post series please give comment before you download them because I will appreciate any feedback from you.


Graphic Identity - Random Gradients vol 2.rar (3.72 KB)


Graphic Identity - Random Gradients vol 2.zip (4.62 KB)


Graphic Identity - Random Gradients vol 2.grd (70.41 KB)



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