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A creative resource for designers, makers, and growing brands.
The 2-Hour Rebrand Challenge: A Creative Sprint for Designers
Ready to boost your design skills and have some fun? The 2hr Rebrand Challenge is a creative sprint where you reimagine a brand in just two hours. Use AI to generate a brief, mock up an ‘existing’ brand, then redesign it with your unique style. It’s perfect for portfolio-building, social content, or just flexing those creative muscles.
How to Remove Overlapping Anchor Points After Using Live Corners in Illustrator
Learn how to clean up unnecessary anchor points in Illustrator after rounding corners using the Shape Builder and Delete Anchor Point Tool—without losing the curve.
How to Create a Spring Shape in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to create a smooth, custom spring shape using the Scissor Tool, Shape Builder, and clean geometry. A fun, repeatable method to add energy to your designs.
How to Draw Flags in Adobe Illustrator Using Guides and the Warp Tool
Use guides and the warp tool in Illustrator to create custom flag shapes. This method makes your flag layouts clean, flexible, and easy to customise.
How to Create Impossible Geometry Shapes in Adobe Illustrator (with Triangles & Circles)
Learn how to make visually stunning, impossible geometry shapes using the Appearance Panel, Offset Path, Shape Builder Tool, and some clever Illustrator tricks.
How to Make Clean, Overlapping Art Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to use stretch guides and segments to create seamless, clean Illustrator art brushes—plus a trick to use intertwine for more polished overlaps.
How to Create a Sticker Effect in Adobe Illustrator (Easy & Customisable)
Create a sticker-style outline and shadow in Adobe Illustrator using the Appearance panel, Pathfinder, and Offset Path tools. Perfect for content creators and merch designs.
How to Create a Checkered Pattern Brush with Working Corners in Illustrator
Struggling to get your checkered brush corners to align? Here’s the exact step-by-step fix that solves it—and why Illustrator behaves this way.
How to Create a Vintage Sunburst Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to design a hand-drawn sunburst brush in Adobe Illustrator—perfect for logos, badge designs, and illustration accents with a vintage feel.
How to Create a Bevelled Inline Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to create a layered, bevelled inline text effect in Adobe Illustrator—plus tips for shading, colouring, and adding depth using shape tools and texture.
How to Create Pixel Art in Adobe Illustrator
Turn your vector art into pixel art using this fun Illustrator trick with the Mosaic effect. Perfect for retro-inspired designs and simplified illustrations.
How to Draw Lightning Bolts in Adobe Illustrator (the Easy Way)
Don’t overthink your lightning bolts—these two Illustrator tips will help you create clean, dynamic shapes in minutes using geometric forms and warp effects.
Illustrator Bounding Box Won’t Go Away? Here’s the Quick Fix
Stuck with a bounding box that won’t disappear in Illustrator—even after ungrouping? Here’s the weirdly easy trick that fixes it.
How to Create Hand-Drawn Dot Patterns in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to make organic dot patterns using the Blob Brush and Pattern Maker in Illustrator, with a bonus trick to keep things clean and readable in your designs.
How to Create an Overprint Effect in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to create a halftone overprint effect using Illustrator's pattern libraries, rasterise + trace workflow, and the multiply blend mode.
The Easiest Way to Make Rainbows in Adobe Illustrator (That Actually Scale)
Ditch the repeated circles—this warp method makes scalable, editable rainbows in seconds using grouped rectangles and the arc effect.
Stop Struggling with the Rotate Tool—Try This Radial Repeat Trick in Illustrator
Learn why the radial repeat feature is a smarter, faster alternative to the rotate tool in Adobe Illustrator—no more skewed shapes or manual math.
I Tried Customising My Vans with Illustrator & a Cricut (Here’s What Happened)
From Illustrator to Cricut to chaos—here’s how I created a custom chain design and checkerboard print on my Vans, and what I’d do differently next time.
How I Invert a Logo Fast in Adobe Illustrator
Learn a faster way to invert your logo in Illustrator using Shape Builder, without manually adding internal shapes. A great tip for clean, contrast-driven branding.
How I Give My Vector Illustrations a Hand-Drawn Look in Adobe Illustrator
In partnership with Adobe Design, I’m sharing how I add ink-like texture and a hand-drawn feel to my vector artwork using stroke, rounding, and roughen effects.