Spoon Graphics

Blog.SpoonGraphics is the personal project of Chris Spooner, a UK based Graphic and Web Designer. The site acts his digital playground where he presents Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials, free design resources and graphic design related articles.

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How To Build a Vector Clock Graphic in Illustrator

March 01st, 10

If you're looking to develop your Illustrator skills, here's a tutorial for you! Follow this walkthrough to see the how adding layer after layer of vector shapes, along with a range of gradients and a spot of texture can quickly create a great looking icon-style clock graphic. The main ingredient we'll be adding to this [...]

A Guide to Creating Professional Quality Logo Designs

February 22nd, 10

Logo design is often seen as a quick and easy job; you create a small graphic, stick it next to some text and the job is done! In reality there's a lot more to it, which makes the whole process of creating a logo or identity a challenging task. Let's take a look at some [...]

How to Build a Custom Wordpress Theme from Scratch

February 15th, 10

If you're confident with your CSS and HTML, it's not hard at all to step up to the challenge of building a custom Wordpress theme. This overview shows the process of how my latest custom Wordpress theme was built from design concept through to completed theme. See how the static design is split up into [...]

35 Inspiring Examples of Transparency in Logo Design

February 08th, 10

Transparency effects in logo design help bring to life a digital mark, adding that extra level of depth and color. This showcase of examples provides some great design inspiration and shows how designers have creatively used transparency and overlaying effects to build unique logo designs. Goosebumps Jared Milam Meca Andre Oliveira Andy Fiord sbDesign Nethik [...]

This Week’s Favourites – February 5th 2010

February 05th, 10

In this week’s roundup of creative goodness, we have a selection of handy website wireframing templates; an article highlighting some interesting factors that boost the wow factor' in web designs; an interesting discussion about the risk of being unique; a fabulous vibrant Photoshop illustration tutorial; and a showcase of stationery and print design inspiration. GeekChix This great [...]