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  • July10th

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    Sign up for my FREE webinar and learn about apparel decorating

    Richard Reilly – Fluid
    CorelDRAW® Master

    Join freelance graphic designer and CorelDRAW® Master Richard Reilly to learn about using CorelDRAW in apparel decorating, including:

    • Adding trendy effects
    • Working with colors and custom color palettes
    • Doing simple color separations for T-shirts

    Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012
    Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EDT

     

  • July3rd

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    Working on a new Unit design for HS-11 located in Jacksonville, Florida •  SH-60B Helicopter Unit • NAS Jacksonville  & NS Mayport

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Initial pencil sketch (done while watching True Blood this past Sunday)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Inked version. I am taking the inked version into Corel to use as a template for converting to vector.

  • May28th

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    It is with Great honor that I inform you all that I have been chosen as a Master by Corel.

     

     

    Corel has recently chosen a handful of designers and artists from around the world to join the CorelDRAW Masters program. These select individuals come from a wide range of professional backgrounds, yet they all share one thing in common: an outstanding technical proficiency and passion for CorelDRAW. The Masters below are designers and artists who have achieved remarkable success using CorelDRAW and hope that by sharing their work and their stories they can inspire others to show their true design style.

     

    Stay tuned for more info throughout the week. Thursday I will be on standby for questions on facebook.

     

    Check out my Master profile on http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4260069#tab4

    Stay tuned for more info and announcements on Corel’s facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/coreldrawgraphicssuite

     

    Stay Corelian my Friends…!

     

    Richard Reilly – Fluid

     

     

     

     

     

  • May4th

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    While working on a new job for a local military base I got an idea  on doing some funky effects with the shading on the skull that I came up with these two t shirt design ideas.   Once the design is approved I will post the FRCSE FCPOA Det Mayport design.

    Until then here are the two t shirt layouts I worked up from that initial idea.

    All vector all CorelDRAW X6

    I had some fun with the halftone patterns for shading. Was a bit tedious yet gave a cool effect and overall look to the design.

    Pretty much the same with some interweaving of the various background elements and changing the style of the wings. Ia m currently playing around with various colorings.  I can see this as a extremely large full front print taking up most if not the entire shirt.   I could also see these as poster designs for a hard core metal band.

    More to come…….

     

     

     

  • April26th

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    In case you missed the webinar do not fret as it was recorded and available for all to see. A must for every CorelDRAW user as the mesh tool is one of the most powerful tools in the suite.

    Learn how to create advanced gradients using Mesh Fills in CorelDRAW. Marc Bech, CorelDRAW Specialist & Trainer, covers the following topics:
    – Using the Mesh Fill tool to apply advanced gradients,
    – Adding 3D realism to flat graphics,
    – Accessing the right colors for your Mesh Fill palettes,
    – Learning how to apply the Copy Mesh Fill command.
    Gradient Mesh Tool – Webinar Watch it here