Hey guys, what's going on?
It's me Will Paterson and
welcome back to a new video.
Today, I'm going to be
showing you 5 of the best,
in my opinion,
resources for creators and designers
in the industry
online, right now.
These resources are resources
that I one love,
two use,
and three will make
your life easier,
and there resources that you
guys probably don't know about.
And because I'm making a
video on these resources,
you guys get heavy
discounts on them as well.
So all the links to these
will be in the description
and I do get a small commission
for each time you purchase one,
so it does help me out too.
Just so you know.
The first one is the
"Logo Package Express."
If you're a logo designer,
like myself, one of the most
annoying and tedious times
for creating logos
is to send the files
is to create them, send them,
organize them for the client.
And we know this is an
important part of the process
in making sure your
client has the right files
because if they hire another
designer to work with the logo,
putting it on to ,you
know, packaging,
or at your power
products or whatever.
We need the right format
of files for the designer.
Normally, we as designers would have
to create these logo files manually
which takes forever.
But now the "Logo Package" does is all
foll you automatically within Illustrator
is really easy to
use and intuitive
and saves you so much time.
As you can see here,
I'm using a submission from
come design with me to
show you how this works.
You basically select
the logo that you want,
that you're going to be
giving into the package,
and then you use the
extension and it works,
as you can see, blazing fast.
I, honestly, think that this
is one of the best extensions
that I've ever
used in Illustrator
because it saved me so
much time and hassle.
It does it all for you.
It doesn't just like
create these artboards,
it actually creates the
png's, the jpeg`s
the print, the web.
Saves all the Illustrator
files all by itself.
It does something that would take normally
probably half an hour if you're quick,
and it does it in a few seconds.
If you would like
a nice 15% discount
on the "Logo
Package" to help you,
give your files to
your client on time.
Click that link down
below in the description.
For anyone out there that
loves to draw letters
or do hand lettering
then there are two awesome resources
that I can offer to you today.
The "Grid Builder."
Now hand lettering is
difficult for most people,
not because they can't
draw the letters,
but because they don't
know how to compose them.
Now, hand-lettering is basically
a composition of shapes
and letters within those shapes.
And what the "Grid Builder' does
which was made by Ian Barnard
and Stefan Kunz is it
creates the shapes for you,
really intuitively,
so you can use it within
Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator.
And you can actually print them
out as well, which is pretty cool.
I use a "Grid Builder" quite a lot,
just to get my composition down.
It makes it so much easier
and keeps everything
really nicely balanced
and on point.
And if you don't have an iPad,
don't worry you don't need it,
you can use it in
Photoshop illustrator
and you can print them off.
If you'd like the "Grid Builder",
click the link down below
and it will take
you to Design Cuts
where you can get the "Grid
Builder" for a good amount.
Now, the next resource is sort of
another step towards a "Grid Builder"
which is called the
"Letter Builder."
The "Letter Builder" is
exactly what it says,
it`s actually created
by Ian Barnard as well.
And the "Letter Builder" allows you
to easily create letters consistently
in a sort of package.
I use a "Letter Builder"
with it in the "Grid Builder"
sometimes to create
my compositions,
and it also works great for
hand-lettered logotype design.
If you're starting
out in hand lettering
it makes it so much easier
to create these letters.
It gives you the grid
and it basically becomes a natural
part of lettering using the grid.
Now a lot of you
guys will be asking,
well, where are all the mock-ups
in this sort of resource video.
Well, there are some
mock-ups I absolutely love,
specifically branding mock-ups
because the difference between
people who sell their designs well,
to those who don't,
are people who use mock-ups
and branding mock-ups
to present their logos.
Presenting your logo
designs to a client
can't just be: "Here's the logo on
a white piece of paper or a .jpeg."
It has to be shown of what it
could look like in the real world.
So for instance,
if you're creating a logo for a company
that sells you know t-shirts
or you know, something -
someone that sells notebooks
then you need to get the
logo onto the T-shirt
and onto the notebooks,
so it looks real,
so the client knows exactly what
they're getting when it's printed.
Now, these packs do
just that for you,
it allows the client to see
exactly what it could look like,
and you can sell your
design very well to them.
Now,
the one that I love the most
is the branding presentation
kit on designcuts.com.
Not only does the
branding presentation kit
give you like the cool mock-ups
of like bags and things.
It actually gives you
things with it in the scene
of your mockup to make it look
even better and more enticing.
And it's these little
things in these mock-ups
that can make your brand
a success or a failure
when you're designing
for someone.
And in this kit there are so many
files markups for you to use,
so you can really get into that
and customize anything in there.
Now, one of my personal favorite
resources for me as a designer
and the handletter artist
that specifically uses
the iPad Pro and procreated
your hand lettering is brushes.
Now, I sell a bunch of
brushes on my websites
and I'll link them
below as well,
but there are so
many other creators
who are making amazing brushes.
And one set of brushes
that I loved using
is the "Rough & Row - Brush Set"
and that's on
Design Cuts as well.
This gives you a really textured and
dry feel to your work which is nice.
You can go really colorful with
it and get really creative.
So not only can
you draw with them,
you can add textures with
these brush packs as well
and it's really easy to
install and download.
If you like to see the cool
evidence of these brushes,
you can either check out
my Instagram or the website
where they selling
on that design cuts.
Okay, and the last and the most
underrated resource of all time
and it's free to use and
super simple is "Coolors."
Now, "Coolors" is an amazingly fast
and intuitive color scheme generator.
It allows you to create color
schemes on the fly really quickly
and there is an extension
that could be put inside of
Adobe Illustrator as well,
so you can actually save the
color palettes and use them
in the swatches panel in
Illustrator for your projects.
Not only that, you can actually see
some of the amazing color combinations
that other people have got,
the ones that are popular,
the ones that for certain things like,
you know,
nature and things like that.
And you can save your own
and label them as well,
I've used these for many brands
because it's so much
more fun than going out
and picking certain
swatches with an Illustrator
or other websites.
And again,
I think it's completely free to use.
So if you guys want
any of these resources,
click the links down
below in the description,
I will label them meticulously,
so, you know exactly
what you're getting.
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