Manuela is a Digital Illustrator from Napoli, Italy. She started as a Web Designer but then followed her primary passion: Adobe Illustrator. Drawing is her passion, Digital Drawing is her dream.
Do you have a sketch lying around and want to bring it to life? If you’re inspired by mid-century art as much as Manuela Langella, you’ll love the process and end result of this tutorial. Dig out your sketch and fire up Illustrator to get started!
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Over the summer, Adobe XD released two great prototyping features: fixed elements and overlays. When you work with prototypes and want them to be more interactive, functions like these will be very helpful.
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(This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) Working with wireframes allows you to get creative without worrying too much about the style or the design of your project. This tutorial will teach you how to create a landing page for an online course website, and offers a mobile wireframe you can use to practice and follow along.
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(This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) There are many ways to design and create an app’s look. Learn how to transfer an app’s design from Photoshop to XD, continuing to work on it and having fun while prototyping.
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(This article is sponsored by Adobe.) A world without icons — is that even possible? After all, icons have been one of the first elements used in the first UIs. Let’s dig deep into why they play an important part in today’s screen design.
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(This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) What are gradients, and why are they so valuable to designers? One thing is for sure: Gradients are making a comeback, and we can already see this trend on many websites.
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In this tutorial, you can learn how to create a set of office icons for a new app with XD’s new features to interact with your newly-created user interfaces during the prototyping phase.
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Drawing a cartoon is no trivial pursuit. It turns us into a director, writer, narrator. Through a cartoon or comic, you tell a story that takes place in a certain time, a certain environment, with certain characters. This is why you will learn here not just how to draw a cartoon in Adobe Illustrator, but how to decide on character, place and situation.
Before grabbing your pencil or software tool, ask yourself, “What will be my topic?” How many characters you will use, and who will they be? What background will they move against? What era will they live in? In what scene will you put them? Through the steps in this tutorial, I will explain to you my own choices. Let’s begin.
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Easter is only a week away, and it’s time to add a few icons to your projects. Or perhaps just freshen up your good ‘ol Easter cards for your family, friends, colleagues, and perhaps even strangers. Today, we’re happy to release the Easter Icon Set, a set of 13 icons available in AI, PSD, EPS, PDF, SVG and PNG formats.
The icon set was designed and created by Manuela Langella and, as always, is free to use in private and commercial projects.
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In this tutorial, I will teach you how to work digitally on an image you draw by hand. You will learn two completely different ways to approach the image: through the Live Trace Tool and the Pen Tool. Two ways, two results. Learn how to take the best from both.
Along the way, I will give you some Photoshop tips, too. The first thing you’ll need to know is how to manage your drawing in Photoshop and which are the best ways to prepare it for Illustrator. If you are not comfortable drawing in Photoshop, don’t worry! You can download my drawing in high-resolution, skip the Photoshop step and go straight to step 2 to begin with Illustrator.
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Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s time to add a few scary and fun icons to your projects. Today, we’re happy to release the Halloween Icon Set, a set of 19 icons that are all available in AI, EPS, PDF, SVG and PNG formats. This icon set was designed and created by Manuela Langella and is free to be used in private as well as commercial projects.
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Everyone loves a great icon set. Today, we’re honored to present to you two sets of office and business icons that can come in handy when designing apps, websites as well as for print.
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