Eric Vasquez

Eric Vasquez

Eric Vasquez is a Key Art and Brand Designer from NYC.

Over the past 15 years, I have worked with some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment including: A+E Networks, Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, Lifetime, Major League Baseball, Nickelodeon, NBC, Oxygen, SYFY, Showtime, and World Wrestling Entertainment. This channel is all about sharing my experience, passion, and my journey to help inspire others who are interested in entertainment design and branding.

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  • @silviaperezdeluis4122
    @silviaperezdeluis412215 сағат бұрын

    You sir are an absolute genius! Thanks for saving my day.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign14 сағат бұрын

    Thank you Silvia! I appreciate the kind words, and I’m really glad the video helped! 😊

  • @firenj10
    @firenj1015 сағат бұрын

    Hello, I've seen people saying it can have a bouncy nib. Have you had any problem with this, or a loose nib?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign15 сағат бұрын

    Personally I haven’t experienced any issues with the nib at all. Maybe it just needed to be tightened or swapped out? The tablet does come with a few extra nibs, just in case.

  • @firenj10
    @firenj1013 сағат бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign Oh awesome! Thank you very much!

  • @nexx410
    @nexx41016 сағат бұрын

    Honestly it seems everything is getting replaced. Cashiers, graphic designers, programmers, drivers, economists… everything. Maybe AI can live for us too.

  • @beanbon666
    @beanbon66617 сағат бұрын

    AI is coming for anyone that works on a PC. Best to work on a field such as photography or any field where AI is not physically present.

  • @lamkin9188
    @lamkin918819 сағат бұрын

    Do you know if any free image editors other than Photoshop have a generative fill option?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign19 сағат бұрын

    I don’t know of any free photo editing apps with the generative fill feature. I think Canva might have some AI tools available in the free version though.

  • @lamkin9188
    @lamkin918819 сағат бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign Great, thanks you!

  • @debbiejohnson1540
    @debbiejohnson1540Күн бұрын

    Hi Eric, I have been watching your video’s I do not have recolor artwork tool. How do I get the tool on my tool bar?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign23 сағат бұрын

    Hi Debbie 👋 to get the recolor artwork panel select your colors and then go to Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork. Hope this helps! 😊

  • @debbiejohnson1540
    @debbiejohnson154023 сағат бұрын

    or how do I hire you?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign23 сағат бұрын

    @@debbiejohnson1540 feel free to send me an email at [email protected] for any business inquiries.

  • @Hoodzpah
    @Hoodzpah3 күн бұрын

    So glad you enjoyed Freelance, and Business, and Stuff, Eric! Great picks.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign3 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much for the comment and for making such a helpful book for creatives! I really appreciate you stopping by to check out the video! 😊 🙏 ⚡️

  • @itpedjoakimberndes
    @itpedjoakimberndes4 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for a very useful video. Easy to understand. Great work, now you got a new follower. =)

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign4 күн бұрын

    Thanks for checking out the video and for subscribing! I’m glad you found it to be useful!

  • @ArtyMartyD
    @ArtyMartyD4 күн бұрын

    I just saw a video of someone who was recently made redundant from his design job because of AI.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign4 күн бұрын

    Ah that is definitely a huge bummer. It’s unfortunate to see things like that happen to people. Some companies also just don’t understand the value of having a good designer or creative team behind them.

  • @ArtyMartyD
    @ArtyMartyD4 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign They probably do but now just as a very temporary measure for when they can replace them.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign4 күн бұрын

    @@ArtyMartyD I can only speak from my own experience, but from what I have seen there are still a lot of great opportunities out there for designers. Hopefully in the long run companies will realize that AI can’t make revisions and they can’t attend meetings to interface with clients who aren’t creatives themselves.

  • @ArtyMartyD
    @ArtyMartyD4 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign I will hold onto that hope. It is hard not to give into the despair of it all. I'm in a lucky place right now, too many skills only I can do for the price I offer, and with room to grow. But I do fear for graduates

  • @ernestochaveznuno2689
    @ernestochaveznuno26895 күн бұрын

    Excellent, thank you very much. 🙂👍👋 One question: in my library I have several color schemes that I extracted from Adobe color, and I would like to apply them to my design but, when I select the design and then ask it to recolor it, it is painted in only one color when I select that color within the scheme of several colors stored in my library (Instead of using all that scheme with the colors that integrate it, to apply it to Design). What I need is to use that color scheme to be applied as a new proposal to the design, how do I apply the various color schemes stored in the library (that were extracted from Adobe color) to the selected design? Thanks!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign4 күн бұрын

    Thanks for your comment and for the question. While there are a couple of ways to do this, I believe the easiest way would be to open a JPG of your color scheme and place it in the same Illustrator file as your design. From here you can select any of the colors in your existing design, then go to the Select menu and choose Same > Fill Color and it will select everything in your design that is currently filled with that color. From there, you can grab your Eyedropper Tool (I) and sample any of the colors from the JPG of your color scheme. Repeat this for all of the colors that you’d like to change. Pro Tip: To make this easier for yourself, once you’ve selected all of the colors that share the same fill color, press Command/Ctrl+G to group them together. Now you will be able to use your Selection Tool (V) to select any shape from the group and use your Eyedropper Tool (I) to change the color of the entire group at the same time. I hope this will help! 😊

  • @ernestochaveznuno2689
    @ernestochaveznuno26894 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign Thank you very much for your answer, I will try that process. 😊👍🙏

  • @Ddiananova
    @Ddiananova9 күн бұрын

    Amazing, worked like a charm. Thank you!!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign9 күн бұрын

    My pleasure! I’m glad you found it to be helpful! 😃

  • @rodrigosicheroli8456
    @rodrigosicheroli845610 күн бұрын

    TKSS man!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign9 күн бұрын

    My pleasure! 😊

  • @dada_is
    @dada_is10 күн бұрын

    Hi. Which color profile and color settings I should set on a file to pass it to printing company so that they get that it's pantone?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign9 күн бұрын

    I think the best thing to do in this situation would be to connect with the printer or vendor you are working with directly. You could let them know you will be providing them with a file that has been converted to Pantone colors and ask if there is a specific color profile they’d like it to be in.

  • @unitedrealtygroupofficial
    @unitedrealtygroupofficial12 күн бұрын

    how do we find pantone in photoshop? its completely gone now. like what???

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign7 күн бұрын

    I know! It’s unfortunate that Adobe phased the Pantone books out in all of the apps. The process looks a little bit different in PS but can still be done in a similar way where you will need to load color books from an old version.

  • @jasonmillers6941
    @jasonmillers694115 күн бұрын

    -I wake up at 6am -Do my morning routine. Includes coffee. (about 30mins) -Go to the office. I work from home, so my office is in a different room from where I sleep -Go straight into ideation and designing. Because most of the time I think of a project before bed. I like channeling my morning energy into creative output -I start working from 7am - 2pm -Take a break 2pm - 3pm -Start planning for the next day, read and reply emails (“housekeeping”) 3pm - 4pm -Close the day by going for a walk or anything that gets me away from my work station

  • @valsis
    @valsis16 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this! Kinda panicked for a second!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign16 күн бұрын

    Glad you found it helpful! 😊

  • @valsis
    @valsis16 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign It was imensely helpful! I dont understand why Adobe phased these out without putting out a replacement.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign16 күн бұрын

    @@valsis I agree, although think the replacement Adobe had in mind was integrating the paid Pantone extension. Even so, $10 a month just to access colors feels like a bit much when we already pay a subscription for the apps themselves.

  • @valsis
    @valsis16 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign We shouldnt have to pay for something that was already native to the app to begin with. It's the same thing wiht AI Gen... it's locked through a paywall and I find this ridiculous.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign16 күн бұрын

    @@valsisyeah, I know what you mean. It’s definitely a pain since we got so used to having it all these years right? I was just happy to find a workaround for the colors. With the AI generative fill doesn’t that come built into Photoshop? Or is there another paid AI feature that they want us to pay for?

  • @dlwynnjr7260
    @dlwynnjr726017 күн бұрын

    This worked perfectly!!! Thanks for sharing the video and thanks for the Pantone Color Books Download!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign17 күн бұрын

    My pleasure! I’m glad that it worked perfectly and that you found the video to be helpful! 😊

  • @MrFFP-wc3ev
    @MrFFP-wc3ev19 күн бұрын

    thanks!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @jelenagvozdenovic736
    @jelenagvozdenovic73619 күн бұрын

    Thank you super clear

  • @LissaEwing-pv4ud
    @LissaEwing-pv4ud20 күн бұрын

    Can you convert RGB/CMYK using the free/basic version?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign20 күн бұрын

    I haven’t trier this with the free/basic version, but as long as it lets you add your own swatches and color books through the application folder then I believe it will work.

  • @JamaicaFlores-vb9bl
    @JamaicaFlores-vb9bl24 күн бұрын

    Thank you, you are just lovely.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign24 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much for the kind words! I hope you enjoyed the video! 😊

  • @LynneSchertz
    @LynneSchertz26 күн бұрын

    I would like more on case studies.

  • @LindseyMeredith-ez7jr
    @LindseyMeredith-ez7jr26 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much! just in time to help me with a branding project I need to prep.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign26 күн бұрын

    Thank you for checking out the video and leaving a comment! I’m so glad you found it to be helpful! 😊

  • @BuzzChronicles
    @BuzzChronicles27 күн бұрын

    Its not Ai its idiot influencers taking out jobs

  • @fancypants2007
    @fancypants200727 күн бұрын

    Illustrator 27.0 is the oldest version of Illustrator I can download from Creative Cloud, and it has only five Pantone color books. How did you get 24 Pantone color books?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign27 күн бұрын

    To get more of the Pantone Books you have to go back further to CS2 - CS3, which you can still download through Adobe as long as you have a valid license. I believe the link I provided should have all of them.

  • @amirmir3244
    @amirmir324428 күн бұрын

    Fantastic work. I started looking into tablets just recently and I found your video and talking style very helpful

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign28 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. What kind of tablet did you end up going with?

  • @amirmir3244
    @amirmir324428 күн бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign didn’t get one, still researching. I need one tablet, mostly for doing some basic graphic design like drawing, flowcharts and charts and all of that stuff. Nothing very heavy like professionals do.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign28 күн бұрын

    @@amirmir3244 for basic design tasks I do think that the Huion H640P would be a great one to start with. It’s small and easy to transport, weighs under 2lbs, and you can get it for around $35-$40 on Amazon so way cheaper than a lot of other drawing tablets out there.

  • @stephanieparker1625
    @stephanieparker162529 күн бұрын

    Hey Eric! Thanks for the video :) A few questions for you: 1. What would you recommend for a junior designer? I'm have 2-3 years of experience now. I was told in college my portfolio should be diverse, showcasing a range of skills across different project types and aesthetics. Your questions at the beginning "what type of work? what industry?" are a little tough for me, since I'm interested in a lot (branding, packaging, book design, UI/UX). I'm not yet niched down. 2. When applying for jobs, I plan to cater the pdf portfolio I give the recruiter to the area of design the job entails. I'd keep my website diverse though, since I have freelance clients on the side. Do you think it's a good idea to have a changing pdf portfolio, and website that stays the same?

  • @stephaniehoffman7875
    @stephaniehoffman787529 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful and really easy to follow.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign29 күн бұрын

    Thanks Stephanie! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the video and found it to be helpful and easy to follow! 😊

  • @shannonvierra2145
    @shannonvierra2145Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this awesome vid! Literally a lifesaver. I forgot about the pantone severance in Adobe and now that it came time to export some cover art for printing, I thought oh no! Glad I came across this!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thank you Shannon! I’m so glad that you found this video helpful and I greatly appreciate your support!!!

  • @bernettebecker1407
    @bernettebecker1407Ай бұрын

    Oh my goodness, so happy I found your video! LIFESAVER!!!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thanks so much for the kind words!! I’m glad that the video helped!! 😊

  • @sunnny119
    @sunnny119Ай бұрын

    Thank you very much..soo helpful.🤍

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    You’re welcome! I’m so glad that you found it to be helpful! 😊

  • @Rollrite
    @RollriteАй бұрын

    You're a lifesaver, thanks for the library download link!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Glad I could help! 😊

  • @kamiegarczynski8426
    @kamiegarczynski8426Ай бұрын

    Is this just for mac or does it work the same way on a PC?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    I believe it will work on a PC as the extension should be the same since it’s still Adobe Illustrator, but the location of the folders where you need to save the color book file may be different because of the OS.

  • @kamiegarczynski8426
    @kamiegarczynski8426Ай бұрын

    @@EricVasquezDesign ok thanks

  • @uzoetoamarachi
    @uzoetoamarachiАй бұрын

    Thanks, this really helped me a lot❤

  • @mkingscott
    @mkingscottАй бұрын

    Just what I needed, will be trying this tonight 👍

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Hope you enjoy!

  • @servantofchrist381
    @servantofchrist381Ай бұрын

    How do I get an older version of illustrator and do that?

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    You can download older versions of Adobe Illustrator using the main Creative Cloud App. If you just need the Pantone Color Books and want to skip downloading an older version of Illustrator you can grab the library using the link in the description of the video. Hope this helps!

  • @servantofchrist381
    @servantofchrist381Ай бұрын

    @EricVasquezDesign it worked...thank you so much. Bless you in Jesus name.

  • @chingo318
    @chingo318Ай бұрын

    thank you very much.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    No prob! I hope it was helpful 😊

  • @razialaydrus1006
    @razialaydrus1006Ай бұрын

    THANK YOU FOR THIS! YOU'RE A STAR!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thank you! I’m glad you found it to be helpful! 😊

  • @n2e2av
    @n2e2avАй бұрын

    You are one of the most underrated youtuber

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment! 🙏

  • @nandoism
    @nandoismАй бұрын

    Still making waves! 🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽

  • @nickycigarella805
    @nickycigarella805Ай бұрын

    Thanks for not being annoying subbed

  • @alirezabehzad5832
    @alirezabehzad5832Ай бұрын

    Perfect video perfect tips perfect person

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏

  • @rjstevens-nb7um
    @rjstevens-nb7umАй бұрын

    You a real one for this

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesignАй бұрын

    Thanks RJ! I appreciate you 👍

  • @gbxgbxgbx
    @gbxgbxgbxАй бұрын

    The people that were going to pay you, will now just turn to AI instead. Because, why pay when they can save money. We are doomed. Time to leave it and learn new boring stuff, change job.

  • @mexkilo7
    @mexkilo72 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the awesome tip! As a designer/ screen-printer this is a life saver.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    My pleasure! I’m glad the video was helpful for you 😊 Also, screen printing is what made me fall in love with graphic design, so I have always had great appreciation for it! Are you doing screen printing on shirts/apparel? Or what kinds of things do you print on most?

  • @PenguinAntix
    @PenguinAntix2 ай бұрын

    Really well done vid and as someone who wants to make digital comics very reassuring love your shirt im dropping a sub

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for your comment and for subbing! Very much appreciated. I’m glad you dig the Venom tee as well! I hope you will continue to pursue your passion with making digital comics! 🙌

  • @asr.skills
    @asr.skills2 ай бұрын

    which version of Illustrator we can get this tools

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    These tools are available in the 2024 version of Illustrator.

  • @jennynb42
    @jennynb422 ай бұрын

    Such an important conversation to be having right now. Thanks for sharing!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jenny! Yes, definitely an important conversation, and a very hot topic right now. Things seem to be changing week-to-week with AI, but I think it’s helpful for creatives to be able to consider how AI impacts the creative industry both in good and bad ways.

  • @The-Flute-Wizard
    @The-Flute-Wizard2 ай бұрын

    Very insightful diagnosis my man.

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Kyle! 😊⚡️🙌

  • @jens2763
    @jens27632 ай бұрын

    Very clear & concise. I was trying to recolor background watercolor lines that had many "layers" of color. This really helped. Thanks!

  • @EricVasquezDesign
    @EricVasquezDesign2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! I’m so glad that the video helped you in recoloring your watercolor background! 😄