The latest beta of expression blend comes packaged with the full "Expression" suite of tools, I’ve been interested in checking out "Design" for some time to add some flare to my apps.

I’ve been playing around with it most of yesterday importing and animating a new loading control, this morning I got stuck into some vector images I need for my app, namely a pig and cow.

The results are below, anyone who’s got any proficiency in Photoshop or even old Corel draw will be right at home, it’s all splines and bezier curves. So far I’m impressed, it’s super easy to export from Design, add it to your project in Blend then drag them from the resource view into your button template or control.