Creating Paisley Graphic Styles with Scatter Brushes and Recolor Artwork. In today's tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a series of Paisley inspired Graphic Styles using Scatter Brushes and the Appearance panel.
Once done, I'll show you how to create additional styles simply by using Recolor Artwork. This is a great tutorial for beginners as there is no Pen Tool (P) involved. So let's begin! Step 1. Create a Lunar Mandala with Illustrator. Today we are going to create a vibrant lunar phases mandala with a hand-colored style.
In Part I, we will use Adobe Illustrator to lay out the artwork, create the shapes, and choose the base colors. In Part II, we will use Adobe Photoshop to paint the vector artwork. I wanted to create an artistic representation of the eight phases of the moon cycle for an Intuitive Arts series I'll be posting on my personal blog, Poppies & Pencilshavings. During my inspiration research, I came across Amy Swagman’s Birth Art Mandalas, and was particularly drawn to the Lunar Belly mandala pictured below on the right, so I am using this particular piece as inspiration for my digital rendition. How to Create a Two Color Mandala with a Pattern Brush. Complex Circular Design Techniques. Complex Circular Design Techniques If our freebies have benefited you personally or have helped you earn a profit please consider donating via paypal.
Donate Now Creating intricate circular designs and patterns may look difficult because the shapes can be very complicated, but you will be surprised at just how easy making these shapes can be. I will go over some neat tricks, tools, techniques, and settings that will have you pumping out perfect circular designs in no time using Illustrator. This tutorial is split into 2 sections: The Rotate Tool, and a Custom Pattern Brush. 40 nouveaux Tutoriels de qualité gratuits pour Illustrator. Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop. It's been more than two weeks since I've finally moved permanently to California, USA.
40 Tutorials for Outstanding Text Effects in Illustrator. Fuzzy, sketchy, bubbly, viscous, sleek, shiny, retro, futuristic: you can do it all in Adobe Illustrator.
In this showcase, we have collected 40 tutorials that show you how to create awesome typographic effects in Illustrator, step by step. Some of these tutorials require the use of Photoshop for finer details. With these tutorials, you’ll learn how to create these typographic masterpieces and develop the skills to apply them to your own personal creations. If you know of any other great tutorials for text effects in Illustrator, please share them with us in the comments at the end of the article.
15 tutoriels pour découvrir et maîtriser Illustrator - tutoriel-illustrator. How to Create a Conceptual Portrait Using the Scribble Effect in Adobe Illustrator. How to Create a Cartoon House in Illustrator. Final Image Preview This Adobe Illustrator tutorial is not very difficult but still it is designed for those who know Adobe Illustrator at least a little bit.
I will show you how I draw the elements of vector scene. Basically, I use simple techniques. You don’t need just to copy everything; learn some basic techniques and nuances of Adobe Illustrator’s tips. Step 1 So, let’s start! Draw a sketch of a house (I usually use Photoshop for this) and then paste it into Adobe Illustrator. Step 2 Below the sketch create an outline of the house with the Pen Tool (P). Copy and paste the result shape to the front (Cmd / Ctrl + C; Cmd / Ctrl + F). Step 3 With the Pen Tool (P) create a shape of a roof. Then create a shape of clarified part of the roof. Then create shades and reflection of the sky. Step 4 Create strips on the roof which will illustrate its heterogeneity. Create some more small details which will convey the play of light on the edges of the roof. Step 5 Draw a shade on the house. Step 6 Step 7. Illustrator Effects Illustrator Tutorial: How to Create Vector Floral Background Tutorial.
Back-to-School With 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials. Advertisement Learning is a process which continues throughout the life of an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator.
Along the way, designers find the task of mastering Adobe Illustrator a large obstacle which requires practice and experience in using the vector-based application. Practice comes in the form of tutorials, which offer tips, tricks, and artistic styles from other designers who have mastered certain techniques based on their experience. From these tutorials, a designer can polish their skillsets on a variety of topics which will strengthen their own artwork. Sometimes a simple tutorial has tips which may have been overlooked based on the subject of the tutorial. 125+ Ultimate Round-Up of Illustrator Tutorials. When it comes to web and graphic design, Adobe Illustrator is usually the primary option to consider.
However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master. Why I need to look any Illustrator tutorial? Out of many reasons there are three reasons for simple explanations. First, Illustrator offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out your design, optimize structure proportions and emphasize some beautiful details. Second, if you have some experience with Illustrator then it is easy to learn the basics and quickly produce very impressive and beautiful results. It’s been months, since we have been Rounding-Up interesting, useful and creative Illustrator Tutorials which can help you to create great designs. Creativity means a lot in any kind of presentation. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may find helpful. Design Process of Koi Illustration.
It has been a while since the last time I've done any illustration work.
Recently I've created a new awesome piece that I would like to share with you. It is a koi fish illustration inspired by my tattoo. Read this post to find out more about my tattoo and see how I created the koi fish illustration based on my tattoo. Final Illustration Preview About My Tattoo Artist - Daemon Rowanchilde. Vector Polishing Techniques. Someone emailed me and asked how did I do the illustration background on Next2Friends.
It inspired me to write this article. He asked "Did I do it in Photoshop or Illustrator? " Well, it is a mixture of both. Tag "Illustrator" on Smashing Magazine. People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. Sometimes, I paint it completely by hand; sometimes I’ll scan in a pencil drawing. Many of my pieces are 100% analog that I’ll show only at shops or galleries. Use anything you can; if the illustration would work as a wood carving, go that route. Illustrator's Live Trace: Sketch to Vector. Advertisement In this post we will take a drawn design, scan it and clean it up in Photoshop, then trace it using the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. Live Trace was introduced in Adobe Illustrator CS2 but is still a powerful tool available in Illustrator CS5.
This process really gives an artist the freedom to digitally experiment with drawings of any kind. The vector art it produces can be used in numerous ways and is easily customized. My motivation for trying this was originally to make a “growing vine”-type animation in Adobe After Effects. Illustrator.