A Gold Mine of Adobe Illustrator Resources. By Melissa Scroggins What could be better than striking gold? How about a huge list of Adobe Illustrator resources? For many designers, a list of resources to help finish those design projects in a quick and easy fashion is like finding gold on the Web. In this article, there are over 200 (mostly) free resources for Adobe Illustrator.
Since many designers have made these resources free for others, please take the time to check out the license agreements before using any resources for projects. Finally, have fun stockpiling all the brushes, patterns,, symbols, vectors, swatches, and fun additions to the Adobe Illustrator presets. 1. There are a multitude of brush sets that can add volumes of creativity to design projects. 17 brushes for Illustrator 28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls 33 More Paint Brush Style Illustrator Brushes 20 Free Illustrator Art Brushes: Ink Sketch Lines 57 Exclusive Illustrator Multi-Colored Paint Brushes Free-Dot Dash Illustrator Pattern Brushes. 20 Superb Adobe Illustrator Tutorials.
Tutorials. I think you’ll all agree that Illustrator is just plain awesome, and with the continual improvements we see with each new version, it keeps getting better and better. Previously, I created seamless textures for typography and seamless backgrounds for my web and illustration projects with Photoshop. But we’ve seen large improvements with the Appearance panel in more recent versions of Illustrator, so now I create these textures and backgrounds solely in Illustrator–it’s actually super easy! So in today’s tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps on how to create a variety of seamless textures and backgrounds all in Adobe Illustrator.
Continue reading In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple diamond icon in Adobe Illustrator. Using thin strokes and basic stroke properties, you will learn how to add a subtle glowing effect for the edges of your diamond and then how to easily color or recolor your diamond icon. Continue reading Continue reading Continue reading. 20 Beautiful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials. If you want to create distinctive vector artwork, then Adobe Illustrator is the best tool. If you don`t have inspiration, below you can see 20 great tutorials. Have fun. How to Make a Map in Illustrator How to Create Blueprint-Style Text How to Create Anatomy Illustrations Create Your Own Spoof Airplane Safety Illustrations How to Create a Crazy Cool Logo How To Create a Repeating Camo Pattern How to Create Farmville Type Effect How To Design a Print Ready Letterhead & Comp Slip How to Create Vector Clouds How To Create a Gothic Blackletter Typographic Design How To Create a Fun Cartoon Style Poster Design How To Design a Sweet Linework & Typography Combo Create a Color Picker Icon How to Create an Iconic Poster Design Design a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16 Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth Create a Mummy Text Effect Create Grainy Textures Creating Seamless Textures Quick Tutorial: Create Chunky Buttons Create a Polished Raised Type Treatment.
33 New High Quality Adobe Illustrator Tutorials. Learning is, of course, a continuous process and it is important that we don’t let our skills be stagnant. Hence, we need change and improvement… To stand by this proclamation, we give you another post on illustrator tutorials but with different techniques and outcome. This post differs from the numerous tutorials in Illustrator that we have posted in this site, because not only does they provide useful information, but they are entertaining as well.
We are proud to present 33 New High Quality Adobe Illustrator Tutorials for illustrator users from every level. May you be a beginner or a professional, this post will be beneficial to all. Have fun reading through this post and let us know what’s on your mind… Enjoy!!! Draw a Happy Monster Illustration The tutorial is on creating a happy monster in illustrator. How to Create Funny Swirls in Illustrator Here is a tutorial on creating funny swirls in Illustrator. How to Create an Electronic Piano in Illustrator Design a Cute Hamster Avatar.
Are you looking to extend those trial applications? | Ask The Admin. So maybe you downloaded a trial application and you have not finished evaluating it? Maybe you have been using that trial application and now it has expired and you need to export your data. No matter if you are being good or evil NirSoft’s application will do the trick for ya! Check it out: A few years ago I wrote about a little freeware utility that allowed you to remove the date protection that is found on most trial software. Well, I found another one! You see, there are so many free trial versions of software out there. The software is really great too, however not good enough to spend a gob of money on them. Now, I am not saying I do it… and of course this article is for educational purposes only, but there are ways to extend the trial date, or at least fool the trial program into thinking it is still running in the trial period.
Enter RunAsDate from NirSoft! RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. Top Places to Find Quality Illustrator Tutorials Online. This post was originally published in 2009 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Finding Illustrator tutorials online can be a mission, but luckily there’s a handyful of websites and blogs offering top class Illustrator tutorials, tips and techniques.
This post rounds up the best places online to find high quality tutorials and articles to help you learn Illustrator like a pro. Vectips Vectips is the blog of master Illustrator Ryan Putnam (aka Rype). Ryan regularly posts top class Illustrator tutorials covering handy tips through to complete icon design tutorials. Vectortuts Vectortuts is Envato’s popular destination for everything vector related. Veerle’s Blog Veerle Pieters is a popular figure in the world of vectors. Vector Diary Vector Diary is home to a collection of excellent tutorials, covering the process of creating everything from simple shapes to complex illustrations. GoMediaZine N.Design Studio N.Design Studio is the home of designer Nick La. Abduzeedo Blog.SpoonGraphics. Create A Cute Creature Character From A Sketch In Illustrator.
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a cute creature from a sketch. This tutorial uses custom brushes, the Paintbrush tool, Pen tool, and the Live Paint Bucket tool. Even if your not a huge fan of the cuteness, you can use these techniques for other illustrations, logos, and vector elements. Final Image Below is the final image we will be working towards. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate Topics Covered: Custom Brushes, Paintbrush Tool, Live Paint Bucket tool Estimated Completion Time: 1-1.5 hours Step 1 Create a sketch with traditional media or in a design application like Photoshop. Step 2 In Illustrator, create a new document, go File > Place, find your image, and place it on your document. Step 3 Press the Create New Layer button from the Layers panel and rename it “Outline”. Step 4 For the outline of the creature we are going to create two custom Art Brushes. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Paintbrush tool or Pen tool Avoid Paths with Sharp Angles Step 8.