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100 Best Illustrator Tutorials of All Time

100 Best Illustrator Tutorials of All Time
Adobe Illustrator is the most powerful vector software on the planet, and whether you’re using it alone, or in a workflow with other tools such as a 3D program, Photoshop, InDesign, or something else, it can be a great asset to any designer’s arsenal. However, Illustrator is also one of the most daunting programs to learn how to use, with a vast array of tools and features at your fingertips. Some high quality tutorials will go a long way to easing the process, and get you up and going on your own vector creations. In our sequel to the Best Photoshop tutorials of all time, today we have the best Illustrator tutorials ever created and showcased on the web. Whether you want to learn the basics, or something a bit more advanced, this list has it all, from vector characters, icon tutorials, coveted infographic tutorials (which are in high demand), or graphic-design illustration tutorials, this collection of the best Illustrator tutorials will be sure to help you out.

The best of the best tools and resources for web design of 2010 « Web Design Blog – WebDesignShock Another year ends and a new year begins, there have been 12 months full of news in the web design world, from the New Twitter design to the constant grow of HTML5 and CSS3, there has been tons of events that have changed the web panorama during this year. We spent all the year digging across the web to find those little secrets that were waiting for being discovered. We have reunited a huge collection of news and resources that saw the light during 2010, we did the work for you and now everything that you missed during this year that ends is here, ready for you to look into it. This roundup covers several aspects that will definitely help web designers and developers, including wireframing tools, widgets, color management apps, text editors and more; you will find along with the link a short review about each item of the list, let’s hope that this list will help you to remember all the good things that the last year of this decade has left for all of us. New GUI sets iPad GUI set Minus

ShoutKey! "What Font Should I Use?": Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces Advertisement For many beginners, the task of picking fonts is a mystifying process. There seem to be endless choices — from normal, conventional-looking fonts to novelty candy cane fonts and bunny fonts — with no way of understanding the options, only never-ending lists of categories and recommendations. 1. Many of my beginning students go about picking a font as though they were searching for new music to listen to: they assess the personality of each face and look for something unique and distinctive that expresses their particular aesthetic taste, perspective and personal history. The most appropriate analogy for picking type. For better or for worse, picking a typeface is more like getting dressed in the morning. My “favorite” piece of clothing is probably an outlandish pair of 70s flare bellbottoms that I bought at a thrift store, but the reality is that these don’t make it out of my closet very often outside of Halloween. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3. 4. Time for another clothing analogy:

20 Basic Illustrator Tutorials Every Beginner Should See Learning a new software application can be a daunting task, especially when tackling an application that’s as deep as Adobe Illustrator! Thankfully there’s a colection of Illustrator veterans who are generous enough to take the time to document the basics, allowing new users to grasp the initial workings and gain a know-how of the tools and core techniques. This collection of hand-picked tutorials cover various tools, and provide plenty of useful hints and tips. Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days This in-depth 30 day course from Vector Diary is one of the most useful courses out there. Illustrator Beginner’s Series IllustrationInfo’s Illustrator beginner’s series covers the most common tools with insights into their uses. Adobe Illustrator Guides and Tutorials The collection of tutorials and guides from klethegr8 include various hints and tips for all kinds of tools. Beginner Adobe Illustrator Tutorials Illustrator CS4 Blob Brush Illustrator CS4 Gradients Working with Illustrator Art Brushes

MP #3 : Quelques règles d’esthétiques en photographie - Phototrend.fr Prendre une photo, c’est quelque chose qui est donné à tout le monde : il suffit d’appuyer sur le déclencheur de son appareil photo et voilà, la photo est prise. Cependant, au fil des années, des règles se sont imposées, comme dans tout art d’ailleurs. C ‘est de ces « règles » que nous allons parler aujourd’hui dans ce 3ème « Mercredi Pratique ». Bien sûr, vous êtes libre de passer outre ces règles, rien n’est imposé en photographie. Pour illustrer cet article, nous allons nous appuyer sur un jeu très pédagogique trouvé sur Internet. Quelques grandes règles de styles en photo : La règle des tiers : pour faire simple, cette règle veut que quand vous composez votre photo, vous devez la diviser en 9 parties: En gros, il ne faut pas centrer l’élément dans la photo, mais le position sur un des 4 points d’intersections des droites « imaginaires » qui traversent votre image. La mise en valeur du sujet : cette méthode vient après la règle des tiers. Pour aller plus loin :

Anti-piracy lawyers caught pirating each other’s work We would like to think that the lawyers that are prosecuting alleged copyright infringers are practicing what they preach, but it looks like one of the most high profile firms involved in such cases are just as guilty of stealing other’s work as those who are downloading illegal media. Allegedly, the file sharing settlement letters and follow-up response templates used by ACS:Law were blatantly copied by lawyers at Tilly, Bailey and Irvine, who were starting their own settlement letter operation. Andrew Crossly from ACS:Law claims that the firm contacted him for help, which he provided, but instead of just using his templates as a guide, Tilly, Bailey and Irvine began to use them as their own without consent. “My cooperation does not extend to allowing, without my prior knowledge, license or permission, to use my firm’s range of precedent letters, paragraphs and responses.

99 Useful Resources for Graphic Designers Articles September 27, 2007 I have used every one of these resources as a graphic designer and website developer and have hand picked all of these resources based on their usefulness and overall quality. I hope you find these resources as useful as I do! Enjoy! 1. www.gag.org The Graphic Artists Guild promotes and protects its members and is committed to improving conditions for all graphic designers and the whole industry. 2. www.aiga.org AIGA, the professional association for design is dedicated to protecting and advancing design and its importance to society. Education 3. www.guidetoonlineschools.com Guide To Online Schools is an education directory that specializes in online degrees, online schools, and distance learning. 4. www.getdegrees.com Getdegrees features the nations best online degrees from over 300 colleges. 5. www.graphic-design-schools.org Graphic Design Schools is your unofficial guide to getting into a graphic design school. Generally Useful 9. Networking & Freelance Work

80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources Jan 18 2009 For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Illustrator tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of vector packs, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artwork and to give it any look you want. So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, vector packs, tips & tricks and .EPS downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community. To make your job a little bit easier, we have categorized this post into 6 section, the links below will get you to your desired section. Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Create a Gang of Vector Ninjas - Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough Follow this step by step documentation of the whole process of the logo design from conception to completion. - Master Painting in Illustrator

Le sens de lecture en photographie Une photo se lit à la façon d’un texte. Il est important de connaitre le principe de la lecture de l’image pour faire des composition plus efficaces. Pour soigner la composition d’une photo, il est utile de s’intéresser à la lecture de l’image. Il faut pouvoir, au moment de la prise de vue, anticiper la façon dont le spectateur va la regarder. Quand vous regardez une photo, l’oeil se balade un peu partout. Il va suivre un schéma de base, dicté par le sens naturel de lecture. Le sens de lecture naturel Naturellement l’oeil a tendance à balayer l’image de la même façon qu’un texte, c’est à dire de gauche à droite et de haut en bas. On remarque alors que le choix de l’orientation de l’image n’est pas anodin. Les lignes directrices Le principe ci-dessus n’est que théorique. Les lignes permettent de détourner l’oeil en lui indiquant le chemin à suivre. Les lignes directrices sont partout mais il faut savoir les exploiter correctement. Les lignes sont présentes mais sans cohérence Cas particuliers

Mystery Merc Group Is Blackwater’s 34th Front Company | Danger Room UPDATE: If International Development Solutions, a mysterious firm partially owned by Blackwater, has its own independent office, it’s hard to find. A business records search co-locates one of the jackpot winners of a State Department contract worth up to $10 million with Kaseman LLC, the well-connected private security security firm that partnered with Blackwater arm U.S. Training Center to win the contract. That would suggest International Development Solutions — a company few industry experts have heard of, sporting a generic, Google-resistant name — is yet another front group the company set up to win government contracts while concealing its tainted brand. An earlier version of this story reported on the results of a different business records search that turned up a listing for the company in a residential neighborhood of Washington DC. If you like Paravant, you’ll love International Development Solutions. Those other spinoffs are generally up front about the services they offer.

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30+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials : Mastering Your Tools and Options Sep 07 2008 Illustrator is capable of creating stunning effects, all waiting at your finger tips in the Tools palette. Illustrator Tools can transform a single path into a work of art. In this post we present a collection of excellent Adobe Illustrator tutorials that shows you exactly what needs to be done in order to create professional artworks using which tool and option. You might be interested to check other related posts for more useful illustrator tutorials: “Pen” Tool - Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide This comprehensive guide aims to introduce or remind you of features, shortcuts, and methods for working with what is arguably Adobe’s most essential tool, the pen tool. - Illustrator Pen tool exercises The first thing that you need to master and become proficient in is the Pen tool. - Illustrator Tutorial: Pen Tool This is an in-depth beginner tutorial of the Adobe Illustrator pen tool. “Magic Wand” Tool - Utilizing the Magic Wand’s Tolerance Levels “3D Revolve” Tool Homepage

MP #88 : Réaliser des photos numériques vintages Vous avez un vieil appareil photo, ou un appareil « vintage » que vous avez retrouvé au fond d’un grenier, sur une étagère chez la grand-mère, ou au fond du garage d’un voisin ? Quel excitement, quel bel objet, mais il ne fonctionne plus et quand bien même s’il fonctionnait encore, personne n’est capable de vous dire quel type de pellicule utiliser. En résumé vous venez de récupérer un magnifique presse-papier. A l’heure où l’argentique vintage n’a jamais été autant à la mode grâce entre autre à la lomographie, que diriez-vous d’utiliser cet appareil avec votre reflex, et ainsi prendre de magnifiques photos numériques vintages ? C’est possible, vous l’avez même sans doute déjà utilisé sans savoir que cette technique s’appelle TtV, Through the Viewfinder, « à travers le viseur » dans la langue de Molière. Dans quel but ? Recycler ou utiliser un vieil appareil photo avec viseur de poitrine, sans pour autant qu’il soit fonctionnel (déclenchement, avance de pellicule, cellule). Comment faire ?

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