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. 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 In this tutorial, you will be guided in creating an electronic piano in Illustrator. Recreate a Beatles Rock Band Ad in Illustrator Creating a Surrealistic Hand-Drawn Illustration
The Making of an “ELITE” Identity Deep down inside every designer loves a good ol' fashion logo. In-fact, as a kid you probably redrew the Nike or Lacoste logo over and over, just for fun. Or was that just me? So when a start-up business owner of an athletic training company approached me to help with their identity I was super excited about the opportunity. Final Identity Preview A preview of the final "ELITE" identity is below. Project Outline The Elite Sports Training mission statement reads "athletic performance institute driven to help prepare young athletes to live and compete to their full potential." With the client on this project being a young, new business it was important for them to not come off as amateur. Concept Take notes, lots and lots of them. On identity projects, I always try to collect words and/or phrases that embody the company because it always helps spawn ideas and/or visuals. The idea is that the icons could be interchangeable, depending on the execution. Sketch Icon Design Type Design Refine
Create a Sci-Fi, Vector Portrait Made of Symbols In this tutorial, you will learn how to create vector images made from any symbols, having previously processed a bitmap image in Photoshop and using a wonderful script. The technique is very simple and accessible to everyone, it only depends on your imagination! Preparing Image for Further Processing Step 1 For this tutorial, a picture of any quality and resolution will do. Step 2 Take the Crop Tool (C) and crop the photo so that the undesirable elements (white stripes on the right and left) are left off screen. Step 3 Make the background of the picture absolutely black. Step 4 Click on the Delete button and choose Black in the open dialog box. Step 5 Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert (Command + I) for color inversion of the image. Step 6 Now reduce the image's size, looking ahead, I will say that the final size of vector portrait depends on the size of the photo. Save the portrait, File > Save for Web & Devices. Script Installation and Creating a Vector Portrait Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10
Realistic Vector Motorcycle Portraits Every semester, in my Illustrator classes, my students always want to know how I create the Motorcycle Portraits I am known for. I often give them a brief explanation, but I have never really sat down and described the process in detail...until now. My approach to getting a "realistic" look in my work is a bit tedious, but I think you will agree that the end results are well worth it. Enjoy! 1. Another question I get a lot from my students is, "What kind of computer should I buy to become a great illustrator?" A computer is only as good as the techniques and steps you put it through to generate your images. 2. I draw whatever captures my attention. When I take my reference shots, I take as many different angles as I can. 3. One rule I always tell my students is: In order to trace, Choose File Menu and Place. I don't follow my own advice! 4. A motorcycle is made up of so many elements put together. 5. 6. 7. The Final Results So, there you go!
illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern In this tutorial you will learn how to create a seamless pattern composed of simple folk-flavored flowers. In the first part we will create an individual flower. In the second we will focus on constructing a pattern and define a seamless Illustrator pattern swatch. You can download the source file. This tutorial was prepared with Adobe Illustrator CS4 but the source file is back-saved to CS2. Step 0 We will use five colors for our flowers: white, black, blue, beige and red as well as some brown background color. Part I – Create an individual item of the pattern Step 1 Choose the Polygon Tool (you will find it under the Rectangle Tool in the Tool Panel). Keep your polygon selected and go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat… Set the slider value to 70%. (1) Copy Cmd/Ctrl+C the bloated polygon and paste it to front Cmd/Ctrl+F. Step 2 Choose the Polygon Tool and set the Radius to 33px and the number of sides to 11. Step 3 Step 4
How to Draw a Fall Leaf Using Adobe Illustrator During this tutorial we will learn to create a vector autumn leaf and the universal texture of a leaf. You will learn to use the following techniques in practice: Live Trace, Art Brush, Mesh and many others. The tutorial contains lots of practical advice and recommendations. The seamless leaf texture can be used in your future works as an element of a design. Learn more at the jump! Step 1 Maple leaves have the most beautiful leaf shape. Step 2 Lock the under layer with the maple leaf image, in order not to move it accidentally when you manually trace its shape. Step 3 Now create veins on the leaf. Keep the shape selected, drag it to the Brushes palette, and choose the Art Brush in the open dialogue box. Step 4 Take the Pen Tool (P) and create curves with no fill and a 1 pixel stroke towards the direction of the main veins of the leaf. Step 5 Group up all the created curved lines, copy and paste them in front. Step 6 Now we have eight pieces of the leaf. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12
Illustrator - Création d’une… - Les FONCTIONS… - MASQUE d’opacité… - Réalisation d'un… - Amélioration d'un… - Le BLOG sur la VECTORISATION Mardi 26 juillet 2011 2 26 /07 /Juil /2011 09:00 Dans ce didacticiel nous verrons quelques étapes permettant la réalisation d'un fond avec Adobe Illustrator. Ces étapes pourront servir pour la création de n'importe quel fond ou style. Ce fond est créé avec Adobe Illustrator, il est donc vectoriel et imprimable dans toutes les résolutions. Création de l'arrière-plan. 1. 3. 4. 5. ( Quand vous appliquerez les dégradés de couleurs, veuillez bien faire attention que vous ciblez bien le sous-calque que vous voulez dégrader) 6. 7. Le pliage 1. 2. 3. 4. Les cercles - Au lieu de tracés plusieurs fois le même cercle, nous créerons un seul cercle que nous convertirons en symbole pour gagner du temps en niveau traçage. 1. 2. - Maintenant vous pouvez placer vos cercles et utiliser les nombreux outils qui permettent la manipulation des symboles. "Création d'un logo vectorisé en style WEB 2.0 sous ILLUSTRATOR" rédigé par Nicolas Leonard
Criando uma simples classe Sprite com XNA no Windows Phone 7 Criaremos uma simples classe para encapsular um Sprite e então adicionar algumas características para permitir que nossa classe seja útil. Faremos o processo do modo mais simples possível para que acompanhe todas etapas sem sofrimento. O objetivo destes posts é dividir conhecimento e então torna-lo apto a desenvolver as tarefas que estamos abordando. Se não conseguirmos atingir tal objetivo, então teremos falhado no propósito desta série de artigos dedicados ao desenvolvimento de games para Windows Phone 7. Mão na massa. Comece um novo projeto (XNA Game Studio 4.0 / Windows Phone Game 4.0) e dê o nome de Sprite Demo. Em Game1.cs no projeto Sprite Demo (e não no projeto Sprite DemoContent (Content) pois este, como já aprendemos, tem o propósito de manter nossos assets ) iremos adicionar uma nova classe Sprite no topo do arquivo, acima da classe Game1. Visando boas práticas, definir arquivos específicos para cada classe é interessante. Mão no código Simples? Legal não é mesmo? Boa sorte!
Vector 3D Christmas Bells Thinking of drawing some Christmas bells for this Christmas? Read this illustrator tutorial to learn how to draw 5 different styles of vector Christmas bells using the 3D Revolve Effect. You will also learn how to create unique designs for each one and how to apply them using the Map Art option. Drawing the Red Christmas Bell 1. Now go to Effect > 3D > Revolve and set the following values: 2. 3. 4. 5. The Christmas trees group if filled with a radial gradient using the following colors: (R=244, G=232, B=217), (R=237, G=208, B=137) and (R=191, G=131, B=41). 6. Drawing the Green Christmas Bell 7. 8. Now duplicate this shape, select it then switch to the Direct Selection Tool and by holding the left side point move it and only release when it intersects the other shape’s side point. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Drawing the Golden Christmas bell 14. When you are done select all the spirals and click Add to shape area > Expand then drag it into the Symbols Panel. 15. 16. Drawing the Silver Christmas Bell