40+ Excellent Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials Back when Mickey Mouse was drawn by Walt Disney in 1928, it was all pencil and paper, and the frequent use of the ever dependable eraser. More than 80 years has passed and yet we still see Mickey Mouse cartoons all around the world. That 80+ years has also brought advances in computer technology and software which now allows us to move away from the pencil, paper and the ever dependable eraser, to advanced drawing applications and input (drawing) devices. In this edition/article, we’ll be featuring the best 40+ tutorials on drawing cartoons with Adobe Illustrator and we hope it would expand your creativity and imagination to be the next Walt Disney. Here are some related post you might be interested: Full list after jump. Happy Sun CharacterLearn how to create fun sun character tutorial in Illustrator. Cute Baby SealSimple tutorial to teach you how to create a super cute baby seal. Stinking Zombie Flesh-EaterIn this tutorial, you will learn how to create a cartoon zombie in Illustrator.
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How to Create Super-Malleable Effects with Colorful Lines These days colorful lines are one of the most malleable effects you can easily create in Photoshop. They simply fit everywhere and can look really awesome. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create these fantastic colorful effects using only Photoshop. I'll show you how to compose illustration with these effects. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Preparation First let's grab the photos we'll be using in this tutorial: girl and teddy, which are taken from one of my favorite stock sites 123rf.com. Step 1 Start by opening the girl image, then grab the Pen Tool (P) and start extracting. While extracting, take a look at the arrows, they indicate shadows. Step 2 Create a new document that is 1200 pixels by 950 pixels, with a of 300 px/inch. Tip: Your background colors are up to personal taste. Step 3 Now grab the Burn Tool (O), then set the Range to Midtones and Exposure to around 30%. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7
50 Beautiful Color Palettes for Your Next Web Project Choosing the right color scheme is essential to your website’s success. Your layout and other design choices — including font — should be developed in concert with your color scheme, which can ensure readability, cohesiveness, and beauty in the final product. Unfortunately, making that choice or creating a color palette from scratch can be quite the challenge. That’s why for today’s post I’ve put together a collection of 50 beautiful color palettes that are ready to use for your next web project. If you like these, check out another 24 palettes I’ve recently rounded up. Getting the Most Out of This Post Before diving into the color palettes I’ve collected, I want to mention a few tools that can help you get the most out of this post. Editor’s Note: Want to make your own palettes even better? Remember that Photoshop will display certain colors far more vibrantly than they will look on the web when you use hex codes. That’s all. Pick Your Palette Bonus Resources!
illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern | PeHaa Blog 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. 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. Go to Object > Expand Appearance. Step 3 (1) In the Layer Panel put the red shape below the beige one. Step 4
Typography With Perspective: Learn to Wield Illustrator’s Perspective Grid Tool Today we’re going to take a look at how to use the Perspective Grid in Adobe Illustrator. This awesome and fairly new tool allows you to automatically flow vector elements onto a prebuilt three dimensional grid. You might think that you need to be an artist to use this tool but there are in fact all kinds of practical uses for it in every day design. We’ll use it to lay out some type like in the example above. What Is the Perspective Grid Tool? The Perspective Grid Tool was released as a part of Illustrator CS5. These planes make creating perspective artwork a cinch. How Do I Use It? The first thing that you should know is that the grid is fully adjustable. Near the bottom center of the grid, you’ll find the handles for moving each plane forward and backward into 3D space. Drawing on the Grid Drawing on the grid is fairly easy, but the process it a little quirky so you can get easily frustrated and confused if you don’t know what you’re doing. Dragging Items Onto the Grid Working With Type
Introducing the Adobe Kuler iPhone app | Creative Cloud for Design Share this Episode Please select a language: Autoplay End of Video Show End Screen Default Quality Adjust your embed size below, then copy and paste the embed code above. Community Translation Episode available in 6 languages Available Translations: Join the Community Translation Project Thanks for your interest in translating this episode! Please Confirm Your Interest Thanks for your interest in adding translations to this episode! An error occurred while processing your request. Another translator has already started to translate this episode. Thanks for Participating! This episode has been assigned to you and you can expect an e-mail shortly containing all the information you need to get started. About This Episode Rufus Deuchler, Adobe worldwide evangelist, shows how you can capture color inspiration using the new Adobe Kuler iPhone app and then sync your color theme for immediate use in Adobe Illustrator CC.
25 Awesome Mac Apps For Designers Apple products with Mac OS X operating system are quite popular among designers and digital artists. So today I have collected 25 awesome apps for designing purposes. Mostly of them are for processing images and editing pictures but you will also find tools for productivity, time management, screen recording, reading, planning as well as coding apps in case you are a web designer. Some of these apps are available for free but most of them will cost you money, but hey it is not so bad to pay few dollars for high quality product and achieve amazing results after. What do you think about these apps? Which is your favorite one? Screeny Screeny makes screen capturing easy and gives you the freedom to capture your videos or images at any size. Pixelmator Beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing app for Mac OS X Gradient Pick the perfect color from your mockups with Gradient’s custom picker or use the standard color window to choose it. LESS.app Strata Design 3D SE Reeder
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