Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Designing type art for Haiti
Learn how 12 artists from the Blood Sweat Vector collective came together to design art in aid of earthquake victims
Tutorials
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Faux 3D finishes in Illustrator
Karan Singh shows you a clever and ridiculously quick way of giving your flat illustrations a faux 3D finish – without leaving the confines of Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create a seamless, Mexican-inspired pattern
Berlin-based artist Amrei Hofstätter (aka Vertico's Puppets) shows you how to create a complex, colourful Mexican-inspired pattern by using just two simple geometric objects in Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Discover hidden depths in type illustration
Illustrator Charles Williams shows you how to create an elegant logotype with a 3D finish. You’ll then learn how to integrate it successfully into a photograph to give a naturalistic result.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Bring a 3D creature to life
Here Derek Lea shows you how to create an offbeat creature using Illustrator’s 3D Revolve effect, complete with a mouth, an eye and scaly skin that are simple to draw and wrap to the body and head.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create a euphoric abstract haze
In this design, self-employed artist Tom Starley uses basic colours, shapes and brush strokes to create a well balanced, euphoric image with a hint of the fetal about it.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Put a low-poly spin on music cover art
Here Damien Vignaux -- aka elroy -- shows you how he created an artwork for his band The Escapists – a techno act comprised of Damien and Leonizer records boss Léonard De Léonard.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Master retro poster design
The iconic vintage American poster is one of the most emulated designs of all time. Fabio Sasso shows how it’s done
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Add motion to an illustration using lines
Eric Van Den Boom reveals how simple lines and patterns can give an old-school sporty artwork the illusion of movement
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create quirky 3D imagery in Illustrator
It’s so easy to draw objects by extruding and shading basic shapes, as Thomas Burden explains
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Balance complex abstract images
The essence of abstract art is movement – of your hand, your eye and each element within the piece. In this tutorial, Rob Shields takes you through the necessary steps to create a balanced abstract image.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Give your art that cosmic look
James White shows you how the clever use of blends can yield ethereal colour effects
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: The best Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials of 2010
Photoshop and Illustrator are both excellent creative tools in their own right - but by combining them you can create truly groundbreaking artworks - as these tutorials show.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Top Illustrator tutorials of 2010
Last year we showed you how to create a myriad of artistic styles in Adobe's vector art tool. Here are the ones you've loved most.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Design damask patterns for wallpaper and homewares
In this tutorial, Steven Bonner details the techniques he used to create semi-symmetrical graphics to create beautiful designs
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Add depth to your art with expert shading techniques
Bristol-based artist Ben Steers will show you how he uses gradient effects and opacity masks to overcome this, as he takes you through how he created his piece, Gone Karting.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create cartoon figures with ease
In this tutorial, Mercedes Crespo (aka YemaYema) shows how she creates her appealing cartoon characters. Though full of detail, rich in colour and complex in appearance, they are simple to draw, as she reveals.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Make vector portraits from photos
Eelco van den Berg lets you behind the curtain to see how he creates his incredible vector portraits by turning a photo into a ‘poppy’ vector illustration.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Draw realistic liquids in vector art
In this tutorial you’ll learn numerous Illustrator techniques to create vector liquid, by playing around with Illustrator’s Mesh tool, Warp tool and layer blending properties.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Master the basics: Perspective drawing in Illustrator
Learn how to draw in 3D using the grid tools available in Adobe Illustrator CS5.