Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Make vector art brimming with soul
Add warmth, softness, texture and depth to a vector artwork with Ari Liloan's favourite techniques.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create colourful vector character art
Hone your character design skills with this Illustrator vector art tutorial from onesidezero.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: How to create a low-poly portrait
Create a hip graphic portrait from a photo using Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create low-poly art in Photoshop
Use faux 3D modelling and Photoshop texturing to create a striking vintage-style low-poly artwork.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to use Puppet Warp tool in Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator’s relatively new Puppet Warp feature is a really great simple tool to adjust shapes and lines, especially to pose or reposition a character.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to make a vector map in Illustrator
Use Adobe Illustrator to create a charming vector map that's stuffed with famous features and animals.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to draw a mandala in Illustrator
This step-by-step guide teaches you how to create an Illustrator mandala template that automatically repeats what you draw around a circle.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Add a sense of motion to an artwork
A step-by-step guide to the artistic techniques that give a sense of motion to an illustration using simple lines and patterns.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create a 1980s look with photos and vectors
Add a dynamic retro twist to photos with gradients, Layer Styles, drop shadows, glows and more.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create repeating patterns for skate deck art
Learn how to use Illustrator to create chaotic, repeating vector patterns ideal for skatedeck art from Ben Beach of ilovedust.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create digital tattoo art
Even if a tattooist’s toolset is a little different from that of the digital illustrator, you can reproduce their techniques digitally – pain-free.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create artistic 3D type
Charles Williams shows you how to create a beautiful 3D logotype and blend it into a scene without needing 3D software.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Bring harmonious colours to a vector artwork
Andrew Groves shows you how to work magic and bring a sense of positivity to an artwork with a careful choice of shapes and colours.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: The secrets of cute character art design revealed
Sascha Preuß teaches the art of designing colourful cartoon characters and reveals the principles of cuteness.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create gold 3D type, encrusted in jewels
Bling up your typography by adding a golden sheen and sparkling gems. Karol Gadzala shows you how.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create melted chocolate type
Radim Malinic shows you how to create the a fun phrase spelled out in melted chocolate.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create seamless, Mexican-inspired patterns
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 tutorial: Create vinyl wall art
Vinyl wall stickers are perfect for stylish front rooms or fun children's bedrooms (depending on the style of art you choose). Here Ben the Illustrator shows how to create and prepare artwork for making them using Adobe Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to master dynamic gradients in Illustrator
Create soft gradients to add depth and beauty to your vector artworks.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to make objects look 3D in Illustrator
It’s so easy to draw 3D objects in Adobe Illustrator by extruding and shading basic shapes, as Thomas Burden explains.