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.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Blend different illustration styles to create a unique artwork
How the styles of two illustrators were combined to create something brand new.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create a stunning mix of photos and graphics
Get sophisticated results from simple techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to create vector portraits in Illustrator
Use Adobe Illustrator - and a bit of Photoshop - to develop a new look when creating vector portraits from photos, using this simple step-by-step process.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Design repeating Damask patterns
How to create semi-symmetrical vector graphics and use them to create beautiful designs.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Get Started with Type Art
Pomme Chan shows you how to take your first steps in letter-based illustration.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: How to create a vector portrait from a photo
Illustrator Eelco van den Berg explains the secrets of vectorising photos in this easy step-by-step guide.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Digital collage techniques
This collage tutorial from illustrator Ciara Phelan is all about mixing analogue process and digital photography to create a summery, flowery photomontage.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design symmetrical character art
LouLou & Tummie reveal how to create perfectly balanced characters in Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create 3D effects in Illustrator
Use Illustrators Gradient tool, Inner and Outer Glow effects and these nifty techniques to create vibrant 3D vector artworks.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create vector type with an animal theme
Marcus Reed details how he creates letters with an animal theme in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Cute character art techniques
Top tricks from Yupyland's Meni Tzima for creating adorable characters in Adobe Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design self-promotional postcards
The power of promotional postcards can be a force to be reckoned with for any designer and artist. Character-maestro Andrew Groves shows you how to use Illustrator to create yours.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Amazing texture techniques for vector artwork
Jeremy Bowman explores a variety of wonderful ways you can add texture to your vector work.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to create a cartoon effect in Illustrator
Artist Aaron Sacco reveals how to turn a photo into a graphic novel-style illustration, using skills he learned working as an animator on the movie A Scanner Darkly.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create awesome vector skull art
Hydro74 shows you how to create a killer skull-based artwork using a photo as a starting point in Adobe Illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to create vintage type in Illustrator
Bobby Haiqalsyah explains how to create a stunning piece of retro typography in Illustrator
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: How to design isometric digital art
Vector illustration can produce beautifully clean, precise artwork, but the results can also be a bit soulless. Here Mark Oliver creates those clean, precise shapes and then ‘grubbies’ them up for a more organic retro look.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create 3D type art in Illustrator
Use Illustrator to create 3D technical-style illustrated lettering.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: T-shirt design in Illustrator using owl and skull vector art
Use Illustrator to draw a biker-style graphic using vector shapes.