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As a vector-based drawing program Adobe Illustrator has nowadays become the standard for illustration design. This tendency can be noticed in the Web as well as in Print Design. Few weeks ago we’ve selected some of the best Adobe Photoshop tutorials we’ve found on the Web so far; now it’s time for Adobe Illustrator. Below you’ll find a list of hand-picked Illustrator tutorials you can use to achieve some special visual effects in your designs. There is also a newer Part II covering more Adobe Illustrator Tutorials. Links checked: July/07 2008

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

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  1. 1
    Rob Hawkes
    February 3rd, 2007 6:20 am

    Great list, will keep me busy for the weekend!

  2. 2
    Uzbek
    February 3rd, 2007 12:40 pm

    Great collection,

    I was thinking/planning to learn Adobe Illustrator for several months, just had no time and enough motivation to actually start it.

    This is one of the last triggers.

    Thanks for the great stuff.

    Uzbek

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    Shareware Software
    February 3rd, 2007 1:39 pm

    very interesting …

  4. 4
    sken
    February 3rd, 2007 4:37 pm

    nice list here .. thanks a lot ..

  5. 5
    David G. Paul
    February 3rd, 2007 9:32 pm

    Cool, I’ve been planning on trying out Illustrator, and seeing those tutorials makes me think it’s worth trying sooner rather than later!

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    Agito
    February 5th, 2007 10:04 am

    This list will come in really handy. ^^
    Illustrator is a program I’ve always tried to create things with, but failed.

    Even with my knowledge of Photoshop, I still manage to struggle sometimes with Illustrator.

    Thank you very much SM! ^^

  7. 7
    ituloy angsulong
    February 5th, 2007 10:18 pm

    Another stuff that makes this site rocks..
    Keep up the good work smashingmagzzz….

  8. 8
    Rafael
    February 6th, 2007 4:16 am

    awesome collection of links!!!

  9. 9
    mark
    March 23rd, 2007 12:32 am

    hey great site was waiting for this a long time thanxx

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    Wiked
    March 31st, 2007 12:31 am

    Did anybody get the Part 1 & 2 movie zips from Verlee’s Sketch To Finish Series? I’ve been trying for weeks and the bandwidth is always used up by the time I try to download them. Anyone care to share them? Could pay a little via paypal to anyone who takes the time to up them and hit me with a link to grab the two zips..

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    modifiyeli arabalar
    June 26th, 2007 8:40 pm

    Excelent articles…. thanks.

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    rzrsej
    July 22nd, 2007 8:53 pm

    It’s always important to keep in mind that an eye-popping website can’t accomplish much if its content is shabby. That said, those eye-popping graphics sure are attractive. This is a fantastic collection of tutorials. I’ve been playing with them all afternoon. I think learning the mesh gradient is perhaps the most important element here, since it’s such an important aspect of other innovative graphics. And nothing really sets the average amateur site apart from the professional-looking sites like the mesh gradient. However, the ones that got me most excited were the illustrator techniques – who doesn’t want to be able to imitate the iconic look of A Scanner Darkly (or its predecessor A Waking Life) – and the one on layers. I can’t wait to find some excuses to actually add these to some of my pages. I mean, I want to be judicious and not overdo it, but the temptations are very strong.

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    Fred Campbell
    August 28th, 2007 6:22 pm

    Just got illustrator as part of CS3 – was completely lost, but these tutorials have really helped. Clean, simple and easy to follow. Thanks a lot.

  14. 14
    Jals
    August 30th, 2007 5:47 pm

    good collections for illustrator tutorial….. now i can be more professional designer… thanks!

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    Steve
    September 11th, 2007 12:17 am

    yeah a good collections for illustrator tutorial… :-)

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    juragan
    September 24th, 2007 10:38 am

    Nice tutorial collection

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    Abdul Nazer
    September 29th, 2007 11:59 pm

    really Interesting Software like some others.

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    Himalaka
    November 1st, 2007 9:28 pm

    An excellent list,among what I found from the search. Thanks…..

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    Dejan Mincic
    November 18th, 2007 8:28 pm

    Great Tutorials. Very nice. Thanks! :)

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    Designer
    November 26th, 2007 5:00 am

    Nice Templates for Designer.

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    James
    January 8th, 2008 8:46 am

    i like it,thanks

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    salavadhi pradeepkumar
    January 20th, 2008 8:21 am

    very good

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    shital jethva
    February 18th, 2008 2:20 am

    superb…..

    mind blowing

    thankssss

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    Andy Fitzsimon
    February 20th, 2008 10:39 pm

    Referring to the first paragraph:
    I Think you’ll notice there is a shift happening from Adobe software to the free open source program Inkscape.

    All of the above illustrations are possible and often easier to produce with Inkscape.

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    Ambrosiality
    February 26th, 2008 5:08 pm

    I’m excited to use this!!

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    Mosh
    March 25th, 2008 5:44 am

    “As a vector-based drawing program Adobe Illustrator has nowadays become the standard for illustration design. This tendency can be noticed in the Web as well as in Print Design”.

    I wonder how can anyone look at a web or printed image and detect that it was done with Illustrator and not with CorelDraw or Freehand.

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    Cesar Gomez
    April 29th, 2008 1:38 pm

    Wow!! what a great tutorials!!!
    the Kevin Hulsey illustrator tutorial is amazing, that guy is great!
    Illustrator is a powerful tool to learn.
    Thanks for this info.

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    Ian Marsden
    May 8th, 2008 4:19 am

    Help,

    I am trying to get hold of a legitimate copy of Illustrator 12 or older.

    Any suggestions?

    Regards

    Ian Marsden

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    MS
    June 29th, 2008 4:14 am

    Thanks for the IIlustrator Tutorial! Plz Add For The New Tutorial?

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    smita paranjpe
    August 23rd, 2008 4:43 am

    I am traing a creating oraganic destop to draw. but the mesh tool point on the emage or rectangle the colour was chage. the trangle was black. What can I do? please tell me.

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    johan ilmugrafis
    August 30th, 2008 11:12 pm

    wah asyik tenan

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    Jhonny Satria Sinukaban
    September 8th, 2008 11:49 pm

    Terima kasih banget, dengan adanya situs ini sangat membantu saya untuk mencoba trik-trik baru………

    Sekali lagi Terima kasih banyak

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    sohail
    September 26th, 2008 11:36 pm

    i want know about mesh tool in allustrator and how to create new pic to pic pls tell me in details about this.

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    salvador.herrera
    October 14th, 2008 6:11 am

    pretty cool

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    eddie
    November 10th, 2008 8:28 am

    I have 3000 3″x3″ stickers to be numbered from 0001 – 3000. How do I do that in illustrator without actually typing in all the numbers??

    thanx .. email me if n e thing eddie@noajamaica.com

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    Stuart Davison
    November 25th, 2008 5:10 am

    Awesome stuff – this is the type of classy stuff that really makes this site rock!!!!..
    Keep up the totally awesome work smashingmagzzz….

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    arief
    December 3rd, 2008 12:02 am

    amaaaaaaazzzinggggg!!!!

  38. 38
    Bailey Laster
    December 4th, 2008 8:21 am

    Your information was very useful to what I need.

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    Piet
    December 4th, 2008 6:37 pm

    Nice Templates for Designer. Thanks

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    Scotty
    January 1st, 2009 2:42 am

    Great List for me to get a few extra skills before I start in my new position :D

    Absolutely trolled youtube for tuts but some in spanish >< or some without sound (wtf?)

    So very helpful

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    boomibalan
    January 10th, 2009 2:03 am

    i learn lot of things by using this tutorials………thank u thanks a lot……

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    Shamla
    January 28th, 2009 7:42 pm

    Fantabulous! Colllection

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    UNKNOWN
    February 5th, 2009 12:23 am

    anyhow only!!

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    brad
    February 12th, 2009 9:46 pm

    Thank you for helpful information.

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    Subhas
    February 13th, 2009 1:12 am

    Really very nice list of adobe Illustrator tutorials for
    learners like me. now I am learning a lot by this tutorial list.
    Thank you,

  46. 46
    Chao
    April 29th, 2009 3:30 pm

    Thanks for submitting all of those! They are quite helpful!

    Also, may I also suggest you check out these simple tutorials:

    http://www.logobee.com/logo-design-tutorial/tutorial.htm

    These are simple tutorials to learn how to create a particle effect in a logo or a shiny sphere. I can’t check all of the present tutorials, if there are already similar ones, disregard my post.

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    rmshazeen
    May 26th, 2009 10:03 pm

    Really very nice Thank you for helpful information.

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    SUMON
    June 4th, 2009 10:26 pm

    very nice but I need some idea of colour seperation, background change, layer seetings.

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    thadia
    July 20th, 2009 8:59 am

    Hello Everybody!! Maybe the next link will be usefull to somebody: http://uploading.com/files/OAB3047Y/Adobe Illustrator CS2 Classroom in a Book.chm.html Have a nice day!!

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    Gunjan
    July 24th, 2009 7:56 pm

    coool links

    tnx a loot

  51. 51
    rkizer
    July 29th, 2009 9:57 am

    Does anyone know where i can find the Illustrator CS2 Classroom in a book Lesson files? I have to book but misplaced the CD. Can someone help?

  52. 52
    john michael manjares
    August 27th, 2009 4:21 am

    h, i am learning more knowlegdes in this tutorials.. thank you…

  53. 53
    Potter.Web.ID
    November 1st, 2009 9:46 am

    Thank you so much ^_^

  54. 54
    uzzal
    November 9th, 2009 8:11 pm

    pls

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