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Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

February 3rd, 2007 in Tutorials, Graphics | 98 Comments

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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.

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

  3. 3.

    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!

  6. 6.

    Jens (February 4th, 2007, 12:39 am)

    This awesome Gradient Mesh Bell Pepper tutorial should be on the list as well…

    Link [www.lifeinvector.com]

  7. 7.

    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! ^^

  8. 8.

    ituloy angsulong (February 5th, 2007, 10:18 pm)

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

  9. 9.

    Rafael (February 6th, 2007, 4:16 am)

    awesome collection of links!!!

  10. 10.

    didit (February 8th, 2007, 11:35 pm)

    thank you…

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    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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    ziad (April 5th, 2007, 10:00 am)

    A few illustrator video tutorials:

    Link [www.vtutorial.com]
    Link [www.vtutorial.com]

  14. 14.

    modifiyeli arabalar (June 26th, 2007, 8:40 pm)

    Excelent articles…. thanks.

  15. 15.

    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.

  16. 16.

    Truck Wallpaper (August 12th, 2007, 6:23 pm)

    Link [truckswalpapers.wordpress.com]

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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.

  18. 18.

    Jals (August 30th, 2007, 5:47 pm)

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

  19. 19.

    guillermo (September 5th, 2007, 1:50 am)

    buenos tutos Muy interesantes estos articulos visiten mis blogs soy ecuatoriano freelance….
    Link [javieworks1386.blogspot.com]

  20. 20.

    Steve (September 11th, 2007, 12:17 am)

    yeah a good collections for illustrator tutorial… :-)

  21. 21.

    juragan (September 24th, 2007, 10:38 am)

    Nice tutorial collection

  22. 22.

    Abdul Nazer (September 29th, 2007, 11:59 pm)

    really Interesting Software like some others.

  23. 23.

    Himalaka (November 1st, 2007, 9:28 pm)

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

  24. 24.

    Dejan Mincic (November 18th, 2007, 8:28 pm)

    Great Tutorials. Very nice. Thanks! :)

  25. 25.

    Designer (November 26th, 2007, 5:00 am)

    Nice Templates for Designer.

  26. 26.

    James (January 8th, 2008, 8:46 am)

    i like it,thanks

  27. 27.

    salavadhi pradeepkumar (January 20th, 2008, 8:21 am)

    very good

  28. 28.

    shital jethva (February 18th, 2008, 2:20 am)

    superb…..

    mind blowing

    thankssss

  29. 29.

    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.

  30. 30.

    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.

  32. 32.

    Soumyajit pal (March 26th, 2008, 12:55 am)

    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.

  33. 33.

    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.

  34. 34.

    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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