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Video TutorialReviewing Adobe Illustrator’s Extensive Gradients Toolset

From Adrian Taylor
October 3rd, 2012
22 Comments

While vector based artwork lets designers take advantage of small file sizes and lossless scaling it can also be limiting when trying to add depth and richness to a design. Adobe Illustrator offers a plethora of gradient tools that can help artist produce more organic and vivid pieces. This extended video ...

Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques

From David Mottram
December 7th, 2011
40 Comments

People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. Sometimes, I paint it completely by hand; sometimes I’ll scan in a pencil drawing. Many of my pieces are 100% analog that I’ll show only at shops ...

The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design

From Jon Savage and Simon H.
October 3rd, 2011
45 Comments

Texture is becoming integral to design. It’s gone beyond being a trend — it’s now a simple and effective way to add depth to a website. Wielding the power of texture is a great responsibility. It increases the effectiveness of websites and is a quality tool in the arsenal of designers. It ...

An In-Depth Study Of Symbols In Illustrator CS5

From Tara Hornor
September 16th, 2011
30 Comments

For drawing and painting digital illustrations, Adobe Illustrator is a favorite among designers for many reasons. One of the reasons is some of the amazing time-saving features that come with it. The Symbols feature in Illustrator does just this: it saves valuable time by creating a “symbol,” or copy, of ...

Examples And Tips For Using Illustrator’s Warp Tools

From Tara Hornor
July 28th, 2011
41 Comments

Adobe Illustrator is one very useful program for creating vector artwork. The tools and features available in Illustrator make it easy to create digital illustrations, whether from scratch or by tracing a photograph. But this is not all Illustrator can do. Businesses can create impressive graphs using Illustrator’s Graph tools. ...

Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator

From Tara Hornor
February 15th, 2011
67 Comments

Typography is not only an all-important aspect of design, it is also an art form in and of itself. Choosing the right font, the perfect spacing and even the correct shape of text can be an important factor as to whether a project fails or succeeds. Although Illustrator is not really used ...

Productive Web Design With… Adobe Illustrator?

From Vincent Le Moign
January 17th, 2011
261 Comments

Admittedly, Adobe Illustrator is often most certainly not the first choice that comes to mind when it comes to Web design. Fireworks and Photoshop are used much more often, and there are some good reasons for that. Still, although Illustrator has traditionally been used for drawing illustrations and logos, you ...

Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator

From John Rainsford
December 7th, 2010
42 Comments

Getting t-shirts printed is an ideal way to promote your business, organization or event. They are a promotional item that people can actually use, and they have the added bonus of being an advertisement for you. In this post, Adobe Illustrator will be used to create a three-color screen print ...

Illustrator’s Live Trace: Sketch to Vector

From Sharon Hart
November 15th, 2010
88 Comments

In this post we will take a drawn design, scan it and clean it up in Photoshop, then trace it using the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. Live Trace was introduced in Adobe Illustrator CS2 but is still a powerful tool available in Illustrator CS5. This process really gives ...

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