Category Archives: Illustrator

Quick Tip: How to Create a Quick and Easy Diagonal Pattern

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In this Tutorial you will learn how to easily create a diagonal pattern in Adobe Illustrator. Creating seamless patterns is a challenge in itself, but it is even harder if the pattern is supposed to be at an angle. But there is an easy trick to do so by creating a simple straight pattern first.

Create a Detailed Vector Chalkboard Icon

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In the following Illustrator Tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed vector chalkboard icon. This classic school, blackboard illustration is composed using vector shape building techniques, pixel perfect highlighting, as well as brushes and textures for adding interest to the work.

Quick Tip: How to Create a Futuristic Scarlet Eclipse Effect

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In this Tutorial, you will learn how to create a dark eclipse design which could be a perfect base for a poster or a flyer. We will use blends, effects, various transformations and spice up the effect by adding texture to the final design.

Illustrator’s Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction

Type is an essential part of Illustrator; whether you’re desktop publishing, designing logos, or using type for image building, you’ll be reaching for the Type Tool. This guide comprehensively covers the essentials of what is a huge amount of Illustrator functionality, which is type.

Quick Tip: How to Evenly Distribute Different Size Objects along a Path in Adobe Illustrator

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In this Quick Tip we will use the Art Brushes and the Blend Tool to evenly distribute different sized objects along a path in Adobe Illustrator. I’m sure that techniques described here will make you look at the well-known tools and their properties in a different way. This technique was developed by my friend Iaroslav Yemz.

Quick Tip: How to Create an Eye Catching Upload Button in Adobe Illustrator

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This Tutorial takes you step by step through the process of creating an upload web button. You will learn how to use just a few simple, yet effective, tools and techniques to create this eye-catching design.

Quick Tip: How to make a Classic Air Mail Envelope with Adobe Illustrator

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A happy holiday Quick Tip with Ryan shows us how to create a classic envelope in Adobe Illustrator, using simple shapes, effects, and gradients. After your envelope is created, some simple shadows and gradients create a warm background that makes the envelope look good enough to mail to Santa. I wonder if LoungeKat got him anything for Christmas?

Quick Tip: How to Create a 3D Like and Unlike Symbol with Adobe Illustrator

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In the following Quick Tip you will learn how to create a multi-purpose 3D Like and Unlike symbol with the help of the Extrude & Bevel settings and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator This technique can be used with many different shapes and symbols, so let’s get started!

Creating trees in Illustrator

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As a child, no doubt a tree was one of the first things you drew, with a brown rectangular block for the trunk and a big green scribble for the leaves. But with companies increasingly keen to shout about their ecological credentials, now’s a good time to learn how to create a tree with a computer instead of crayons.