Quick Tip: Create a Wedding Ring and Wristband Using Illustrator’s 3D Effects Easily turn a circle into a gold wedding band, or if that’s not your style, make a rubber wristband instead. It’s fast and easy with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel effect. This is a great tutorial for beginners, let’s get started!
In this Video Quick Tip you will learn how to use a digital drawing tablet in conjunction with the Blob Brush and Eraser tools to create character outlines. If you don’t own a tablet, don’t worry, you can still follow along with this tut and achieve a great looking result. Let’s begin!
In this quick tutorial you will learn how to create a cup of coffee in top view. Using the shape tools, some gradients and your imagination, creating different kinds of coffee is fun and easy. Step 1. Creating and Coloring the Saucer First open a new web document. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw a […]
Quick Tip: How to Create Two Bright Ice Cream Lollies in Illustrator Summer may be a long way off in the northern hemisphere, but below the Equator, it’s hot hot hot! In this quick tip tutorial we will make a glossy ice cream. Using Gradients, the Blend Tool (W) and Warp Effect you will create […]
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a bouquet of pretty flowers, using only Art Brushes and and the Gradient Mesh Tool. You will find that the techniques learnt in this Quick Tip will help you craft a variety of flowers and decorative elements. Let’s get started! Step 1 Choose a flower image […]
A reader asked how he could trim off the objects outside his artboard. There is no Crop tool in Adobe Illustrator, but there are a few ways to remove or hide excess shapes that overlap the edges of the artboard – if you want to. In this screencast, we show you four methods: the Pathfinder, […]
You may know about RGB and CMYK, but how about LAB or HSB? With all these color choices and ways to use them it’s often easy to get confused. In this introduction to Illustrators color tools you will learn about the different color spaces, how they work and what tools you can use to get […]
In this Quick Tip screencast, we take a look at the Character panel in Adobe Illustrator. This comprehensive guide will show you what each field does, and you’ll learn some time-saving keyboard shortcuts for setting the character attributes of your text.
In Adobe Illustrator CC now you can create brushes from raster images. This cool new feature allows you to set up Art, Pattern and Scatter brushes in a completely new way. You can learn everything you need to know about these options from this tutorial.
Illustrator’s Blob Brush settings can be confusing. Seeing it in action will help you get the most out of this fun, flexible tool. Learn how to make painterly scenes and objects with a few strokes of the Blob Brush and Eraser. You will be surprised by how fun this tool is!
After looking through some drawings by M.C. Escher, I wondered if I could create the effect with Illustrator’s Blend tool. The results were mixed, but it’s still fun to morph with Blends. Find out more in the following Quick Tip Video Tutorial.
Illustrator includes a powerful graph tool that allows you to present numerical data in a visual manner. In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to augment a column graph with Illustrator artwork for a more interesting and informative look. Step 1 Select the Column Graph tool (J) and click once on the artboard. Enter a […]
You always have options, double-click the Artboard Tool in Adobe Illustrator and see how to work more efficiently with artboards.
Wreaths are a popular addition to traditional looking logos and emblems, and creating them is easy in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial you will learn how to quickly create a wreath for emblems, logos or stamps. 1. Create a Leaf Shape Step 1 After creating a New document, draw an oval using the Ellipse Tool (L). Apply the color R=171, […]
The Appearance panel in Illustrator is a versatile and powerful tool for adding effects to live type. You can use pattern fills, radial gradients, strokes and effects, all while keeping the type totally editable.
Today we have a special Quick Tip as requested by one of our readers. Learn about Adobe Illustrators Align Panel with this comprehensive guide to Illustrator’s Align panel and its functions.
Actions are a type of recording that, when played, can perform repetitive tasks, on a single file or an entire batch. Take a little time to set up some Actions, and let the computer do the boring work while you spend your energy on something more creative.
In this tutorial you will learn a quick, easy and accurate way of creating your own basic biohazard icon. For this tutorial we’ll be focusing mainly on the use of the Ellipse and Rotate Tools. Let’s begin! Step 1 Make a new document of 600px by 600px and make sure you have Smart Guides turned […]
Illustrator’s Variables panel lets you create data-driven graphics in a fraction of the time it would take to do them by hand. In this Quick Tip, learn about Variables and see how to create and save 100 different business cards in under two minutes. You can download the variables which accompany this tutorial here.
In this tutorial we will learn how to create Watercolor Background using a Gradient Mesh, tools of deformation and Blending Modes. The techniques which are described here allow the creation of complex textural backgrounds in a simple and effective way. Find more awesome Watercolor Backgrounds on Envato Market. 1. How to Work with the Gradient Mesh Tool. Step 1 […]
