Create a Simple Vector Badge – Illustrator Tutorial Go ahead and follow along with this pretty basic tutorial and you will be sure to pick up some valuable tips and tricks for working in and with Adobe Illustrator. We will be creating a cool little badge icon which can be used in all kinds of...
Create a Vectorized Folder Icon – Illustrator Tutorial Check out this nice little tutorial on creating a fully vector, shiny, folder icon using Adobe Illustrator CS4. This tutorial is compatible with older versions of Adobe Illustrator as well. We will talk about using gradients and subtle shadows to create the illusion of depth in an...
Create 3D Light Zips – Illustrator Tutorial I’m sure you have seen them, but maybe did not know how they were made. Today we take a look at those cool glowing, color changing, fading, bright, neon-like, fanning spread of glowing colors. Not really sure what you want to call them, but I am going to...
Create Vector Metal Lightning Bolt – Illustrator Tutorial Welcome to this video tutorial! We will be using Illustrator CS4 today to create some vector leather! After we create our leather we will create this nice shining and sparkling metal lightning bolt on it. In this video tutorial we will learn about a bunch of Adobe...
Create Vector iPhone Icons – Illustrator Tutorial Here is a requested tutorial, actually requested a few times and I had some fun making this one (as I always do!). Anyway in this video we will look at creating and editing gradients, using blend modes with effects, creating and editing masks, and the click and drag...
Creating Vector Swirls, Swooshes, & Florals – Illustrator Tutorial Learn how to create vector swirls and swooshes which can be easily re-used by using these fairly well known techniques! Have fun with it!
Create a Smooth Vector Ribbon – Illustrator Tutorial Learn how to create a smooth silver ribbon with multiple folds in this video. We are using Illustrator so it is entirely vector and very versatile. This one gets a little complicated so prep yourself to be frustrated at first glance, but once you have the anchor...
Vectorize/Vexel a Human Eye – Illustrator Tutorial In this video will take vector the eye of a model in Illustrator using some techniques that will be useful in not only vectoring eyes but tracing techniques that are used for full face and body vectoring and vexeling.
Draw a 3D Vector Logo – Adobe Illustrator Tutorial In this video we will make a 3D logo. You may want to follow the video on glassy text for the final finished logo WITH text. It is a pretty complex logo, but it is good to learn some great techniques for doing some interesting things...
Create a Windows Vista ‘My Computer’ Icon – Illustrator Tutorial In this video we will go from the very start of the process to the very end of the process of duplicating the “my computer” icon for Windows Vista and making it all vector! If you like tracing and vectorizing or if you are new...
The Pen Tool – Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics application, therefore virtually everything in Illustrator is created using paths. The Pen Tool is the king of paths, you can create any king of path using the pen tool, you just need to know how to use it! We are going to...
Create a Vector Gel Glassy Button – Illustrator Tutorial Make this cool slick glassy gel button in Adobe Illustrator! This is pretty simple to create and has a great visual effect on just about any design!