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The Discreet Charm- Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Catherine Dedova — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:08:30 GMT

Our guest is the professional illustrator Catherine Dedova. Today she will share with you the steps of creation of the vector illustration.

How to Apply a Gradient Fill to Strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Earlier

Iaroslav Lazunov — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:08:05 GMT

Adobe Illustrator CS6 has a new feature that allows users to apply gradients to strokes. Is it possible to do that in earlier versions? Today I’ll show you how to apply gradients to strokes in previous versions of Illustrator.

How to Create a Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator CS6

Iaroslav Lazunov — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:25:42 GMT

The creation of the seamless pattern was always not an easy task, which required exactness and diligence. Fortunately with the new version of Adobe Illustrator CS6 this process became automatic, so now every beginner can solve this task easily. Let’s check out how it works!

How to Create Metal Chair Using Gradient on Strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS6

Iaroslav Lazunov — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:25:11 GMT

Adobe Illustrator CS6 has a new feature which is called Gradient on Strokes. It is the first time since Adobe Illustrator’s creation we have an opportunity to apply the gradient fills to the strokes. There are two more types of the gradient fills beside the linear and radial gradient fills. I think this feature has lots of creative potential. Let’s examine the gradient on strokes in more detail and figure out how to use it.

How to Create Snooker App Icon Using Adobe Illustrator and SubScribe Designer Plugin

Iaroslav Lazunov — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:41:24 GMT

Rejoice! You no longer need to know complex geometric construction techniques to create a detailed and precise graphics. All you need is the SubScribe plugin which is free to all DrawScribe, VectorScribe and Phantasm CS v2 customers! It will make all the calculations for you. However, do not think that you will not have to work at all — this plugin has not learned how to click the mouse for you yet… which is why we help you with these tutorials. In this one, we’ll be creating an App style icon where snooker balls are precisely located inside the rack.

Shortcut keys for CorelDRAW

Anastasiia Kucherenko — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:07:32 GMT

This article is all about shortcut keys for CorelDRAW, and the corresponding options on the Menu bar. Knowing the shortcuts you will definitely save your time when drawing in CorelDRAW.

Drawing an Indian Girl in Vector Step by Step

Anastasiia Kucherenko — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:04:04 GMT

To create this image in CorelDRAW you will need to use FreeHand Tool and Intersect Shaping.

SubScribe Designer – (Plugin for Adobe Illustrator) - My Top 5 Favorite Features

Nicholas van der Walle — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:18:27 GMT

I think that SubScribe Designer is an irreplaceable tool for anyone who creates detailed graphics. And it is even free to all DrawScribe, VectorScribe and Phantasm CS v2 customers! With its help, you can create tangents and perpendiculars to the paths, create a circle according to given points, quickly align objects relatively to horizontals or verticals, create circumscribed and inscribed circles, and much, much more.

VectorScribe and SubScribe updates now available

Nicholas van der Walle — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:22 GMT

With work progressing well on the updates necessary for all Astute Graphics plugins to operate with Illustrator CS6, we’re not forgetting that the vast majority of users will be remaining with Illustrator CS3 to CS5 in the near future. With this in mind, we have two important updates for immediate availability to all existing and new users.