Start Illustrator, create new document (File – New) set size 500 x 350px, Units to Pixels and Color Mode as RGB.

Step 2

Select Rounded Rectangle Tool and draw rectangle with 440px width, 170px height and 30px Corner Radius.

Step 3

Make sure that the Rectangle Tool (M) is still selected and create offset path (Object – Path – Offset Path) with 15px offset.

Step 4

Select Direct Selection Tool (A), select inner rectangle and drag right and left part of rectangle towards the center of rectangle. With this step we get left and right part of border thicker.

Step 5

Select Rounded Rectangle Tool again and draw new rectangle with 50px width, 85px height and 15px Corner Radius for charging head. Put it in the middle of left outer rectangle. Next select outer rectangle and small rectangle we just draw and use Unite from the Pathfinder panel (Window – Pathfinder).

Step 6

Select inner rectangle and color it light grey (R=247, G=247, B=247) with no stroke. Next bring this rectangle to front (Object – Arrange – Bring to Front). Select outer rectangle and color it dark grey (R=76, G=76, B=76) with no stroke.

Step 7

Select Rounded Rectangle Tool and draw another rectangle with 50px width, 150px height and 10px Corner Radius. Color it green (R=113, G=168, B=49). Put it in the middle of rectangle like shown on picture below.

Step 8

Select green rectangle use Object – Transform – Move and select 60px horizontal position. Press copy button.

Step 9

Select new green rectangle and move it again (CTRL + D).

And our battery charging picture is finished. Please let me know what you think about this tutorial in comments below.

Step 1

Create a new document (CTRL+N), select Pen Tool (P) and draw shape similar to cat’s ears, as shown in the following picture. I use gray color (R=100 G=101 B=100) through this tutorial.

Step 2

Select Pen Tool (P) again and draw shape of the eye. Use 3pt stroke weight from Stroke panel (Window – Stroke).

Using Pen tool (P), draw little triangle over eye shape like shown on picture below. Fill triagle with gray color (R=100 G=101 B=100), no stroke.

Step 3

Select eye shape, copy it (CTRL+C) and paste in front (CTRL+F). Next, select eye shape and triangle and use Intersect from Pathfinder Panel (Windos – Pathfinder). Select both shapes and select Object – Expand. Next hit Unite from Pahtfinder Panel, to merge those shapes together.

Step 4

Again, select Pen Tool (P) and draw three lines for cat’s whiskers like shown on picture below.

Step 5

In this step we will create custom brush for whiskers. Select Pen Tool (P) and draw shape similar to one on picture below.

New drag and drop the shape to the Brushes Panel, select Art Brush in the New Brush dialog box, click OK and name it Whiskers.Select three lines and use brush we just made (Whiskers) from Brush panel (Window – Brushes).

Step 6

In this step use Pen Tool (P) and draw half of Cat’s mouth like shown on picture below.

Step 7

Select all shapes, pick the Reflect Tool (O), hold Alt and click at top point of the mouth (point A). In the dialog window, select the Vertical option and click on the Copy button.

That looks like our progress so far.

Step 8

Select Rectangle Tool (M) and draw small rectangle between eyes. Make sure that rectangle is still selected, use Rotate tool (Object – Transform – Rotate) with 45 degree angle and press OK.

Use Direct Selection Tool (A), select top cornet of rectangle and press Delete key on keyboard. Select Effect – Stylize – Rounded Corners with 7 px radius and press OK.

Final image

This is final result we get. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Final image:

Below is the final image of Olympic Logo we will be making today.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 300px. Select Rectangle Tool (M) and draw rectangle for background. Color rectangle light blue (R=248 G=255 B=254) with no stroke.

Step 2

Select Ellipse Tool (L) and draw circle with no fill. Next select Stroke panel (Window – Stroke) with 9pt weight. Color stroke blue (R=56 G=131 B=170). Go to Layer panel and name this layer Circle.

 Step 3

Select circle and go to Object – Path – Offset path with -5px offset. Color new shape white (R=255 G=255 B=255). Next select Circle layer and bring layer to front (Object – Arrange – Bring to Front). Again select Object – Path – Offset path with 5px offset. Color new shape white. On picture below I colored offsets black for better overview. Group Circle layer with other two offset layers (CTRL + G).

Step 4

Select first circle and select Object – Transform – Move and use 125px horizontal position. Press Copy button. Repeat that step again with second circle. You get three circles in first row. Color second circle black (R=0 G=0 B=0) and third circle pink (R=243 G=64 B=128)

Step 5

In this step  select blue circle and use Move tool again with position 62,5 px horizontal and -55 px vertical settings and press Copy. Color this circle yellow (R=253 G=171 B=22). Select yellow circle end use Object – Arrange – Bring to Front.

Step 6

Next, select yellow circle and move it horizontal for 125px. Color this circle green (R=95 G=172 B=35). Select green circle end use again Object – Arrange – Bring to Front.

This is just one of many various Olympic logos I choose to draw in Illustrator. Drop me a line in the comments below if you find this tutorial useful.

Finish:

Final image:

Below is the final image of Mario mascot we will be working today.

Step 1

Create new document 400px by 400px. With Rounded Rectangle Tool create 144px by 380px rectangle with 80px radius. Set the color to R=247 G=226 B=208 with no stroke. Rename this layer Body.  You will find it easier later on.

Step 2

Select white arrow key (A) and click bottom right anchor point. Select handle and pull it down a little bit.

Step 3

Next select bottom left anchor point and drag handle down like in previous step. Our bottom part of shape looks like on picture below.

Step 4

Again select both bottom anchor points with white arrow tool. Put the right one a little on the right and left one a little on the left to get thicker bottom part of our mascot.

Step 5

Select Body shape,  Copy (CTR+C) and Paste in Front (CTRL+F). Use Rectangle Tool (M) and draw rectangle over the top part of Body shape. Next select both shapes (Body layer and rectangle) and use Intersect from Pathfinder panel. We created a cap. Color it red (R=204, G=6, B=0).

Step 6

First select cap,  Copy (CTR+C) and Paste in Front (CTRL+F). With Pen Tool (P) draw shape on the top of the cap to cover  top part of cap. Next select cap and new shape and select Intersect on Pathfinder panel. Color in light red (R=234, G=50, B=50).

Step 7

Select Ellipse Tool (L) and draw ellipse. Put this layer behind the cap layer. Color it red (R=204, G=6, B=0). Select Object – Path – Offset Path with -5 px offset.

Step 8

Select inner part of this circle. Use Gradient panel and create linear gradient. With selected inner circle select Stroke panel (Window – Stroke). Select 2 pt weight stroke, dashed line with in light red color (R=234, G=50,B=50).

Step 9

Draw two overleaping circles like shown on picture below. Select both circles and use Minus front on Pathfinder panel. Select Pen Tool (P) and draw letter M in the middle of the white circle. Color M letter red (R=234, G=50, B=50). Next, select Object – Path – Offset path with -2px offset. Color inner M to darker red (R=173, G=2, B=2).

Step 10

First select Body layer,  Copy (CTR+C) and Paste in Front (CTRL+F). Next, select Pen tool and draw a shape to cover bottom part of Body layer (like shown on picture below). Select Body layer and new shape and use Intersect on Pathfinder panel. Color new shape blue (R=35, G=103, B=155).

Step 11

First select this blue shape,  Copy (CTR+C) and Paste in Front (CTRL+F).Second, use Pen Tool and draw circle. Next select both shapes (blue shape and circle) and use Intersect on Pathfinder panel. Color new shape red (R=56, G=131, B=186).
  So far our illustration looks like this.

Step 12

First select the blue shape, Copy (CTR+C) and Paste in Front (CTRL+F) it twice. Next, use Pen Tool and draw a shape shown on picture below. Select new shape and Object – Transform – Reflect and create copy of it. Put the copy to the other side of illustration.

Step 13

Select blue and right red shape and use Intersect on Pathfinder panel. Do same for the left shape. Color both shapes red (R=204, G=6, B=0). Next, use Ellipse Tool and draw two small circles (buttons). Color them yellow (R=204, G=6, B=0). So far we Super Mario mascot look like this.

Step 14

It’s time to draw a little life on our mascot. First we will draw eyes. Use Ellipse Tool (L) and draw first ellipse. Color it blue (R=84, G=178, B=208). Next, draw another ellipse in the middle of the blue one. Color it black. Draw another two small circles and color them white. Put them like on picture below. Select all circles and group them. Go to Object – Transform – Reflect and copy eye. Put copy a little right.

Step 15

Select Pen Tool and draw mustache in the shape similar like this.

Step 16

For nose, select Ellipse Tool and draw circle in the middle on the face. Select Gradient panel and use radial gradient.

Step 17

Select Pen Tool and draw eyebrow. Color it black. Make a reflection copy of the eyebrow and put it above the other eye. Put eyebrow layers under the cap layer.
 

Step 18

We need to make hair to our mascot and it’s finished. Again select Pen Tool and draw shape similar to one below. Color it brown. Create a copy of it and put it on the other side of the head (Object – Transfor – Reflect).
 

Step 19

Select Body layer and create copy of it (CTRL+C and CTRL+F). Select Body layer and one brown shape and use Intersect on Pathfinder panel. Do same for the other brown shape (do not forget to copy Body layer again).

Finish

We’ve managed to create a Super Mario mascot. Add a little of the background and illustration in finished. Hope you find something interesting to learn in this tutorial.

Final image:

Below is finished Valentine’s Day clock.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 350px. Use Pen tool (P) and create a shape of a heart.

Step 2

Fill heart with grey color (R=241 G=241 B=241) with no stroke.

Step 3

Select Object – Path – Offset Path and select -7px Offset. Select inner heart and open Gradient panel (Window – Gradient). Create radial gradient and use two shades of red color (darker and lighter red).

Step 4

In this step use Guides. Drag Guides from the edge of the screen and put them in the approximately in the middle of the heart. Make sure that you have enough space to draw clock’s pointers. Lock Guides (View – Guides – Lock Guides).

Step 5

Use Ellipse Tool and draw two small circles. Make sure, that you have the same spacing between circle and center point of the guides. Select them and Group them ( Ctrl+G).

Step 6

Now select Object – Transform – Transform each and use -30 degrees. Press Copy.

Step 7

Again select Object – Transform – Transform Again (Ctrl+D). Repeat this step four times to create dots all around the clock.

Step 8

Select all dots and Ungroup them. Select most top, bottom, left and right dots and delete them. Then select Type Tool (T) and draw numbers 3, 6, 9 and 12.  Color numbers white and put them on the clock.

Step 9

Select Rectangle tool and draw a small rectangle for the clock pointer. Use Direct selection tool (white arrow), select top right corner and move it to the left. Now select top left corner and move it to the right. You will get the shape similar on picture below.

Step 10

Copy and paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+P) the pointer. Use Selection tool and enlarge the pointer on the top (click on the top of the pointer and drag in on the top). Again copy and paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+P) the cursor and enlarge it a little more. Color third pointer white and put them on the clock.

Step 11

Select Ellipse Tool (L) and draw circle. Select Gradient panel and create radial gradient with settings below.

Step 12

Select inner (red) heart, copy and paste it in front (Ctrl+C & Ctrl+F). Color heart grey (R=88 G=88 B=88). Next select Effect – Blur – Gaussian Blur with radius 80px. Press OK and send it in back (Object – Arrange – Send to Back).

Step 13

Use Pen Tool (P) and draw a shape around the clock similar to the one below. Next select inner (red) heart and copy and paste it in front again (Ctrl+C & Ctrl+F). Select  heart and that new shape and use Intersect from the Pathfinder panel. Lower the opacity to 10%.

Step 14

Unlock  (View – Guides – Lock Guides) and remove the guides (select them and press Delete). Use Rectangle Tool and draw rectangle across whole picture (for background). Create radial gradient on Gradient panel with settings below. Next send background to back (Object – Arrange – Send to Back).

Hope U like this tutorial I made for you. Drop me a line in the comments below telling me what do you thik about this tutorial

Finish:

Final image:

Below is the final image we will be working towards.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 500px with white background. Draw a circle fill it with black color, no stroke. Copy this circle and paste it in front (CTRL+C & CTRL+F). Over these two circles draw ellipse like showing on picture below.

Step 2

With Selection tool (black arrow) select ellipse and one circle (hold shift and click on both elements). Select Pathfinder pallet (Window –> Pathfinder) and use Minus back (second icon in upper row). With selected new shape use Object – Path – Offset path with Offset -3px like shown on picture below. Color it white. Select all and group it (CTRL+G).

Step 3

Let’s create eyes now. Draw another circle and fill it with white color. Select Gradient panel (Window –> Gradient) and use settings below. For the eyeball, draw another black circle and place it in the middle of eye circle, we just made. Now create third little white circle and place it in the upper right part of the penguin eyeball circle.

Step 4

Select all eyes circles and group (CTRL+G) them. Select Object – Transform – Reflect and use settings below. Press Copy. Don’t press OK, because these reflect the original eye. If you press Copy, you reflect copy of the original. Put copy of eye to the right.

Step 5

Now it’s nose time. Draw eclipse between eyes and color it orange. To make it feel like a real nose, create another smaller eclipse and put it in the middle of orange one. Use Gradient panel and create linear gradient. Use lighter and darker orange color for the gradient.

Step 6

Draw orange eclipse for the leg. Rotate it a little on the right to fit in. Copy the leg and paste it in front (CTRL+C & CTRL+F).Change a color to little lighter, that you can distinguish it. With arrow keys place lighter circle a little up and left.

Step 7

Select the darker eclipse and apply Offset path using  settings like on picture below.

Step 8

Select inner and light orange circle (Shift click on circles) and use Minus Front on Pathfinder palette. Color the resulting shape to white and lower the opacity to 35%.

Step 9

Select penguin leg and reflect it like in step 4. Again use Copy. Move copied leg to the right. Now our penguin has both legs.

Step 10

Let’s draw hands. Again draw black eclipse on the left side of penguin. Rotate it a little on the left to fit the “body”. Select Object – Arrange – Send to back to put the hands behind the body. Create copy of hand and put it on the right side of penguin.

Step 11

Well, we are almost finished. At the end let’s give our penguin a hair. Create another circle and color it black. Then draw another circle, a little larger. Use Minus Front on Pathfinder palette. We get a shape that look like a moon. Reflect that shape (Object – Transform – Reflect) and copy it.

Put the hair on penguin’s head and our job is done. Create some gradient for the background and your penguin is finished.

Finished:

That’s it folks for today. I hope u enjoy making penguin with 19 circles.

Final image:

Below is the final image of calendar icon we will be making today.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 300px. Draw 300px by 160px rectangle an and color it R=229 G=229 B=29 with no stroke. Select Effect – Stylize – Rounded Corners and use 15px Radius. Next select Object – Expand Appearance.

Step 2

Next select Effect – Stylize – Drop Shadow and use settings below.

Step 3

Create another rectangle 30px by 80px and place it on top above first rectangle. Again select Effect – Stylize – Rounded Corners and use 15px Radius. Then select Object – Expand Appearance.

Step 4

Select rectangle you just created and create radial gradient (Gradient panel) with settings below.

Step 5

With Type tool write down number 2012 and put it on red rectangle. Select Type – Create Outline. Use linear gradient from Gradients panel and use settings below.

Step 6

With Rounded rectangle tool create 30px by 15 px rectangle with 2px radius. Color it (R=166 G=168 B=171). Copy and paste this rectangle six times and put them horizontally (with same space between rectangles). Select all small rectangles and select Vertical Align Center from Align panel (Window – Align). Select all ad group them (Ctrl+G).

Step 7

Select that group of rectangles and copy and paste it four times. Put them below first row (with same space between groups of rectangles). Select them all and use Horizontal Align Center and then Vertical Distribute Center from Align panel. Ungroup them (Shift+Ctrl+G).

Step 8

Select all last rectangles in a row (Shift + click) and change color to darker grey (R=128 G=129 B=132). Select first, second and third rectangle in first row and delete them. Again select last two rectangles in last row and delete them too.

Step 9

In this step we will create hole in calendar. Draw circle with eclipse tool with white fill. Select Stroke panel (Window- Stroke) and select 3pt weight. Color stroke with (R=109 G=3 B=3). Place the circle in the top left corner.

Step 10

Let’s create calendar holder now. Create rounded rectangle with 5px radius and place the bottom part of rectangle on hole (see picture below). Create 0,25pt R=168 G=168 B=168 stroke. Next create gradient with settings below.

Step 11

Select circle and rounded rectangle and group them. Copy and paste it. Move it in the right top corner of calendar. Select both and use Vertical align Center from align panel.

Step 12

Select both calendar holders and select Object – Blend – Blend options and use 8 Specified Steps like on picture below. Again select Object – Blend – Make.
Our calendar is done. Below is finished picture how calendar icon should look like. If you find this tutorial useful let me know in the comments below.

Finish:

Final image:

Below is how finished illustration will look like at the end of this tutorial.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 350px. In first step draw a circle with Eclipse tool (L) and fill it with radial gradient. I use mix of yellow and orange color. Select Effect – Distort & Transform – Roughen with settings below.

Step 2

Create another ellipse for the eye. Color it white. Again select Effect – Distort & Transform – Roughen with settings below.

Step 3

Create small circle and color it black. Place it in within white ellipse. Use Pen tool (P) and draw triangle. Place it on the eyeball like shown on picture below. I painted triangle yellow just to notice the difference between circle and triangle. You can use any color you like.

Step 4

Select black circle and yellow triangle. Use “Minus front” from the Pathfinder panel (Window – Pathfinder) to finish our eye. Then select white and black part of the eye and group them together.

Step 5

Now we need to duplicate eye. Select Object – Transform – Reflect with settings below and press Copy. Move new eye to the right.

Step 6

Use Pen tool (P) and draw mouth. Color it black.

Step 7

With Pen tool (P) draw a shape of tongue like on picture below. Next select mouth and copy and past it in front (Ctrl+C & Ctrl+F). Select Mouth and shape of tongue and select Intersect from Pathfinder panel. Color tongue in dark red.

Step 8

Let’s draw the teeth. Again select Pen tool and draw shape similar to picture below.

Step 9

First select the mouth. Copy and past it in front (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+F). Select mouth and new shape and use Intersect from Pathfinder panel again. Color the new shape to white. This shape should look like teeth now.

Step 10

Draw small triangles on the teeth like on picture below. That will look like the smiley face has a little space between teeth. Select teeth and all triangles. Use Minus front from the Pathfinder panel that all little pieces became one piece.

Step 11

Create another circle for the nose. Color it orange. Again select Effect – Distort & Transform – Roughen with settings below.

Step 12

Create another circle in the middle of the previous circle. Color it brown. Again select Effect – Distort & Transform – Roughen.

Step 13

Let’s wrap all together. Draw rectangle over whole place on put it in back (Object –Arrange – Send to back). Use Gradient panel and create radial gradient with setting shown on picture below.

Finish:

Now our smiley face is done. Here is how it should look like. I hope you find this tutorial usefull. Let me know if you like it in the comments below.

In this tutorial I will take you through each option in Pathfinder panel with following examples to find this tool easy to use. To appear the Pathfinder panel choose Window – Pathfinder.

For this tutorial create new document and draw two shapes different colors. The result depends on which object is in front and which object is in back. To change the order of shapes use menu option Object – Arrange and chose submenu option or simply press left click on mouse, select Arrange and then submenu option.

Shape Modes (first row icons):

Unite:

Groups all selected shapes and create one combined shape. The new shape uses all styles (stroke and color) from the top shape.

Minus front:

This option cuts away all selected objects in front of the last object (most in back). New shape keeps the style but all top objects disappear leaving a hole.

Intersect:

This option cuts away all parts of the objects which don’t overlap. The new shape use style of the object that was on the top before intersection. All shapes of objects disappear after clicking the Expand button.

Exclude:

Removes all parts of the shapes that overlap. New shape unites what is left and becomes one single shape. The new shape keeps the style of the top overlapping object.

Pathfinder (second row icons):

Divide:

Divide create two overlapping objects in separate objects. You can edit each piece individually.

Trim:

Trim keeps all of the top objects intact while trimming all overlapping shapes out of the most bottom objects.

Merge:

Merge does the same thing as Trim, with the exception that this command merges objects of the same color into a single shape. Other Objects leave as separate objects.

Crop:

Divide two overlapping objects into separate objects when they overlap. It only interacts with topmost object and bottommost object. New shape takes style of the topmost object.

Outline:

Outline breaks objects into separate line segments with no fill and colors.

Minus Back:

This works with only two objects. It cuts the bottommost object from the topmost object. The new shape uses the fill and color of the topmost object.

This are very basic usee of Pathfinder options. If you have any furdher questions drop a line into comments below. See u soon..

Final image:

Below is the final image of search bar we will be working today.

Step 1

Create new document 500px by 300px. Create a rectangle with Rectangle Tool (M). Color rectangle light grey (R=226 G=225 B=226) with no stroke.

Step 2

Create another smaller rectangle and fill it with white color (R=255 G=255 B=255) and grey (R=157 G=157 B=157) stroke. Place it on the previous rectangle like shown on image below.

Step 3

Now we will make a button. With rectangle tool create another small rectangle. Select Effect – Stylize – Rounded corners and write 5 px radius. Now select Object – Expand Appearance. Create blue gradient (from Gradient panel) button. For fill color I use blue colors on the picture below. Create 1 px stroke with (R=38 G=99 B=170) color

Step 4

Use type tool and write down text “Search”. Put it in the middle of blue rectangle. Write another text “Enter keyword” and put it in the white rectangle. Details and fonts I used are shown on picture below.

Step 5

In last step we will create magnifier glass. Draw small circle and small rectangle. Use 3px stoke (R=216 G=216 B=216). Select both and group them. On the stroke panel (Windows –Stroke) press Stroke cap icon, to make handle of magnifier glass rounded.
This is all for today’s quick tutorial. I challenge you to experiment with various colors on Search button. Thanks for sticking through tutorial!

Finish: