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Quick Tip: How to Illustrate a Simple Piece of Paper

Andrei Marius — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple piece of paper. This tutorial will introduce you to the Appearance panel. First, you will need two basic tools and some Pathfinder options to create the starting shape. Next, using some fills and strokes, several effects, a built-in...

Create a Super Happy Octopus Character

Rype — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:08 +0000

New Course: Creating Vector Art

Skellie — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:24:08 +0000

In this Tuts+ Premium course, illustrator Von Glitschka teaches you a professional workflow for Creating Vector Art. Over 12 lessons and 2.5 hours of total video, you’ll get tips and techniques for sketching, using helpful plugins, Von’s “Clockwork Method”, working with...

Quick Tip: How to Create a Cartoon Rocketship with Inkscape

Chris Hildenbrand — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

This Quick Tip will teach you how to create a cartoon rocket ship with some nice lighting using only basic shapes like rectangles, circles and a triangle. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find the tool...

How to Create an iOS Style Sandwich Icon

Maciej Lenartowicz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:11 +0000

Tired of your old icons? Follow this creative recipe to cook up a great looking iOS styled sandwich icon. We will use a few of tasty ingredients, like meshes, gradients and blending modes to spice up your design!

Community Project: Customized Name Tag Project

LoungeKat — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:59 +0000

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be launching a new community project that combines both, the Vectortuts+ Customized Name Tag Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump. Create a Customized Name...

Create a Paint Roller Illustration with a Grungy, Paint Text Effect

Andrei Marius — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:39 +0000

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a paint roller illustration with a grungy, paint text effect. We’ll use proven pixel perfect vector build methods, add lighting and Opacity effects, and trace raster grunge effects into vector paths. Learn each step of how to create this...

Quick Tip: How to Create Vector Mascot Characters Using a Graphic Tablet

Iaroslav Lazunov — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:27 +0000

Today Russian illustrator Victoria Vasilyeva will share the secrets of her Illustration skills with us. She specializes in illustrating children’s books, advertising, creating characters and icons. In this Quick Tip you will learn more about how to take an illustration client from concept to...

How to Create a Scratchboard Effect Bear Portrait

Sharon Milne — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:50 +0000

Today’s tutorial is aimed at those who are beginners with Adobe Illustrator CS (and later versions) and who also have access to a graphics tablet. In this Basix tutorial I’ll be showing you how to create your own scratchboard effect bear portrait, along the way giving you helpful hints...

Richard Seymour: How Beauty Feels

LoungeKat — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:16 +0000

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an interesting talk by Storyteller and Richard Seymour at TED. In this talk you will ponder the questions, how do we tell that something is beautiful? And why does it...