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10 best Illustrator Tutorials

Collecting some interesting illustrator tutorials for the graphic designer. We hope you like these tutorials.



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1. From Sketch to Vector Illustration

I am going to meander a bit between different sketches, but here is one example of a vector illustration that was based off of a sketch.

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2. Ornate Lettering Process

I'm going to show you the process as to how I do my ornate lettering. This is a new design I did for Stone Sour that utilized this technique. Now right off the bat, this is not a step by step tutorial. It's more of a look behind the scenes into how I work. The very core of this process is having a solid drawing ability and a good understanding of letterforms, typography, spacing, composition, yada yada. Also, I assume you know your way around Illustrator, Photoshop, and 3D Studio Max.

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3. Create a Custom T-Shirt Stencil Design

Create a low-cost, low-tech T-shirt using a digitally designed stencil.When low numbers or high expense prevents you from sourcing professionally screenprinted products, you can easily produce a small run of custom T-shirt designs using a good old fashioned stencil technique!

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4. Creating a crazy cool logo

This logo is pretty much a bunch of circles, I used a circle for the module and deleted some segments in order to create the characters.

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5. Flare Tool Fun - Illustrator

You will be making some interesting graphics using the Flare Tool and the Transform Effect

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6. Creating a 3D Model in Illustrator

Learn how to create a 3d-looking scene in Adobe Illustrator.

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7. Draw Your Self Portrait

Learn how to transform your photo into your vector self portrait. We'll review techniques for tracing photos. We'll also discuss strategies you could use for this type of work. Deciding on the level of detail to include in this realistic illustration will drastically effect the style of your finished portrait.

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8. Create a Colourful Abstract Wavy Ribbon

A simple walkthrough on how to create a colourful abstract ribbon shape in Illustrator, which can then be used as an element in your designs.

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9. Create Abstract Backgrounds

Abstract backgrounds are easy to create in Illustrator with a couple of simple techniques. Using Gradient Meshes, Steps Blends and Opacity Masks you can quickly create an abstract background.

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10. Vectorial illustration with Illustrator

It's time to write a tutorial about vectorial illustration. In this post i'll explain the process i followed at the time of designing by order (from SOSFactory) the mascot in vector format of Twisted Monkey Studios, producers of horror films.