Tuts+ Premium Pack – Wild Animals

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Sharon Milne. It’s filled with 10 illustrated wild animals. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump! (more…)

Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Price Tag Icon

In the following quick tip you will learn how to create a simple price tag icon. It’s another tutorial that focuses mainly on the Appearance panel. First, you will need some basic tools and shape building techniques to create the starting shape. Next, using the power of the Appearance panel and a nice, free font along with some basic effects and techniques you will create you own price tag icon. Let’s get started.

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Quick Tip: How to Create Typographic Snowflakes

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a series of different snowflakes from letters. To achieve this effect you will use the Transform Effect on a single letter. You will easily be able to create a series of individual snowflakes, taking advantage of editable type and the variety of letters in the alphabet.

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Working with Professional Typography in Adobe Illustrator

I would like to dedicate this tutorial to typography, which are the methods of processing printed text for better legibility and beauty. Typography is composed through the graphic design of printed text using the specifics for that languages rules. In this Basix tutorial will be apply the typography methods and rules using Adobe Illustrator. Materials for creating this tutorial were kindly furnished by Roman Kuznecov, aka Asat, who has many years of publishing experience.

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Create a Designer Gift Bag Using Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to draw a designer gift bag using basic shapes and various patterns, which are made available in Illustrator. You will also learn to add your own customized details to the design.

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Vectortuts+ Quiz: Test Your Illustrator Knowledge

Test your knowledge of Adobe Illustrator with the Vectortuts+ Illustrator Quiz! How well do you know Adobe Illustrator? Find out at the jump!

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