Let's learn how to make a unique RSS feed icon. This tutorial requires a familiarity with Adobe Illustrator's basic tools as we'll use the gradient mesh tool and make light use of Illustrators mapping feature.
In this tutorial we’re going to make a simple little pig character. It’s made up of preset shapes that we can adapt and tweak to give the little fella some character. It involves lots of copying and pasting in place, in front and behind, no unnecessary effects or filters, just shapes and simple tweaks. Useful tutorial for beginners and anyone wanting to understand a few basic principles of Adobe Illustrator. All key commands that are mentioned are for the Mac OSX platform. Apologies to all the Windows users reading this!
This tutorial is about drawing with the Pen tool. The Pen tool is Illustrator’s workhorse. It takes time to learn how to use, but it is great once you figure it out. The best way to learn the Pen Tool is to trace over sketches. Before we get to that, this is a basic overview of the pen tool.
In this tutorial, we're going to cover the benefits, some uses, and the 'how-to' of two powerful methods to hide or show areas of an Illustrator document without deleting objects that you want to be invisible, which allows you to go back and re-work more easily.
We know you're anxious to jump right to the part where we actually make something using the mesh, but first it's important to recognize the various parts of the gradient mesh. We will explain all in this tutorial and then show you how we can use it to create interesting images.
Step by Step Tutorial shows how we drew, inked and painted the new SpongeBob cover for NICK Magazine. This video talks about using layers to keep important objects separate.