Hi there. In the next tutorial you will learn how to create a gift box illustration. I will show you how to use the rectangle tool and the star tool to create a pattern and a symbol. For the box and the bow shapes you will use the 3D Extrude&Bevel effect, the Map Art option plus some Warp effects and Pathfinder options.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours
Number of Steps: 40

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In this tutorial we will learn how to create an herbal frame in a simple and understandable way. Having studied the technique described here, you can fill with herbs objects of any shape. Herbal frame is an interesting and popular designing element. That is how you can create, let us say, Christmas wreaths.

Let’s get started!

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Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a Mexican Lucha Libre inspired badge design.

We’ll be creating a vector mask design out of various shapes and elements before pulling the whole design together onto a template to form a print ready 25mm button pin badge.

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Follow this step by step tutorial for the making of a vector art portrait of Tron Legacy’s Quorra. Learn how the portrait is carefully traced and vectorized in Adobe Illustrator to create an interesting vexel style design.

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Cubism is one of the most outstanding movements in abstract art. Geometric shapes, vivid colors, simple figures, and textures are all distinctive features of this style. Let’s try to recreate the cubist painting in Illustrator inspired by works of Pablo Picasso – after learning some simple techniques you’ll be able to easily paint your own cubist composition.

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In this tut, we’ll create a quick sketch similar to the style made famous by the ridiculously gifted guys at Mulheres Barbadas. We’ll scan our sketch in, ink it up in Flash, move it over to Illustrator for coloring, add some nice typography and finish in Photoshop for some subtle grunge. A graphics tablet of some description will make this tut (and probably your life in general) 90% more satisfying, but isn’t essential – if you’re nifty with a mouse you’ll have no troubles inking up your sketch tablet-less-ly. Let’s get started!

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In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make an Interactive DVD player in Illustrator. To reach the final result we will use the instrument Rounded Rectangle Tool, the option 3D > Extrude & Bevel and the Map Art option.

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Hi there. In the next tutorial you’ll learn to create a pretty common icon. To reach this result you need to know how to use the Rectangle Tool, the Pen Tool or the Type Tool. The Drop Shadow, the Warp effects or the Clipping Mask will help you create some discrete details.

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Thought some of you might like to see my process for designing a character. This one is filled with cocoa love and chocolaty goodness. We'll take the concept from sketch through to vector final. You’ll learn the process of making a fun loving character based on a clear concept. Also, a quick warning – you may be overcome by the urge to consume copious amounts of chocolate by reading this, but fortunately it’s all part of the creative process.

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This is a great tutorial perfect for beginners learning Illustrator, because it shows you how you can use illustrator basic tools in order to create cool cute character illustration design of an hippo using mainly only the ellipse tool and the gradient tool.

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