The mechanical, geometric nature of the robot character featured in this tutorial lends itself to vector artwork — Astute Graphics’ tools really help speed up your workflow in projects like this. Most of this tutorial will use the InkScribe Tool (part of the DrawScribe plugin for Adobe Illustrator) as well as some features from VectorScribe’s range of tools.

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Probably you have been searching for the answer to this question many times. Standard proposals as to this problem solving can provide your source file size reduction only by a few hundred kilobytes, and it is doubtful whether this would satisfy you. Today let me tell you how to make the source EPS file much smaller. The solution is very simple and original. Hope you find it interesting!

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In this tutorial, we will learn how to create yummy ice cream illustrations in Adobe Illustrator.

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Today we will talk about work with guides. After finishing today’s tutorial we will know how to create guides, how to hide and snap an object to them and how to create the prospective grid and so on. Learn at the jump!

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In this article I’ll tell you how to customize the Dynamic Sketch Tool for an improved workflow, and how to edit the created outline with the help of the Width Tool found in Illustrator CS5. Paths created with the help of the Dynamic Sketch Tool have not only dynamic properties, but can also be edited with the standard tools of Adobe Illustrator that shows the flexibility of this tool. Learn more at the jump!

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Learn how to create a fun Easter Themed collage, we’ll be creating Easter Eggs, a hatching Bird and a Bunny Face from scratch in Adobe Illustrator and arranging it into an Easter Egg shape. We’ll also be adding some finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop.

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I am sure that at all the early stages of learning Adobe Illustrator, each person came to the same question: “Where to place points when creating a path in order for the line to be smooth and easy to edit?”. Designers can do it intuitively based on years of experience, while others invent different methods and tricks. Is it possible to make this process automatic? I would say: “Yes”. In this article you will learn how to do it using the Dynamic Sketch Tool.

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Adobe Illustrator is used in various areas of design — fashion design, technical drawing, web design, art, and more. Each designer should set up the program to cater for their own specific needs, and InkScribe’s extensive options allow for this. I’m sure that very soon InkScribe will become an integral part of your workflow in Adobe Illustrator, so now I want to tell you how to customize the tool to fit your preferences.

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In today’s article we will talk about the Layers panel. I always knew that this is a powerful tool of Adobe Illustrator, but I had no idea about some of the functions and how to work with them. Do you know how to speed up your work with Adobe Illustrator for displaying objects with effects and blend objects while they move or zoom? Learn at the jump!

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In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a 3D gift box in Adobe Illustrator using Extrude and Bevel effects, gradients and expand object elements.

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