To create a twitter icon, you don’t have to be an artist or expert in illustrator. By understanding some basic principals of gradients and transparency, you can create an excellent modern twitter icon to use in your blog.

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This tutorial will show you how to design an eCommerce fashion site. Eye-catching and trendy graphics are great for drawing attention to a website, but ease of navigation will always reign supreme as the user should be able to swiftly browse and see the products no matter what. We created a mock layout in order to show how to combine fashion and function to make this happen.

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In this Illustrator CS4 tutorial we'll show you how to create an Identity Package including: business cards, letterhead, and envelopes, all in Illustrator. In the tutorial you will set up your document, design the identity package, and learn best practices for proofing and sending to the printer. This tutorial will focus more on setting up your document to create this package, rather than focusing on the creative aspects of the design.

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Gradient Mesh can be a wonderful tool to master but the learning curve can bring a bit of frustration to the beginner, we found it confusing at first but with a little practice and a simple plan we were able to get around a few of the tools weaknesses and avoid snapping Wacom pens in anguish.

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Good artwork looks even better in a frame. This tutorial makes use of Illustrator CS4's Gradient Annotator to simulate the look of wood grain. You'll also learn how to recolor artwork to achieve subtle lighting effects. Let's get started!

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In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create some abstract shapes and combine them to create a funky music inspired design. This illustration, could serve as a good starting point for a flyer or other design. Let's get started!

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This tutorial will teach you how to make 3D glasses on a carpet using Adobe Illustrator. The making of this same 'model' in 3D Studio Max has been demonstrated in a previous tutorial at Oman3D. You will learn here how easily it is to create a simple 3d model using Adobe Illustrator rather than using any 3D program such as 3D Studio Max. The technique that we will use in this tutorial will involve creating a single slice of the object that we want to create and then using the "Revolve" effect to convert our slice into a 3D object. Read on to learn the exact steps on how to do this.

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Using Illustrator's custom brushes and swatches, we'll be recreating a Lichtenstein style of effect in this intermediate level tutorial.

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In this tutorial, we'll create a unique Magnifying Glass shown enlarging a selection of text. We'll work primarily with the pathfinder and basic shape tools to cut out our shapes for this illustration, though the pen tool will also be used. We color the elements along the way using various gradients.


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Today, we'll show you how to quickly create a mockup of an iPhone in Illustrator. Surprisingly, this process is very easy in Illustrator. Once you’re done, you’ll have a scalable, layerable, and fully editable graphic to place in any of your designs.


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