In this tutorial we’ll use a combination of craft and Illustrator’s 3D tools to create a first aid icon. You can use the techniques you learn in this tutorial to create realistic rounded box icons of your choice. This works well for complex icons at large sizes and scales down nicely.

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What are all those eyeballs, colored squares and double rings on Illustrator’s Layers panel? They are all visual cues that let you work better and smarter with layers. Watch this Quick Tip and feel the power!

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Those of you who are familiar with Photoshop know that transforming an object’s perspective in Photoshop is quite easy; just go to edit > Transform > Perspective and then you can change the perspective of just about any type of object. Doing this in Illustrator however is not quite as easy; or at least straight forward. In this quick tutorial, we will show you how to use the free transform tool in Illustrator in tandem with a few simultaneous keyboard shortcuts to adjust an objects perspective.

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Using Rulers and Guides in Illustrator allows you to be mathematically precise in your work. Here’s the low-down on these measuring tools, including a few handy tricks and shortcuts.

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This screencast covers fun with the Tilde key and Adobe Illustrator. Works with any Shape Tool, the Line Segment Tool, the Arc Tool, the Spiral Tool, and more. Use this technique to quickly make complex shape patterns.

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Sometimes when you’re working at a very large magnification, it can be hard to see the overall picture. In this screencast, we’ll show you a neat trick using the Navigator panel, that saves you the hassle of zooming in an out constantly. We’ll also show how you can save custom views that will speed up your workflow.

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These are some basic Text Effects you can use in Adobe Illustrator to improve your designs.

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Learn all about masking and create two effects in this tutorial.

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In this video tutorial we walk you through the steps for designing a logo using Adobe Illustrator. In the video, we demonstrate how to go about choosing the right font type, tips for combining letters and manipulating colors for proper contrast as well as demonstrate how to design an icon using the vector pen tool. Enjoy!

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llustrator - Lake Tutorial (working with brushes).

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