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    March 21st, 2009

    Posted by Nick Pagano

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    50 Great Illustrator Tutorials and Tips

    Illustrator is a wonderful tool. It is often underused, and also a bit underestimated. I think sometimes people can be having so much fun in Photoshop, that they forget all of the awesome things Illustrator can accomplish. So today I’m bringing you a big list of Illustrator tutorials, tricks and tips. I start out with pretty basic tutorials and tips, because it is important to have a good foundation. But, don’t worry, they get much more complex :) And keep in mind when your reading these tutorials, it’s all about picking up on new and interesting processes, techniques, and ideas that you may not have tried yet. Even if you are an experienced Illustrator user, it never hurts to learn new techniques and refresh your memory on some old ones. So I’m hoping you enjoy, and find this useful.

     

    Basic Shading and Lighting

    Tutorial: Transform, Style, Blend

    Tutorial: make texture without leaving Illustrator

    Some Cool Introduction to Illustrator Videos

    Basic Drawing with Adobe Illustrator’s Paths & Pen tool

    Creating gradations with Adobe Illustrator’s Gradients & Blends

    Basic & Advanced Illustrator Drawing Techniques for Technical Illustrations

    Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator

    Illustrator Pucker and Bloat Effect and more

     

    Tutorial: The Flare Tool

    Creating a 3D Gear

    Illustrator full spectrum spirograph

    Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator

    Creating seamless patterns in Illustrator

    BMX Illustration

    Symmetric Illustration

    Soaring Vectors

    Creating Road Maps in Adobe Illustrator

    Realistic Photo Vector Tutorial

     

    Tropical Transparency Effect

    Ornate Lettering Process

    How to Design a Font From Start to Finish

    Live Color in Illustrator CS3

    Create 3D Can of Beans

    Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator

    Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough

    How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment

    Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe Illustrator

    Tips for Working with the Gradient Mesh Tool In Illustrator

     

    How to Design a Classic Heraldic Figure

    10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts

    Creating Sketchy-Style Vectors

    Creating A Wood Grain texture

    Creating Brushed Metal Texture

    How to Create a Stylized Vector Grasshopper

    Make 3D Yet Flat Looking Shopping Basket Icons

    Make a Torn Vector Desktop Wallpaper with Angled Text

    How to Create Colorful Abstract Artwork in Illustrator

    Use the power of Illustrator to create cool 3D infographics

     

    Master painting in Illustrator

    Adobe Illustrator Tutorial #1 - Adding Texture

    Adobe Illustrator Tutorial - Cutaway Technical Illustration

    Creating Vector Hair

    Create an envelpe icon with a satin feel

    How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

    Create camouflage patterns

    Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator

    Creating geometric patterns in Illustrator

    Illustrator: The Tilde Trick

    From Sketch to Vector Illustration

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    1. Brandon Cox
      March 22nd

      Awesome list!! I love Illustrator and I’m going to include this in my favorite links for tomorrow - awesome collection!

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      March 22nd

      Some great stuff here. Thanks

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    7. Alan
      March 23rd

      Nice round-up, thanks!

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      March 25th

      Great roundup, just what I was looking for! Thanks!

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      March 25th

      wonderful tutorials thanks for collection..

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    15. Brochure Printing
      March 31st

      These are excellent! I’m sure I’ll be able to learn a lot of tips and techniques with these. I can’t wait to start! Thanks for sharing these. Great job!

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      March 31st

      Thanks for the great list of tips!

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    18. Kayla
      March 31st

      Amazing list…thank you! I need way more experience with illustrator.

    19. Printing Capalaba
      March 31st

      I have so got to do more with Illustration, finding the time is a serious problem!

      This is fantastic, bookedmarked!!!

    20. Printing Capalaba
      March 31st

      Agreed Amazing List!!!

    21. joão
      April 3rd

      wow, extremely useful set!
      thank you SO much :D

      (btw, great blog layout)

    22. Nick
      April 5th

      @Brandon Cox, Thanks for the inclusion on your list! (Sorry for this being a bit late :/ ) I appreciate ya stopping by and commenting as well.

      @Patternhead, very welcome, thanks for continuing to stop by! I really appreciate it.

      @marbio, Thanks for your comment!

      @Samuel, Glad itll be useful! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

      @Stuart Thursby, Glad ya liked it. Thanks for your comment!

      @joyoge, your very welcome, thanks for stopping by.

      @Brochure Printing, Yup, a lot can be learned for all this stuff! Hope it helps. Thanks for your comment.

      @Laura MacPherson, Your welcome, thanks for stopping by!

      @Kayla, Yeah, illustrator is awesome. Thanks for your comments!

      @Printing Capalaba, thanks for your comment.

      @joão, I’m glad it could be helpful! And thanks, I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for stopping by.

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      April 7th

      Wow, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Free Illustrator Tutorials! Score.

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      April 15th

      This is exactly what I need since i’m just going to start working with Illustrator! Thank you!

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      April 22nd

      wow great collection. brilliant.

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