25 New Illustrator Tutorials That Will Make You A Master Of Vector Art

On 04.26.10, In Design, by SloDive Admin

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Shakespeare Text Illustration Tutorial

This tutorial teaches you how to make a portrait of William Shakespeare in Illustrator using text.

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An Illustrator’s Project: From Start to Finish

A very interesting tutorial, from Design Instruct, that takes you behind the scenes and shows you the illustration process from start to finish.

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Create an Abstract, Textured Artwork in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you’ll use the Blend Tool, Paintbrush Tool and textures to create a stunning abstract piece of art.

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Learn Gorgeous New Shading Skills

This tutorial from Digital Arts, teaches you how to transform a pencil sketch into a beautiful, digital artwork using Illustrator and Photoshop.

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Create a Cool Vector Panda Character in Illustrator

I really liked this tutorial from Chris Spooner. In it, he uses basic shapes, gradients and subtle effects to make a very nice vector panda.

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Create A Cute Creature Character From A Sketch

In this tutorial, on Vectips, you’ll learn how to use an array of Illustrator tools to create a cute creature; techniques that can also be applied to many other projects.

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Create a Fun Print-Ready Doodled Business Card Design

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to combine fun doodles with a business card design to create a print-ready PDF.

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Create a Set of Shiny Character Eyes

This tutorial teaches you how to create detailed vector eyes. Although the techniques used here are basic, the result looks great and can be used for all sorts of character designs.

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Create Quirky Repeating Patterns

This tutorial teaches you how to create repeating patterns. The techniques you’ll learn can be applied to a wide range of projects, such as , textiles, T-shirt prints and more.

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Lego Bricks Typeface

This great tutorial on Vectordiary teaches you how to convert the beloved LEGO bricks into a cool looking typeface in Illustrator.

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Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path

This is a great tutorial by Grant Friedman from Colorburned, that shows you how to use Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator.

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Create A Mouthwatering Chocolate Covered Strawberry

In this tutorial, you’ll learn tricks and techniques to create a chocolate covered strawberry but can also be used in an array of projects.

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Create An Editable Metal Type Treatment

This tutorial uses the Appearance panel to create a metal looking type treatment that is fully editable when it is done.

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Cafe Style Coffee Art in Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial shows you how to make a beautiful coffee illustration that was inspired by the book “1000 Restaurant, bar & café graphics”.

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Create a Google Phone Styled Background in 6 Easy Steps

This tutorial from Vectips shows you how to create the “Nexus One” Google Phone background with a few simple steps using transparency modes to create cool lighting effects.

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Create A Briefcase Icon

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a briefcase icon with basic shapes and gradients. You’ll also learn some useful techniques that can be used for other projects.

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Create a Candy Inspired Vector Snowboard Design

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to put together a candy inspired design by cutting, splitting and joining vector paths to produce an intricate weave of basic shapes.

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How to Design a Cheeky Koala Mascot Head

This great tutorial from VectorTuts+, will show you how to combine basic shapes, blending modes and smart coloring to create a koala illustration.

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How to Make an Attractive Vector Butterfly

This great tutorial from VectorTuts+, will show you how to combine shapes, blending modes and the gradient mesh to create a beautiful butterfly.

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Create An Editable Stitched Label Type Treatment

This tutorial, from Vectips, uses Appearance panel in Illustrator making it easy to edit the text and apply the treatment to other fonts and vector elements.

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How to Create Typeface Characters

This tutorial by Julian Dorado, shows you how to take different sections of the characters of a font and put them together, therefore creating all kinds of creatures.

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How to Create a Seamless Argyle Pattern in Illustrator

A great screencast tutorial from Colorburned that explains the steps needed to create a seamless arglyle pattern.

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How to Create a Cute Vector Bear T-Shirt Design

This tutorial shows you how to design a bear character and surrounding scenery using basic shapes, for use as a cool t-shirt design.

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Make Watercolor and Marker Style Portraits with Illustrator

This tutorial will teach you the techniques used to create digital portrait illustrations that have the unique feel of marker and watercolor.

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