The Latest Good Tutorials for Illustrator

July 30th, 2010

Adobe Product Tutorials

[UPDATE: Just released, 130 minutes of free new online video tutorials for Illustrator CS5.]

Create an iconic T-Shirt artwork using Illustrator and Photoshop
Thursday, July 29


Joshua Smith, aka Hydro74, takes you through how he created his latest work, based around his regular motifs of skulls and swirls mixed with this spring/summer’s illustration icon, the owl.

Create a Detailed Vector Emblem Badge in Illustrator
Wednesday, July 28


Use a range of vector shapes in Adobe Illustrator to create a detailed black and white emblem badge. We’ll use a mix of basic tools to align the various shapes together, then add some cool detail using the more advanced Pathfinder and Blend tools.

How to Draw a Vintage Typewriter Icon Inside Adobe Illustrator
Sunday, July 25


Many of you probably remember those days when there was only one typing machine available for writers and business offices around the world, the classic typewriter. From this tutorial you will learn hot to create a super detailed, old vintage typewriter machine icon inside Adobe Illustrator.

Create a Tiger Striped Cat with Illustrator
Saturday, July 24


The tutorial shows how to create an orange, tiger striped cat with Adobe Illustrator.

How to make cool flower shapes
Sunday, July 18


This easy tutorial is a starting point for creating really cool funky floral shapes as a basis for a pattern, background or decorative element in your illustration.

How to Draw a Funny Bee Illustration
Friday, July 16


Although they can be very dangerous, bees are loved around the world for honey they are producing, and just like everyone else, I have a great respect for these little hard-working creatures. From this tutorial you will learn how to create a funny illustration of a bee inside Adobe Illustrator.

How To Draw Ferb Step By Step
Friday, July 16


Phineas and Ferb is an animated television comedy series. They are also known as “Disney’s Phineas and Ferb“. This tutorial is about only Ferb where we will guide you how to draw Ferb step by step in Illustrator. It’s a very basic tutorial where beginners can also practice this easily.

Create an iPod Nano
Friday, July 16


Hi there. In the following tutorial I will shown how to make an iPod Nano. For the overall shapes you will only have to use the Rectangle Tool and the Ellipse Tool. Then, you’ll need some linear/radial gradients, some strokes and a Drop Shadow effect.

How To Manipulate Pattern Fills
Friday, July 16


In this tutorial I will be showing you how to manipulate pattern fills in Illustrator – scaling, moving and transforming the pattern without effecting the object.

Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 3: Importing Text and Playing With Typography
Tuesday, July 13


In the third part of this Getting To Grips Series we will be covering the following topics: Creating and editing text, Creating a headline, Text alignment, Flowing text (automatically and manually), Working with and applying styles, etc…