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How to Create Snooker App Icon Using Adobe Illustrator and …
May 15th
How to Create a Portrait in the Pop Art Style using Adobe Illustrator . 10971 readers In this tutorial we will learn how to create a vector portrait in Pop Art style. We will try to reproduce the style of Roy Lichtenstein, one of the best representatives …
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How to Create Snooker App Icon Using Adobe Illustrator and …
Quick Tip: Microstock Illustrations with Corel Draw, Tricks and Tips
May 14th
Introduction With the vector software Corel Draw you are able to draw everything you can imagine. However, if you are using it to create illustrations for the microstock agencies – there are some issues that you must take into consideration. The problem comes with the industry requirement to provide an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file, which is mandatory for almost all agencies. See, EPS is Adobe standard and Corel developers don’t like Adobe standards very much. And because they did a poor job with it – you will have to save your EPS 8 files from Illustrator. See how here: Quick Tip: Saving Files from Corel Draw for Microstock Agencies What’s interesting is that even Adobe developers say that the EPS format has no future, and they prefer to concentrate their efforts on the AI and PDF file types. Nevertheless, for one reason or the other…
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Quick Tip: Microstock Illustrations with Corel Draw, Tricks and Tips
Workshop: Creative T-shirt Project, Round 2
May 9th
Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump. Create Your Own T-shirt Design , Round 2 The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought it would be fun to kick things off with an imaginative piece by Nico! Great work everyone, it’s been fun to see what you’ve come up with. Submissions are open for one more week! Get your entries in before Monday 14th of May 2012 for a chance to be in the 3rd and final round. Nico Encarnacion “The artwork here is my creative interpretation of the things that have intrigued me after reading Dr. Medina’s book. I sketched it a few months back and did some modifications in Illustrator. It’s my first full vector artwork done in Adobe Illustrator (Yey for me!) after so many years of being stuck with digital painting brushes in Photoshop. I was finally able to have the courage of a Kamikaze pilot to dive right into a whole new style of illustrations. I am Nico Encarnacion. I am a freelance illustrator and most of my artworks are doodles and character designs. I also have a blog (my portfolio – www.nicoencarnacion.me – is under construction) – blog.nicoencarnacion.me – where I …
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Workshop: Creative T-shirt Project, Round 2
85 Photoshop and Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials
May 5th
After studying this simple tutorial , you will learn many useful and necessary techniques, such as the creation of vector texture, working with the Scatter Brush, using the Graphic Style palette, creating scuffs and creases on the fabric, using the Gradient Mesh, and more. Believe me … This tutorial will show the intermediate-to-advanced Adobe Illustrator artist how to make a realistic military style cap icon using predominately gradients, blends, and the Gradient Mesh Tool.
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85 Photoshop and Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials
Turning your text to 3D rock/stone using Illustrator – VSTEOnline!
Apr 26th
Welcome to this tutorial for turning your simple title text to rock or stone looking text in 3D. In this guide we will be using Adobe Illustrator in creating this style. This helps you create a vector type art , perfect for scaling these …
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Turning your text to 3D rock/stone using Illustrator – VSTEOnline!
Design a Coffee Shop Menu Layout from Scratch with Photoshop and InDesign – Part 2
Mar 26th
This is the second part of this tutorial series about creating a ready to print booklet menu for an imaginary coffee shop named “Violet Coffee.” In this final part of the two part series, you’ll learn to create a ready to print booklet on InDesign, work with master pages, text, tabs, paragraph and character styles, import external files and actually print the booklet. Let’s move on! August of 2010 The workflow in this tutorial series is excellent preparation for creating this kind of work for clients. You can also consider putting your graphic talents to work by adding your own uniquely designed food menu template to GraphicRiver. It’s a popular and growing category to contribute to. And if you’re client project has a tight deadline or narrow budget, there are many food menu …
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Design a Coffee Shop Menu Layout from Scratch with Photoshop and InDesign – Part 2
Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 2
Mar 13th
Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump. Create Your Own Skateboard Design , Round 2 The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought we would kick things off with fantastic skull design that took the template to another level. Great work everyone, it’s been fun to see what you’ve come up with. Submissions are open for one more week! Get your entries in before Monday 19th of March 2012 for a chance to be in the final showcase! Georgie Retzer “Hi there. I am Georgie from Austria. See more of my Works at illustratorg.deviantart.com . Hope you like it.” Piotr Bajbak Victor Larranaga David Turner “I am a freelance graphic designer aka vector wizard. I design just about anything from logo’s to apparel. Thanks for taking the time to check out my work!” Nicholas Anglin “My name is Nicholas Anglin I’m a graphic designer,illustrator video editor,photographer. Basically anything that has to do with art I can do it. The idea for this deck came from a…
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Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 2
Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 1
Mar 6th
Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 1 of the Customized Name Tag Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump. Create Your Own Skateboard Design , Round 1 The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought it would be fun to kick things off with a fierce green monster. Great work everyone, it’s been fun to see what you’ve come up with. Submissions are open for another week! Get your entries in before Monday 12th of March 2012 for a chance to be in Showcase 2! Larry Hyde “Hello all, some nice work up on the wall. Here’s my design I call it buzz off. Tried using the blob brush in CS5 works pretty good. Like vector tuts for all the great tips and ideas. Have a few more works online at h3design.org ” Chris Bayliss “Yo, my name is Chris. I draw things. Here is a …
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How to Create a Snowman in Adobe Illustrator
Mar 6th
Although we should get ready for the spring arrival and nice weather, half of the world is still covered with snow. For those who already have a nice weather and are not able to create a Snowman with the real snow, we will show you how to create it from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll be using the Ellipse Tool (L) to create the basic shapes of the Snowman, a bit of Pen Tool work (P) and nice color gradients. Beside that we need to pay attention to shadows that will give our illustration a nice depth. Let’s get down to business! Step 1 We’ll start with two circles. Grab the Ellipse Tool (L) from the Tool Panel and create two perfect circles. Arrange them as it shown below. Step 2 We are going to apply colors gradients right away. This way we will be full aware of…
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How to Create a Snowman in Adobe Illustrator
Best of Tuts+ in February 2012
Mar 1st
Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network . Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start! Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop Applying texture to a text effect can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will explain how to create a baseball-inspired text effect using layer styles, patterns, and brushes. Let’s get started! Visit Article Create a Mini Planet Using Photoshop’s 3D Capabilities When most people think about Photoshop, they probably don’t think about 3D. What most people don’t realize, however, is that Photoshop CS5 Extended includes some powerful tools to help you render your artwork in 3D. In…
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Best of Tuts+ in February 2012