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How to Make a Colorful, Environmental Slice
This tutorial is about creating an earth slice that looks like a piece of cake. When doing such “environmental” illustrations it’s kind of hard to stop adding details. The first twenty four steps are...
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Interview with Javier Alcalde
Today we’ll get acquainted with a wonderful Spanish illustrator Javier Alcalde who, thesedays, creates characters and designs for computer games. Javier finds his inspiration in environments and calls...
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Make a Mailbox Icon Using Adobe Illustrator
Attention! This icon was not created solely for educational purposes. You can see the working process of real designing! We are going to use various professional techniques to create this icon, and I...
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Welcome Aboard Webdesigntuts+!
Today we’re extremely proud to launch Webdesigntuts+, the 10th member of the Tuts+ family. Though we have a long history of publishing excellent web design content, Webdesigntuts+ is our first site...
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Exclusive Freebie Pack – Spooky Halloween
We have a new set of vector illustrations available exclusively from Vectortuts+ as a freebie for anyone to download. Crafted by Iaroslav Lazunov, you will find a great selection of Halloween vectors....
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Quick Tip: Illustrator to Photoshop
There may be times when you want to open an Illustrator file in Photoshop. Perhaps you want to add some raster effects to it, or incorporate the vector file into a Photoshop composite. Or perhaps you...
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Create a Vector, Zombie Witch Illustration – Vector Premium Tutorial
We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create zombie in the style of Left4Dead’s scary witch, then we have a detailed tutorial...
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A Look Inside InDesign CS5
InDesign CS5 has arrived with lot of new tools, panels and features. Let’s have a closer look at these changes and discover how they can improve our workflow, productivity and, best of all, our...
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Quick Tip: Create a Puzzle with the New Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator CS5
The new Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator CS5 has really made me happy. This tool has similar properties as the commands from the Pathfinder palette, but it is easy to use and is more user-friendly....
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Create a Glowing Neon Sign using the Appearance Palette – Screencast
This tutorial shows the potential the Appearance Palette in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll be building an elaborate neon sign, utilizing the Appearance Palette to speed up the process and remove the need of...
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BAD 2010 – Clear Information in Water Inspired Infographics
This year Vectortuts+ is taking part in Blog Action Day to raise awareness about clean water and water conservation. A large part of raising awareness about any issue is clearly communicating the...
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Create a Furry Calligram in Illustrator
In this tutorial I will walk you through creating your own calligram inspired by a dog named Poppy. You’ll learn how to manipulate a typeface through to rendering fur, adding doggy features, and...
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Quick Tip: How to Make a 100% Vector Drop Shadow with Illustrator CS5
Learn how to create a drop shadow and an inner glow effect using the appearance panel and stroke options available in AI CS5, which is 100% vector.
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Interview with Claire Latchem aka Superfex
Claire Latchem — aka Superfex — is an Illustrator and designer from South West of England. Claire says, character design, animation, model making, vector and tattoo design influence her work greatly....
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Create a Classic, Sailing Ship in Illustrator CS5
In this tutorial I will show how to create a sailing ship illustration with a story book style, using the Gradient Mesh to make the cloth of the boat’s sails. I will also use the Gradient Mesh to...
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Quick Tip: How to Make a Simple Flower Ornamentation from Regular Convex and...
In this Quick Tip you will learn how to create a simple but original flower ornamentation with the help of the Bloat effect and a set of convex regular polygons and stars. This effect is quick and...
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Create a Night Landscape Using Vector Texture – Vector Premium Tutorial
We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to utilize vector texture in your scenes to enhance mood, then this tutorial is for you. The...
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Using Stock References in the Creation of Vector Art
Historically, artists have used live models and landscapes as a base for their work. In the digital age, stock photos are easily accessible and widely used in all forms of art and vector art is no...
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Create a Feather Brush and Set of Detailed Wings in Illustrator
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a feather art brush. You’ll then learn how to use it to create a set of angel wings, which can be added to your illustrations. Introduction It’s a...
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Quick Tip: Spice Up Your Graphs with Column Designs
Illustrator includes a powerful graph tool that allows you to present numerical data in a visual manner. In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to augment a column graph with Illustrator artwork for a...
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