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How to Create a Vector Stamp Set in Illustrator
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a vintage, vector stamp set in Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to build a stamp illustration, shape by shape. We’ll construct the stamp border...
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Quick Tip: How to Make a Retro Icon Style using the Appearance Panel
In the following Quick tip you will learn how to create a retro icon style. You will use a standard web symbol and the Appearance Panel to create a retro style that can be re-used on everything from...
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Create a Magical Vector Landscape Using Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial
Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. Learn how to paint imaginative landscapes in vector. Today, Zzanthia shares her workflow with us. If...
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Quick Tip: How to Cell Shade and add Texture to a Vector Comic Character
This tutorial will show you how to create a cell shaded character in Adobe Illustrator, this is a fast technique utilizing the Live Paint bucket for block coloring, the gradient tool to add depth and...
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How to Create a Web Site Mascot
A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Scott Jackson was first published on May 8th 2009. In this...
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The Design Genius of Charles & Ray Eames
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a great talk from TED. In this talk, Eames Demetrios, the grandson of...
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Create a Wireframe Face with the Envelope Distort Tool
This tutorial is a response to a request for a more in depth lesson on using Illustrator’s Envelope Distort function with the Rectangular Grid tool. I demonstrated the basic technique in this video....
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Quick Tip: Create a Speech Bubbles Set with the Appearance Panel
In the following Quick Tip you will learn how to create your own vector speech bubbles set. This tutorial is for beginners and will teach you basic shape building techniques in Illustrator plus some...
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Design a Custom Vectortuts+ Paper Toy, Round 2
Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Vectortuts+ Paper Toy Project. Find out how to download the template, at the jump....
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Join the Vectortuts+ Community on Google+
We’re excited to let you know that now, in addition to Twitter and Facebook, you can get involved with the Vectortuts+ community over at Google+! We’ll be using Google+ to let you know about our...
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Scenes and Backgrounds in Vector Illustration
In today’s feature article, I’m going to show you work from seven talented vector artists. Discover how they approach backgrounds and construct whole scenes. Learn how they turn single elements into...
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Quick Tip: Use the Scribble Effect to Transform Common Everyday Symbols
Follow this quick tip and learn how to give some personality to common everyday symbols with the help of the Scribble effect. We will use the Appearance Panel, the Offset Path and Feather effects and...
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Create a Garden Scene Using Brushes in Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial
Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. Learn how to create a wonderful garden scene in Illustrator. You’ll discover the depth of the...
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Quick Tip: Creating Live Captions in InDesign CS5
Live captions are perfect for adding descriptions to images placed within an InDesign document. InDesign uses the metadata from an imported file and generates a text frame. For example, if you have a...
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Community: Peer Review 2
Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is,...
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Jason Santa Maria Talks About Web Design
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a great talk from MFA Interaction Design. In this talk, Jason Santa...
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Should You Watermark Your Art?
In Today’s article we look at watermarking your artwork. We’ll consider the opinions of those who use them in their work. Should you watermark your work to prevent misuse? Let’s read on to find out....
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Quick Tip: How to Create a Floral Repeating Pattern
Learn how to create a repeating floral pattern that’s perfect for gift wrap, desktop wallpapers or textile designs. This tutorial uses one of our very own free vector packs and is great for readers...
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How to Create an Open Book with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool
A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Simona Pfreundner was first published on September 12th 2008. In...
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20 Festive Holiday Theme Tutorials from Vectortuts+
With the holidays fast approaching we have bundled together a collection festive illustration and decoration tutorials from the Vectortuts+ archives. Covering a variety of subjects from effects to...
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