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Profile: Alex Mathers
"Believe me, there is plenty of time left over." Those are words spoken by Alex Mathers the UK-based Illustrator and author of "10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives" and the man...
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Core Art Skills: Part 4, Working in Traditional 3D
By now you should be feeling supercharged with creativity and ready to unleash your ideas on a new project. In the fourth installment of Core Art Skills, Ben Mounsey will be showing you the benefits...
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Create CS5 Width Profile Brushes in any Version of Adobe Illustrator CS!
Adobe Illustrator CS5 has a new option within the Stroke window known as "Width Profile". This tutorial shows how you can create brushes and use them in any version of Adobe Illustrator CS. You will...
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Quick Tip: How to Create an Abstract Desktop Wallpaper
Looking for an abstract wallpaper but can’t find a color or shape that your like? In this tutorial you will learn how to create desktop wallpapers using simple geometric figures, the Blending Mode,...
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Creating a Mysterious Cheshire Cat in Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium...
We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. Would you like to learn how to create a detailed vector illustration based on the Cheshire Cat? If so, we...
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Quick Tip: Paragraph Styles
A lightweight version of the paragraph styles you would find in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator’s Paragraph Styles help you set your type in many different ways. Learn more about how to save time...
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Interview with Russ Cook
Russ Cook is a illustrator and caricature artist from Oxford, UK. He has a unique caricature style which can be seen on his portfolio site that has a number of celebrities and well known people’s...
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Make a Delicious Sandwich with Easy 3D Illustration Techniques
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a 3D sandwich using easy to understand steps and techniques. We will use the 3D Extrude & Revolve Tool with some simple shapes to make a tasty...
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Quick Tip: Create a Metal Grille using the Transform Effect
Illustrator’s Transform effect makes it quick and easy to create a pattern from any object. Add some careful highlighting and gradients, and you’ve got a metallic industrial background.
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Quick Tip: How to Use the Opacity Mask to Make High Gloss Icons and Reflections
The Opacity Mask is a somewhat hidden feature in Adobe Illustrator. Mask work like Photoshop’s alpha channels to obscure parts of your artwork. In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to use Opacity Masks...
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Working with Various Types of Vector Line Art
Line art is the use of lines or stretched shapes to create an illustration or enhance its appearance. Within this technique there are a variety of styles that are often found within the vector art...
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Core Art Skills: Part 5, Traditional Media Techniques
If you’ve been following the course you’ve hopefully been using your sketchbooks more and have have tried your hand at clay. If so, you should now be happy to get your hands dirty and make some...
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Using Illustrator CS5 Tools to Create a Painted House – Vector Premium Tutorial
We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to use a combination of the new Illustrator CS5 features – including the...
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Quick Tip: Create a Damask Pattern Using the MadPattern Illustrator Template
Damask is a style of pattern that is easy to recognize, but not so easy to replicate. In this tutorial you will learn that with the right tools, anybody can make their own damask pattern that looks...
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Core Art Skills: Part 6, Bringing It All Together
This is the final part of the six part series “Core Art Skills”. Ben Mounsey will show you how to use texture, dimension, figure and visual reference as a basis for creating a final piece of artwork....
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Best of the Vector Web – July 2010
As you know, each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we found some really great tutorials, articles, and freebies for...
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Getting Carried Away with Balloon Lettering
If there are balloons near by, you’ve probably had or will be having some fun. I love balloons! So in this tutorial I will cover the process of creating some illustrative shiny balloon lettering. You...
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Quick Tip: How to Make Running Headers in Adobe InDesign
There are running headers in dictionaries, telephone lists, catalogues, guides and many other publications that need to inform the first and last instance of a list of terms on each page. That quick...
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Showcase: 20 Brilliant Designer Sketchbooks to Help Inspire Your Creative...
If you followed Ben Mounsey’s "Core Art Skills" Series, then you will know how important it is to have a Sketchbook. But why settle for something drab and dreary when you can use one that is as...
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Quick Tip: How to Create a Satisfaction Guaranteed Graphic
In the following Quick Tip you will learn to create a satisfaction guaranteed seal with basic shapes and gradients. You will find that the basic structure of this graphic can be reused many times to...
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