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Announcing Envato’s 7th Birthday Bundle!
It’s Envato’s seventh birthday and, to celebrate, we’ve created another fantastic Birthday Bundle! With $500 worth of items available for just $20, it’s worth getting excited about. Consider it our way...
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Create a Sparkling, Glitter Portrait From Stock in Adobe Illustrator
An innocent vector portrait based on a stock image from Photodune became a battleground of sparkles and glitter. As requested, people wanted to see a portrait tutorial which used a lot of glitter! Who...
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Tuts+ & Envato Are Coming to the UK
We’re excited to let you know that we’re currently planning our first Tuts+ and Envato meetup in the UK! We’ll have a great venue, some exciting goodies to give away, and you’ll have the opportunity to...
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Create a Simple School Teddy Bear in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a cute Teddy Bear and some school themed items. We’ll be using basic shapes and the Pathfinder panel, so you don’t need a graphic tablet or advanced drawing...
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Two Ways to Create a Non-Blur Drop Shadow in Adobe Illustrator
It seems in one of my previous tutorials, Create On-Trend Flat Type with a Nautical Theme in Adobe Illustrator, I struck a cord regarding my technique for adding shadows to text. In this quick tip I’d...
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Quick Tip: How to Create Gradient Fills and on Stroke in Inkscape
The first time you open Inkscape, it may take a while to finally discover gradients. When you do, they can be rather overwhelming and confusing at first. Check out this quick tip to learn some tricks...
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How to Draw a Realistic Dragon Head in 3D Space
Dragons are beautiful creatures that, unfortunately, don’t exist. This simple fact makes drawing them quite problematic – is there any way to draw them correctly? I can show you how to draw a dragon...
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Quick Tip: Techniques to Create a Trendy Long Shadow Effect
In this tutorial I would like to show you a few techniques on how to create the long shadow effect seen in recent design trends. Feel free to read along and choose which one best suits your design...
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Create a Series of Colorful Vector Starfish in Adobe Illustrator
Follow this quick tip and learn how to draw a beautiful vector starfish. I will guide you step by step to create the starfish shape then using Art Brushes available in Adobe Illustrator you will add...
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Back to School Special: 30 Easy Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
Summer is coming to an end and it is almost time to go back to school again. With this in mind, let us get to basics and share with you a selection of great beginner tutorials and articles which...
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The Differences Between Male and Female Portraits
It is hard to compare male to female faces simply because each face is unique, but there are some features in the face that can make a male portrait look more masculine or a female portrait look more...
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Mwah! Create a Fabulous Semi Realistic Lipstick in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to draw a realistic lipstick from scratch in Adobe Illustrator and from it you will create other versions. It starts from basic shapes so you don’t have to worry...
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Create a Tic Tac Toe Mobile App Icon in Adobe Illustrator
In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple icon for that Tic Tac Toe game. For starters you will learn how to create a radial mesh, how to easily mask it and how to add a subtle...
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How to Draw a Simple, Super Kawaii Pineapple in Adobe Illustrator
Bring on the cute, bring on the funk! This tutorial highlights how easy it is to create a cute little pineapple with some basic shapes and simple gradients in Adobe Illustrator. Once you’ve made your...
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Vectoring Short Hair in a Negative Space Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
Back in 2005, I created a vexel of Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) which took advantage of negative space. Recently, I’ve been wanting to duplicate this style, however this time in vector.In this...
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How to Draw an Elegant Fantasy Bird with Colored Pencils
This tutorial shows you how to draw a detailed and elegant bird with a pencil and color pencils. It may look complicated at first, however it’s based on simple shapes with further refinement. With...
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Create a Sticky Summer Typography Printable Poster in Illustrator
In this tutorial I would like to show you a few techniques on how to create a typography poster perfect for closing of summer. We’ll be editing a pre-made font, adjusting a pre-made pattern and using...
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Workshop: Vector Critique #41
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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How to Create a Colorful Fashion Illustration in Adobe Illustrator – Part 1
In this tutorial I’d like to show you the possibilities of using the Mesh Tool in creating a stylish fashion illustration of a young woman in Adobe Illustrator. In this first part I’ll be using a...
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How to Create a Colorful Fashion Illustration in Adobe Illustrator – Part 2
In this tutorial I will continue showing the possibilities of using the Mesh Tool for the means of fashion illustration. So this time meshes will be used for drawing the body’s shadows and multicolored...
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