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Create a Stylized Twitter Bird Icon in Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

on Nov 11th 2009 with 18 comments
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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create stylized vector icons, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn how to use line weight, color and unique shading techniques to create this icons. Learn more about this tutorial at the jump!

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Enhance your skills with this step-by-step tutorial on creating a stylized vector icon. We’ll cover how to use line weight, color and unique shading techniques to create this icon. Let’s get started!

Tutorial Details

  • Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours

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  • Dennys Fernando

    nice!!!!

  • http://www.behance.net/devdsine devDsine

    outcome looks good
    though does it worth a plus?

  • Cale

    Outcome looks less than “professional”.

    • http://spotdex.com David Moreen

      I sadly must concur.

    • Eduardo

      Not a Plus i must say.

  • Cale

    Okay that was less than constructive mainly a criticism of tutsplus and less about the actual art piece. The airbrush appearance went way overboard the final product doesn’t feel clean but like a smudge because of the way gradients were used not to mention the outer glow on the final image. Not only that but the birds nest sticks probably didn’t need outlines which only draw attention to the fact that they look like bad scribbles.

    • http://margaretnicholdesign.deviantart.com/ margaret

      I dunno, I kinda like the final illustration. It’s just a matter of a different aesthetic. Although I do think I agree with you on the outlines on the sticks. It would maybe look a bit more cohesive without them…

  • Anonymous

    Looks nice but how is this a twitter bird? It would have been nice to read about characteristics that make a bird twitter-like….

  • http://sexidesign.com Melody

    I recently made a sexy twitter bird kind of like jessica rabbit..

    Maybe it’s the line weight mixed with the effect that isn’t working harmoniously..

    • http://www.aftertheone.com Matthew Booth

      i wanna see that Jessica Rabbit twitter bird

      • http://margaretnicholdesign.deviantart.com/ margaret

        it’s on her page if you click her name.

    • http://www.behance.net/Modisana Modisana

      yeah… include a link… id also like to see it :-)

    • http://www.aftertheone.com Matthew Booth

      nice! I like the Jessica Twiiter bird!

  • http://www.aftertheone.com Matthew Booth

    I think it mostly depends on the resolution/image size… in the Tut thumbnail it shows the finished image way smaller and I think it looks rad once it is actually made a smaller icon size ( i.e. less than 120×120).

    Based on the tut thumbnail I think it works pretty well as an icon.

  • http://www.beargraffix.com Christian Tobler

    Nice illustration but the end result is not what’s advertised :/

    Doesn’t look like an icon.

  • http://www.elmastudio.de/freebies/it%E2%80%99s-freebie-time-music-twitter-icons-zum-kostenlosen-download/ Manuel

    Nice Tutorial :) I love Twitter-Icons :)
    I made some funny and cute Tweeties as well :)
    http://bit.ly/HtuaS

  • http://www.aimonkey.com Waasys

    Nice, I also wrote a tut about drawing a twitter bird on my website!

  • me

    Plus tutorial? i dont think so.