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Create a Stylized Twitter Bird Icon in Illustrator – Vector Plus Tutorial
Nov 11th in News, Plus by Jonathan
This Vector Plus Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques
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
A preview of the final image is below.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Dennys Fernando November 11th
nice!!!!
( )devDsine November 11th
outcome looks good
( )though does it worth a plus?
Cale November 11th
Outcome looks less than “professional”.
( )David Moreen November 11th
I sadly must concur.
( )Eduardo November 12th
Not a Plus i must say.
( )Cale November 11th
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.
( )margaret November 11th
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 November 11th
Looks nice but how is this a twitter bird? It would have been nice to read about characteristics that make a bird twitter-like….
( )Melody November 11th
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..
( )Matthew Booth November 11th
i wanna see that Jessica Rabbit twitter bird
( )margaret November 12th
it’s on her page if you click her name.
Modisana November 12th
yeah… include a link… id also like to see it
( )Matthew Booth November 13th
nice! I like the Jessica Twiiter bird!
( )Matthew Booth November 11th
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.
( )Christian Tobler November 11th
Nice illustration but the end result is not what’s advertised :/
Doesn’t look like an icon.
( )Manuel November 12th
Nice Tutorial
I love Twitter-Icons 
( )I made some funny and cute Tweeties as well
http://bit.ly/HtuaS
Waasys November 12th
Nice, I also wrote a tut about drawing a twitter bird on my website!
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