Creating a Vintage Ski Poster Design with Illustrator® CS4 – Vector Premium Tutorial

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create retro illustrative designs, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This one will have you adding those subtle touches that will take your work to the next level!

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

I’d describe this as an intermediate level tutorial and throughout the process I’ll show how you how to add a little Art Deco glamour to your illustrations by making subtle use of the Gradient and Transparency palettes in Illustrator CS4, as well as introducing an aged paper feel with clever use of texture resource files.

Tutorial Details

• Program: Illustrator CS4
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: 4 hours

A preview of the final image is below.

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