This Vector Plus Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

Shapes are the foundation and basis to everything we see. In this tutorial I will show you how to study shape forms and teach you the fundamentals of experimenting with shapes and apply them to facial features. Throughout this tutorial you will learn about my personal way of working and you can adapt these methods to your own and create your own experimental shape illustrations.

Tutorial Details

• Program: Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: Time: 5-7 hours

A preview of the final image is below.

Plus members can Log in and Download! If you’re not a member, you can of course join today! You can view the final illustration below.

This is a Detailed and Professional Tutorial

Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are sample images, which show some of the development of this tutorial.

Vector Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a Plus member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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Afterwords, we talk about how to market yourself as a logo designer. How do you get your first clients? How do you figure out what to charge? What is a logo designers best marketing tool? We have some great discussions with guests Von Glitcha and Dickie Adams, both regulars of our popular Freelance Switch podcast: Freelance Radio.

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This is our second Tuts+ podcast, so we are still learning the ropes. Please leave your feedback in the comments section on how we can improve future episodes. Also, make sure to tell us what you’d like to hear next time. Enjoy!

All music and sounds supplied by the very awesome AudioJungle!

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Introductions

• Host: Danny Outlaw
• Tuts+ Editor: Sean Hodge
• Guest: Von Glitschka, Illustrative Designer
• Guest: Dickie Adams, Jack of All Trades

In the News

Article 1: “iStock opens can of nasty worms“

This article discusses some of the potential negative issues with iStockphoto’s decision to start selling pre-made logo design solutions. There are links to other articles on this subject and don’t miss: The best logo design tutorial in the world… ever!.

Article 2: “Your Halloween Costume Sucks“

Check out these awesome Halloween costumes from the DragonCon convention. As some of you may know, many people dress up at these sort of events as their favorite fantasy related character. These blow away just about anybody’s costume this year.

Suggested Tools

• Danny Outlaw recommends: Screenr for recording screencasts through your browser.
• Sean recommends: Helvetic Brands run by logo and brand designer David Pache.
• Von Glitschka recommends: Copy Craft printers and their Business Card Recycling Program.
• Dickie Adams recommends: the mysterious Google Wave.

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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.

Plus members can Log in and Download! If you’re not a member, you can of course join today! You can view the final illustration below.

This is a Detailed and Professional Tutorial

Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are sample images, which show some of the development of this tutorial.

Vector Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a Plus member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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New Exclusive JPG/AI Icon PACK – Free Download

This new Vector Freebie Pack is created by Oindrila Mukherjee and is available exclusively from Vectortuts+. If you’re looking for high-quality social icons for your next web project, then check out these icons. This set of 18 high quality freebies is available free, follow this link to download today from our freebies section! Enjoy!

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This Vector Plus Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques and a Professional Workflow

In this tutorial, we’ll cover some important tips, techniques, and professional workflow to simplify your efforts while creating photorealistic portraits. Assuming that you are familiar with the basic use of the Mesh Tool, we’ll dive right into more advanced mesh techniques!

Plus members can Log in and Download! If you’re not a member, you can of course join today! You can view the final illustration below.

This is a Detailed and Professional Tutorial

Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are sample images, which show some of the development of this tutorial.

Vector Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a Plus member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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New Seamless, Vector Grunge Textures

This new Vector Plus Pack is created by Sean Hodge. I enjoyed making this set of seamless vector patterns. These are all created in Illustrator. Use them to add some texture to your artwork.

There are 10 seamless vector patterns in this pack. The license allows these to be used in your commercial client projects as well, see the download file for details. Below is the set of dark grunge patterns, which can be colored any way you choose, as it’s all vector (EPS format)! Note that the images below are scaled and cropped; they are seamless in the Plus download though.

Vector Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a Plus member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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New Exclusive EPS/AI Vector PACK – Free Download

This new Vector Freebie Pack is created by Designious and is available exclusively from Vectortuts+. To download visit the Vectortuts+ Exclusive Freebie Post and click the download link there. Enjoy!

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This Vector Plus Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

Hey dudes, I’m back with another tutorial. A lot has changed since the last time I did a tutorial, mainly pressure sensitivity using Illustrator. Using pressure sensitivity has made a lot of my projects much easier and I am able to get them done very quickly. In this tutorial I will show you how I use pressure sensitivity as well as other things like using symmetry in an image and a rough idea on how I separate colors.

Plus members can Log in and Download! If you’re not a member, you can of course join today! You can view the final illustration below.

This is a Detailed and Professional Tutorial

Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are sample images, which show some of the development of this tutorial.

Vector Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a Plus member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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For the chance to win the Ai Icon pillow pictured above all you need to do is comment. Make sure to include your correct email address with your comment so that we can contact you. This giveaway is open worldwide, but make sure to get your comment in before midnight this Friday, Pacific Eastern Standard Time.

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Last week Adobe asked us to change our name and URL so that it would no longer contain the term ‘Flash’, which is a registered trademark of Adobe. We know that the success of our sites is about the community and content, not the names. So here at Envato HQ we’ve been busy thinking up new names and we think we’ve found a great new home for both our marketplace and our Tuts+ blog on Flash.

As of today the two sites now live at ActiveDen and Activetuts+.

The new names amend the use of the word Flash, open us up for adding other technologies and are short and memorable! To kick off the new names I thought I’d round up a few of the best tutorials and items on the sites:

Kick Ass Flash Files – ActiveDen

Without a doubt the leading marketplace for Flash files, ActiveDen has some really popular files. Here are a few of the latest:

More Popular Items on ActiveDen

Killer Flash Tutorials – Activetuts+

Though it’s one of our newer Tuts+ sites, Activetuts+ is already brim full of quality Adobe Flash, ActionScript, Air and Flex tutorials and gaining momentum with every passing week. Here’s a few of the standout tutorials:

1. Build a Fluid Website Layout
   A fluid web layout uses 100% width (and height) of the browser, floating all the contained elements into certain positions. This is opposed to fix-width layout where contents remain fixed no matter what the browser size is…

2. Create an Attractive Digital Clock in Flash
   ActionScript 3.0 is a very powerful language, capable of creating anything from simple and light utilities to full-featured desktop applications…

3. Build a Mini Golf Game with ActionScript 3.0
   In this tutorial I´ll show you how to create nice Mini Golf Game with ActionScript 3.0. We´ll work with Event Handlers, Functions and also the Timer Object which is a really cool feature in AS3…

4. Build a Dynamic Flash Gallery with Slider Control
   In this tutorial, we’ll create a gallery which displays all image files in a given directory. A slider is used to browse easily through the images…

5. Create a Shuffle Gallery in Flash Using XML and ActionScript 3.0
   In this tutorial I’ll explain how to access and use the Display List whilst creating an XML based image gallery with ActionScript 3.0 …

6. Create a Glowin Mouse Trailer in Flash
   Mouse Trailers are objects which follow the mouse cursor as you move it. In this tutorial, I’ll help you create a blue and shiny mouse trailer using ActionScript 3.0 …

More Flash Tutorials on Activetuts+

More About The Change

You can read more about the change on the ActiveDen Blog or on TechCrunch. There’s also a super long discussion thread on the ActiveDen Forums.

I’d also like to take a moment to say thanks to everyone for helping us with the transition and supporting FlashDen through three years of amazing growth and community, here’s to many more as ActiveDen!