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Coloring and Line Work in Illustrator CS5

Coloring and Line Work in Illustrator CS5

Cheryl Graham on Jun 21st 2011 with 11 comments

Do a search on “coloring comics,” and you get dozens of Photoshop tutorials. They all seem to involve building up areas of color with transparent brushes. Now you can achieve that same effect with Illustrator CS5, using the Bristle Brush.

Unlike Photoshop, however, Illustrator gives you the flexibility to edit individual paths. Since Illustrator’s brush strokes are vector, you can change the shape, width, color and blending mode to achieve exactly the look you want. You can even delete a brush stroke you don’t want. Try that, Photoshop! This tutorial will use another feature introduced in CS5, Draw Inside. Let’s get started!

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Quick Tip: How to Draw an Infinite Clock with Art Brushes

Quick Tip: How to Draw an Infinite Clock with Art Brushes

Diana Toma on May 9th 2011 with 3 comments

Follow this tutorial and you will find out how to draw a clock that goes round and round to the infinite with the help of Adobe Illustrator’s Art Brushes. You will also learn some tricks on how to make all the hours and the divisions to fit perfectly.

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Customizing a DIY Vinyl Toy – Vector Premium Tutorial
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Customizing a DIY Vinyl Toy – Vector Premium Tutorial

Neil Hanvey on Nov 4th 2010 with 4 comments

Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take your custom toy skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you where you’ll learn how to create your own decals in Illustrator, then apply them to your own DIY vinyl toy.

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How to Draw a Fall Leaf Using Adobe Illustrator

How to Draw a Fall Leaf Using Adobe Illustrator

Iaroslav Lazunov on Oct 27th 2010 with 27 comments

During this tutorial we will learn to create a vector autumn leaf and the universal texture of a leaf. You will learn to use the following techniques in practice: Live Trace, Art Brush, Mesh and many others. The tutorial contains lots of practical advice and recommendations. The seamless leaf texture can be used in your future works as an element of a design. Learn more at the jump!

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Create a Feather Brush and Set of Detailed Wings in Illustrator

Create a Feather Brush and Set of Detailed Wings in Illustrator

Sharon Milne on Oct 25th 2010 with 15 comments

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a feather art brush. You’ll then learn how to use it to create a set of angel wings, which can be added to your illustrations.

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Make a Two-Screen Gocco Print using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial
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Make a Two-Screen Gocco Print using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

Minkee on Aug 12th 2010 with 4 comments

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you’ve ever wanted to plan a vector image for Gocco Printing and create a unique hand-crafted piece of artwork, then we have an awesome tutorial for you!

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How to Create a Cubist Masterpiece in Illustrator

How to Create a Cubist Masterpiece in Illustrator

Diana Berg on Apr 26th 2010 with 17 comments

Cubism is one of the most outstanding movements in abstract art. Geometric shapes, vivid colors, simple figures, and textures are all distinctive features of this style. Let’s try to recreate the cubist painting in Illustrator inspired by works of Pablo Picasso – after learning some simple techniques you’ll be able to easily paint your own cubist composition.

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Create a Forest Scene with Livebrush

Create a Forest Scene with Livebrush

Cheryl Graham on Mar 29th 2010 with 10 comments

For this tutorial, we’ll use Livebrush’s innovative motion brush feature to create abstract shapes. We’ll then bring those shapes into Illustrator for further assembly and editing. As this will focus primarily on Livebrush, I will assume an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Illustrator. If you haven’t seen the Introduction to Livebrush, you might want to read that first. Let’s get started!

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How to Make an Inspired, Golden Painting in Illustrator

How to Make an Inspired, Golden Painting in Illustrator

Diana Berg on Mar 15th 2010 with 35 comments

In this tutorial we will travel back in time to recreate the painting style of one of the most outstanding symbolism artists – Gustav Klimt. His works are full of warm golden colors, simple ornaments, irregular patterns, natural symbols, and asymmetric shapes. We will work to produce this style with the help of Adobe Illustrator tools.

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