In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how I build a light bulb from scratch in Illustrator. We’ll use numerous shapes and effects to create this illustration. I’ll take you through each step in creating this bulb. Let’s get started!
How to Create Your Own Abstract, Music Design
Jun 25th in Designing, Illustration by Simona PfreundnerIn this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create some abstract shapes and combine them to create a funky music inspired design. This illustration, could serve as a good starting point for a flyer or other design. Let’s get started!
How to Create a Fresh Mojito Cocktail Glass
Jun 23rd in Illustration by KamenIn my latest tutorial, I show you how to create a cocktail glass from scratch. This tutorial is aimed at intermediate illustrators. I approached this project by doing a quick hand drawn sketch of the glass and its elements just to break down the illustration to different stages, then I built it in Illustrator, which this tutorial covers. Let’s get going!
How to Create Shiny, Vector Dice in Illustrator
Jun 22nd in Illustration by Joshua BaderIn this tutorial, I will show you how to create a set of vector dice using Adobe Illustrator and the Gradient Mesh Tool. The Gradient Mesh Tool can be tricky to get the hang of, but hopefully this tutorial will shed some light on this great little tool. Let’s get stared!
How to Create a Rocketing, Vector Aircraft Shuttle
Jun 20th in Comics, Illustration by Ferry IckhwanoIn this tutorial, we’ll be creating a illustration of a speeding aircraft shuttle. It’s going to be all vector, but along the way we’ll use blends, and other techniques that give this rocketing aircraft an interesting look. Let’s get to it!
How to Create a Stack of Poker Chips
Jun 16th in Illustration by Mark R BerggrenThis tutorial will teach you how to create a simple poker chip. Once the chip is created, we can change colors, stack them together, rotate, and whatever you want.
Let’s start by creating the elements on the face of the chip. Then we will use a technique I use in Technical Illustration to create a isometric cylinder. Next we give it some color, add a shadow and a background to finalize the image. Hopefully the techniques in this tutorial will help you in some of your own projects.
How to Create a Fantasy Character in Illustrator
Jun 9th in Comics, Illustration by Emily GonsalvesThis tutorial covers the process of creating a fantasy pinup illustration with Illustrator CS3. This tutorial uses Live Paint, so you will need CS2 or above to follow. If you need an alternative method for a legacy version of Illustrator, please download my Creating Comics with Illustrator tutorial tutorial, which includes instructions for that.
How to Create a Cartoon Spaceship Interior in Under One Hour
Jun 8th in Cartoons, Illustration by KamenThis tutorial is written for intermediate Illustrator users, as basic settings are not the focus, rather the tutorial covers the overall process as this design is built. You’ll walk away with a great understanding of how to use simple shapes to construct interior cartoon style scene. By sticking to simple shapes and lines, you can build a fun interior quickly. Let’s get to it!
How to Create a Mosaic Portrait from a Photograph
Jun 5th in Effects, Illustration by Cheryl GrahamThis is a fun way to turn a photograph into an interesting vector portrait. Get sophisticated results with just a few easy steps, then modify it using a wide range of Illustrator’s live effects. Let’s get started!
How to Create a Fun, Illustrated Skateboard Design
Jun 2nd in Designing, Illustration by Andres AlfonsoToday we are going to be making a skateboard design. I will show you how I turned a funky looking character into the skateboard you see. The great thing about skateboard designs is that there are no limitations whatsoever. You can make a skateboard design about anything you want and let’s learn how!
