I’m starting on illustrator, colorizing some drawings a have a while ago, and recording the process in video, just because. Here’s one example: http://blog.nonlinear.cc/post/toughen-up/

as you can see, i spend a lot of time in trial-and-error.

I’ll def use these tips on my next drawing, for sure. thanks!

Anyone that duplicates tutorials for actual work will be laughed down by anyone with a clue(and by anyone without a clue if a client happened to stumble across the tut). Thus the outcome is irrelevant, the journey and possible knoweldge gained along the way are what this is all about.

It’s amazing how many times the simple techniques are overlooked in illustrator.

Take notes people, you will be using clipping paths and opacity masks a lot if you use illustrator at all.

The tutorial may have been well-written, it may have offered insight into an oft-overlooked property of InDesign- but if in its execution it failed to offer a ‘look’ that said ‘See why this is useful’ then you may be right, people may have been less than impressed.

Such is the nature of design.