3D Infographics In Illustrator

Mon, March 09, 2009

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Ever since seeing Science Machine by Chad Pugh I've fallen in love with this style of illustration. Great tutorial, even though it's on multiple pages.

Create an Open Book with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool

Mon, March 09, 2009

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Practical applications for the bevel and extrude tools in Illustrator are few are far between, but this tutorial shows you how to use them effectively.

Adobe Illustrator Vespa Speed Trace

Sat, February 28, 2009

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A lot of people trace photos to produce vector pieces. This speed through of how to do it to a Vespa might be helpful if you plan to give it a shot.

Creative Masking Techniques in Illustrator

Sat, February 28, 2009

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h2. Layers magazine has once again come through with some knowledge that will help you with masks in Illustrator.

Importing Images In Illustrator

Sat, February 28, 2009

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While I've never been a big fan of using Illustrator to handle raster images, here's a tutorial for those of you who still want to know how.

Cool Logo Effects in Adobe Illustrator

Sat, February 28, 2009

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Layers magazine has put together this video tutorial on how to achieve some crazy effects in you logos through Illustrator. Worth a watch.

15 Excellent Logo Design Tutorials

Tue, February 17, 2009

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Six Revisions has put together a list of 15 great tutorials using Adobe Illustrator to design logos.

Better Understanding Photoshop’s Use Of The Pen Tool

Fri, February 06, 2009

In this tutorial I show some of the differences between the pen tool in Illustrator (which we love), and the pen tool in Photoshop (which we don't). This tutorial covers a couple basic functions.

Using Advanced Groups To Avoid Combining Paths On Complex Objects

Wed, January 21, 2009

By using grouping in Illustrator, you can use nested objects the same way you do in flash to contain data within data without actually combining the paths.

Expanding Objects to Maintain Consistency

Wed, January 21, 2009

A short tutorial on how to use the expand command in Illustrator to ensure that all of your effects look the same, even if the graphic is resized.