illustrator Tutorial, tips & tricks, tools, freebies, inspiration,

) N.Design

N.Design is based on freelance illustrator and web design. Visit the site and select your favorite category on it’s right side.

Found illustration content: tutorials, news, tips and tricks

) VectorTuts

Vectortuts+ is a blog of tutorials, articles, freebies and more on all things vector!. They publish tutorials on techniques and effects to make awesome vector graphics in programs like Adobe illustrator.

Found illustration content: tutorials, articles, freebies

) VecTips

 Vectips is a blog that contains many Adobe illustrator tutorials. You can also find interviews of professional designers and excellent monthly roundups of illustrator resources on Vectips. illustrator tutorials would be much useful to learning illustrator step by step.

Found illustration content: tutorials, tips and tricks, interviews, inspiration

 ) Spoon Graphics

You would be able to find many useful illustrator tutorials to create eye catching materials using adobe illustrator. This blog is the personal weblog of Chris Spooner.

Found illustration content: articles, freebies, news, tutorials

) GomediaZine

GoMediaZine is a website by art and graphic design professionals. They have a growing section of top-notch Adobe Illustator tutorials.

Found illustration content: tips, freebies, portfolio, success stories, tutorials

) Veerle’s blog

This would be also another resources to find illustrator tutorials that are written by a professional web designer.

Found illustration content: Photoshop – illustrator, tutorials

) VectorDiary

 Vectordiary is Tony Soh’s blog on vector Illustration. You can find wonderful illustrator tutorials pertaining to vector illustration.

Found illustration content: tutorials, resources

) Layers Magazine

The Adobe Illustrator Tutorials section has plenty of online tutorials to help you become an illustration master using adobe illustrator.

Found illustration content: tutorials, forum

) illustrator Support

Just go to the site and then scroll down to see the menu that I’m going to show below and click on Tutorials:

Adobe has provided these illustrator tutorials to support. These illustrator tutorials would be great for beginners to start illustration by illustrator. Test it!

Found illustration content: top picks, articles, tutorials, video tutorials, gallery

) Tutorial Blog

This website is dedicated to tutorials and you would be able to find your favorite illustration tutorials there.

Found illustration content: illustration tutorial

title="illustration learning on a illustrator blog" href="http://tutorialblog.org/illustrator-tutorials/">

) khulsey.com

This is a free illustration tutorial site designed to provide helpful information related to computer graphics. Listed are numerous illustration tutorials and drawing lessons for all skill levels. Additionally, there are detailed step-by-step Adobe Illustrator tutorials. (Computer Graphics & Basic Drawing Tutorials,

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Advanced, Adobe Illustrator CS – Cutaway Illustration, Master Series – Illustrator & Photoshop Masters, Master Series – CAD Illustration: coming soon, Digital Illustration – Hardware Setup & General Info, Illustration Copyright Issues)

Found illustration content: tutorials, lessons

) bit box

An illustration blog including nice and useful illustrator tutorials. May you think that all of these sites that include illustrator tutorials are too similar together. But I suggest you to subscribe to the sites you like and then follow their content to be able to draw some distinctions among them.

Found illustration content: tutorials, freebies

) sketchpad.net

This site would be more useful for beginner and intermediate illustrator learners.

Found illustration content: Illustrator Drawing Basics Tutorials, Illustrator Tutorials

) Aivault

I think that the site’s name shows all about itself. AiVault (Ai is the Adobe Illustrator file extension) is another recourse to find many useful free adobe illustrator tutorials.

Found illustration content: tutorials, freebies, custom illustrations

) illustrationClass.com

illustrator Class is a site including plenty of illustrator tutorials to help you for documenting the illustrator design processes to become an illustrator master.

Found illustration content: tutorials, exercises, pdf

) Good-Tutorials

This is a website dedicated to tutorials. Also you would be able to find many categorized illustrator tutorials to become an illustration master using adobe illustrator.

Found illustration content: 3D Techniques, Logos and Icons, Basics, Patterns, Drawing, Text Effects ,Effects ,Tips and Tricks

 ) AiBurn

AiBURN is a website dedicated to discussing current art and design trends. The site is run by Sean Hodge.

Found illustration content: tutorials, tips

 ) Tutorialized

This would be another site that can help you to become an illustration master using illustrator. You may want to use the illustrator tutorials on the site which will teach you how to use effects and patterns, text effects, and 3D graphics creation. So, just read the tutorials and rate them.

Found illustration content: tutorials

) CreativeCow

This would be another simple site I’m going to introduce. This includes some illustrator tutorials.

Found illustration content: tutorials, video tutorials

) An illustrate blog

This is a blog that all it’s c
ontent is about adobe illustrator. So, you can find many useful materials about learning adobe illustrator free.

Found illustration content: tutorials, quick tips

Free illustrator Video Tutorial

) Video-Tutes.com

A cool set of free illustrator Video Tutorials. You would be able to find two categories for free illustrator video tutorials there including Illustrator CS video tutorials basics and Illustrator CS video tutorials Tools & tips. This set of tutorials help you to learn how to create vector graphics, web icons, print design and much more. We show you how to create trendy flash ready art in Illustrator & how to export it for best results. They are designed with all users in mind from the very basics through to advanced effects and keyboard shortcuts.

) Adobe illustrator

Just go to the site and then scroll down to see the menu that I’m going to show below and click on Video:

Adobe has provided these illustrator video tutorials to support. These illustrator tutorials would be great for beginners to start illustration using illustrator.

) CreativeCow.net

There are 7 nice illustrator video tutorial there.Every video tutorial is described fully and all them are free.

) Free adobe illustration video tutorial

Although the site doesn’t have a nice view and design but you can find many good materials to learn illustration via illustrator. You will find a range of tutorials targeted towards all Illustrator users there. Our Illustrator video tutorials range from basic tool tutorials through to techniques and effects.

Illustrator CS2 software gives you new creative freedom that lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Learn how to do all this at video-tutes.

Learn how easy Illustrator CS2 is to use with our free video tutorials. We take you through step by step from first opening the program to complete web page layouts, tips, tricks and techniques so you become productive faster.

Whether you are using Illustrator CS2r for a hobby or training to become a designer, our free video tutorials will help you learn those vital steps.

) illustrator video tutorials

That is really great! You may find many useful, categorized and nice video tutorial there to learn illustration via illustrator. Every tutorial has a title, a good description and a category. I really recommend it.

) Adobe helps you to learn illustrator using Video Tutorials

Adobe and its partners provide a basic set of video tutorials on Adobe TV and in the Video Workshop on the Adobe website, in addition to excellent tutorials provided by other members of the community.

Note: Video tutorials on Adobe TV were created for Illustrator CS4. Video tutorials on Video Workshop were created for Illustrator CS3. Because most features don’t change substantially from one version to the next, most materials created for Illustrator CS3 are still valid and useful for Illustrator CS4. All video tutorials referred to within this section are still useful and valid for Illustrator CS4.

Just read the titles and click on every one you like to watch.

) One From Zero

Find 6 free illustrator video tutorial to become an illustration master.

) Tech.tv

There are 12 video tutorials available o
n Illustrator CS3 there to see a list of Illustrator CS3 video tutorials with short descriptions, for who want to search for illustrator CS3. These are the titles of illustrator video tutorials on this site:

• Align Text in Illustrator CS3
• Create a Neon Glow in Illustrator CS3
• Create a New Blank Document in Illustrator CS3
• Create a New Document From a Template in Illustrator CS3
• Create a Text Box in Illustrator CS3
• Draw a Shape in Illustrator CS3
• Edit and Move Text on a Path in Illustrator CS3
• Open a Document in Illustrator CS3
• Save a Document in Illustrator CS3
• Type Inside a Path in Illustrator CS3
• Type on a Path in Illustrator CS3
• Use the Type Tool in Illustrator CS3

) VectorPlus

There are only 4 video tutorials about illustrator currently but you may want to wait for more illustrator video tutorials on VectorPlus.

Top illustration articles about illustrator

) 7 Things You Didn’t Know Adobe Illustrator Could Do

In this article you will learn more things to improve your illustration knowledge and abilities. The tips would be top 7 things that you should learn. The tips are short and useful. I really recommend you to read the article. The title of this tips are:

• The Blend Tool / Adding Lines Between Lines
• The Mesh Tool / Adding Shading To A Shape
• 3D / Entering The Next Dimension
• Patterns / Making Fills Interesting
• Symbol Sprayer / Splatter some vector
• Blur / Smooth Out The Vector
• Transparency / Bringing Depth To Overlaying Shapes

) illustrator pen tool exercises

This article has been written by Veerle Pieters. In the article he tries to answer to one of the most common emails that he has received: “How did you create those curvy lines used in motion trails?” In the article he tries to learn you how to work with pen tool better to become an illustration master working with Adobe illustrator.

) illustrator’s pen tool comprehensive guide

If you use Adobe Illustrator, then it’s almost certain that you use the Pen tool when creating your paths. This comprehensive guide aims to introduce or remind you of features, shortcuts, and methods for working with what is arguably Adobe’s most essential tool.

(These are the sub contents: Functions, Keyboard Shortcuts, The Cursors, Secondary Mouse Controls (with path selected), Keyboard Controls, Preferences, Other Shortcuts and Tips, Best Practice Suggestions, The Pen Tool Exercise)

) Maintaining Rhythm and Flow in Vector Character Design

With the digital age of illustration, the efficiency and aesthetic of design has been shaped by the functionality of tools. Though it does provide relief for laborious tasks; we all too often receive a payoff that lacks spontaneity and life. Rather than working rigidly and formulaic, it is more rewarding to produce art in a pliable and organic manner. As an animator, I strive to preserve and push rhythm and flow in design. Let’s review some helpful approaches.

(These are the sub contents: Introduction, Some Working References, The Line of Action, Secondary Rhythm Lines, Choosing Your Tools, Fleshing It Out, Vector Time, Coloring Solids, Highlights and Shadows, Line Work, Where to Now?)

) 7 Helpful Techniques That Every Adobe Illustrator Artist Should Know

As you see the title of the article is very exciting. Well, I bring the title of each technique here:

1: How To Make All Strokes and Effects Scale Proportionately

2: How To Make Guidelines On An Angle

3: Reset The Box Around An Object That’s Been Rotated Back To Normal

4: Stretch a Box With Rounded Corners Without Distorting the Box or Selecting Individual Points

5: One Document, Multiple Views (Up-Close and Far-Away), and Work In Either View

6: Change Your Document’s Background From White To Your Own Custom Color

7: Quickly Hide All Unnecessary Palettes So You Can See What You’re Doing

So, I think the content is more exciting than it’s title!

Free illustrator brushes

Since some other ones have collected some lists of free illustrator brushes, I’m not going to do the same thing here. Therefore I’m going to just bring their list below:

) 45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes

While there are not as many free brushes available for Illustrator as there are for Photoshop, there are still some excellent, high-quality options. In this post you’ll look at 45 sets of brushes in several different categories.

) 35 Free Abstract Illustrator Brushes

At the beginning of the article, the author says: In my opinion, one of the most underused features of Illustrator is the creation of custom brushes. You can literally make ANY shape into an Illustrator brush to get all kinds of cool effects. I put together a set of 35 abstract brushes for you to play with.

So, let yourself look at what he has put together.

) 16 “Sketchy” Illustrator Brushes

Although the author of this article is not working on illustrator by himself but he has put together “16 “Sketchy” Illustrator Brushes”

) 28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls

This is a brush set meant for making your own custom swoosh, swirl and curl designs. This isn’t the only way to make swooshes, but it should help you get started
, to say the least. A
long with this brush library, and a quick tutorial read, you should be well on your way to start making your own swooshes in 100% vector format, relatively easily.

) Illustrator Brushes

Would you like to find hundreds of illustrator brushes? If you would like so I just recommend you to go to the website to find these titles:

• 33 More Paint Brush Style Illustrator Brushes
• 57 Multi-Colored Illustrator Paint Brushes
• 85 Illustrator Paint Brushes
• Stars & Stripes: Patriotic Brushes & Swatches
• 100 Wonderful Water Color Illustrator Brushes
• 10 Arrowhead Brushes for Illustrator
• 50 Snowflake Scatter Brushes
• 81 Amazing Argyle Illustrator Brushes
• VECTORTUTS Freebie: Exclusive Illustrator Watercolor Brushes
• 17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes for Photoshop & Illustrator
• 104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes
• 105 More Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes
• 106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes
• 105 Mind-Blowing Retro Tech-Shaped Starburst Brushes
• 105 Stunning Retro Tech-Shaped Illustrator Brushes
• 50 Killer Retro Starburst Brushes
• 50 Ridiculous Retro-Style Broken Line Illustrator Brushes
• 104 Incredible Retro-Style Pixelated Illustrator Brushes
• The Most Retro Line Illustrator Brushes Ever!
• Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 3
• Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 2
• Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 1
• Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 4

) 30 Free Sketchy-Style Brushes

The author has created a number of brushes and published on his blog. He started playing around with the brushes and was happy with the results. He ended up creating more of the brushes. These brushes are great for creating sketchy or grungy vectors. Just apply the brushes to any path or object!

 

) 9 Free Adobe Illustrator CS3 Brushes and Symbols

Looking for free Illustrator brushes or symbols? The author has created 9 free Adobe Illustrator symbols and brushes for all who need rounded triangles or alert symbols, warning symbols. These free brushes and symbols are all fully editable within Adobe Illustrator, so you can change the colors, sizes, and customize them as needed. In addition, I’ve included resources to many more Illustrator brushes, symbols, tutorials, and resources.