In this tutorial I will show you how to create a grimy text treatment utilizing Illustrator’s Blog brush, Live Paint, and a pen tablet. You can easily apply these techniques to other illustrates, type treatments and logos. Final Image Below is the final type treatment we be working towards. Tutorial Details Program : Adobe Illustrator [...]
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple folded paper text effect. Also, to improve the look of the final result, I will show you how to create some ink blobs and stains from some simple ellipses and brushes. Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes Number of Steps: 11 This [...]
In this tutorial you can learn to create a glossy power button. For starters you’ll only need the Ellipse Tool to create some simple circles. To create the power sign you’ll have to play a little with some anchor points and strokes. Finally you’ll need some Warp effects to create the glowing details. Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate [...]
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a trendy seamless type pattern in Illustrator using some text and icons. Although I won’t go in-depth about creating the icons, we will take a close look at creating a seamless pattern swatch. You can easily apply these techniques to other seamless pattern swatches. Final [...]
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to put some style into graphs generated in Adobe Illustrator. Step 1: The Column Graph Not a lot of people are aware of the fact that Illustrator has a tool for generating graphs. While being very useful, the graphs it generates are not really visually interesting… But let [...]
Resource Needed for this Tutorial: – I Look Just Like Buddy Holly 1 by ~LL-stock – Darkroom Texture Pack by =cloaks – Starfield by ~TBH-1138 – Grungy paper texture v.5 by ~bashcorpo Step 1 – Model Stock Image For the poster we’ll use a stock image I found on deviantART called I Look Just like [...]
In this Photoshop tutorial we’re going to step outside my usual Photoshop Only philosophy and use the 3D rendering power of Adobe Illustrator to create a cool little 3D text effect. Don’t worry noobs, you don’t need to know anything about Illustrator, as usual I’ll coach you through the whole process, but you do need [...]
In this tutorial we will show how to create a simple Rubik’s cube illustration. Step 1 Create a 700x700px document. First, turn on the Grid (View > Grid) and the Snap to Grid (View > Snap to Grid). Next you’ll need a grid every 10px. Go to Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid, enter [...]
In this graphic design tutorial, we will discuss how to create an assortment of 3D text styles in Illustrator CS4. We will create a custom pattern (a flower pattern), apply beautiful color gradients, use basic shape tools to create custom objects, and much more. The underlying lesson in this tutorial is that, in Illustrator, you [...]
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