65+ Illustrator Tutorials, Tips and Resources
With Adobe Illustrator you can create remarkable illustrations and graphics that bring a design to life. However just like Photoshop it’s important to learn how to utilise it’s power and improve our technique and knowledge to achieve a more impressive result.
So with this weeks Theme Thursday focused on Illustrator and Vectors, i scoured the web and the result was more than 65 of the the best tutorials, practices, tips and resources to help make you an Illustrator heavyweight.
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- 32 Handy Gradient Tutorials Using Photoshop And Illustrator
- Amazing Vector Tutorials Collection
- 10 Tips for Effective Icon Design in Illustrator
- 7 Most Practical illustrator tutorials to get you started with printing
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- 25 Awesome Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials
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- 60+ Grunge Effect Tutorials in Photoshop/Illustrator
- 25 Tutorials using 3D in Adobe Illustrator
- 7 Things You Didn’t Know Adobe Illustrator Could Do
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- 30 tutorials with text effects for Illustrator
- 10 Easy to Follow Adobe Illustrator Vector Tutorials
- 10 Stunning Tutorials on Creating Vector Portraits
- 20+ Tutorials using Vector and Raster
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Single Tutorials
- Creating UI Toolbar Icons for iPhone in Adobe Illustrator
- How to Make a Map in Illustrator
- Draw Your Self Portrait in Illustrator (very cool)
- Make an Awesome Military Themed Vector Package
- How to Create Shiny, Vector Dice in Illustrator
- How To Draw A Vector iPhone In Illustrator
- How to make retro/futuristic curves in Illustrator in 10 Steps
- Improve Your Illustrator Workflow with Layer Masking
- Building a Website Wireframe in Illustrator
- Beginner Illustrator Tutorial – Create a Vector RSS Icon
- Sketch to Vector Tutorial in Illustrator (Cool Video)
- Create a Vector Pirate Cartoon Character from a Hand Drawn Sketch
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Resources
- Adobe Illustrator Toolbox
- 80 of the Best Vector and Illustrator Free Resources
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- Free Vectors – 230 Marker Illustrator Brushes
- 20+ Inspirational Vector Flickr Groups & a Truckload of Vector Art
- 4 Useful Vector Tips for Great Designs
- 10 Places to Find Absolutely Free Vector Graphics
- 24 Vector Resources – Tutorials, Portfolios and Icons
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Were there any of your favourite Illustrator or Vector related resources that didn’t make the list? Then leave a comment with a link so we can check them out.
See you at the next Theme Thursday on the 20th August.
Photo by Wallcoo
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Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.
Grace, this is really a kick-butt list of tutorials for Illustrator.
And, oh, thanks for the mention
[following you on Twitter too!]