3D Textured Text Effect with Photoshop and Illustrator
Filed under Illustrator, Text Effects
In this tutorial, I will show you how you can make a stylized 3D textured text effect using various textures to give it a unique look with Illustrator & Photoshop. I will be giving you the step by step instructions along with the links to the resources & stuffs used.
Wood Grain Pattern in Adobe Illustrator
Filed under Illustrator
Here is a simple way to make wood grain planks or boards. It only uses simple shapes, so no need to worry about any complex drawing. Check out the tutorial section for more illustration tutorials.
I start by drawing a series of overlapping ovals. I use a variety of browns to get a nice wood look.
Colorful Lighting Effect In Illustrator
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There are a number of amazing tutorials out there that teach you how to create some really awesome futuristic light wispy effects. I’ve always found this type of design very interesting, but everything you see is almost completely created in Photoshop. I recently had a project where I wanted this effect, but had to use only vector graphics.
How to Create a Killer Chainsaw Bunny Character with Illustrator
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This tutorial shows you how I build a Bucket ‘o’ Thought character and add a dynamic background effect. This process can be applied to any sketch you are vectorising. It takes some knowledge and skill with the Pen tool, but gives you ultimate control over your line work.
Design a Summer Field Landscape with Illustrator
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In this Illustrator tutorial I will show you how to draw a summer outdoor landscape environment.
First we will create a border for the image that will keep everything we draw within a nice clean shape. Start by drawing two rectangles with the Rounded Rectangle Tool. You can use the Pathfinder Palette like in step 2 to make a traditional matte or the more simple technique is to make just one rectangle with a really thick stroke.
A Guide to Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel
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Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool (B) and Brush Panel are some of it’s most powerful tools. With the Paintbrush Tool (B) and Brush Panel you can dress up your vector paths into compelling flourishes, patterns, tapered edges, and more.
Logo Design with Illustrator tutorial
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First off, the wording ‘my’, ‘nite’ and ‘life’ were typed out and set in the chosen font of Clarendon, making use of both light and black variations.
The tight kerning was quickly applied by choosing the -75 option from within the character palette.
Create Colorful Abstract Artwork in Illustrator
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In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to make a colorful and vivid abstract artwork completely from scratch with Illustrator. There will be no need of stock images. You can always make a small sketch how you’d like your composition to be.
Adobe Illustrator in 3D
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Let’s tap into some of the 3D features of Adobe Illustrator. Though Illustrator doesn’t offer a 3D environment like a true 3D application, it does give you the ability to create 3D objects that can be modified within a 3D space. Texture mapping and light sources similar to those found in the high-end 3D applications are also available.
Illustrator Quick Banners
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Create a new Illustrator document 460 px wide by 230 px high.
Create a new rectangle by selecting the Rectangle Tool (M) and clicking anywhere on the artboard. Set the width to 350 px and the height to 50 px in the Rectangle Tool dialog box.
