Create a Color Picker Icon In Illustrator
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a color picker icon from some blends, gradients, and simple shapes. This icon works great for web design project and in user interface design. Moreover, you can use…
6 Easy Ways to Evenly Distribute Space Between Objects in Illustrator
Trying to evenly distribute the space between objects is a task that most designers have to perform every day. While this task is quite easy in Illustrator, you may find that some techniques work better than others in…
How to Customize Your Keyboard Shortcuts in Illustrator
Keyboard shortcuts are an essential time-saving tool for any graphic designer but often times the default settings can be inefficient and it is necessary to edit them in order to make the job much easier. In this brief…
Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path
Hello everyone! Today, I would like to introduce you to Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to manipulate paths and shapes in ways that you can’t otherwise do using Illustrator. One of the biggest…
Create a Seamless Heart Pattern From a Simple Heart Shape
I have to say that I have always been fascinated with these types of illustrations; illustrations composed of shapes that form shapes; and while Illustrator allows you to create these types of Illustrations rather easily, there really aren’t…
Use Insertion Mode in SymmetryWorks 5 to Create a Seamless Valentine’s Day Pattern
As most of you guys know, I’m a big fan of SymmetryWorks. SymmetryWorks is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to easily create seamless patterns. If you have ever tried to create a complex seamless pattern…
How to Create a Seamless Argyle Pattern in Illustrator
You guys may remember last year when I posted a really nice set of seamless argyle patterns for Illustrator on this site. Those patterns quickly became very popular and I received several requests for tutorials on how they were…
Screencast: How to Customize Your Default Illustrator Pattern Swatches
Customizing your default settings for Illustrator can save you tons of time. Adobe has done a lot in recent years to make it easier for us to create new documents but even though they have managed to save…
Screencast: How to Customize Your Default Illustrator Brush Settings
Customizing your default Illustrator brush settings can save you loads of time. How many times have you opened your brush palette in Illustrator only to see the same tired, old, default, Illustrator brushes that you have probably never…
Quick Tip: How to Import Pattern Swatches Into Illustrator
We frequently receive comments from readers who have downloaded a set of pattern swatches only to see a blank screen when they attempt to open the file. Our response is typically to tell them just to open up…
How to Use Smart Guides in Illustrator
Smart guides are hands down one of Illustrator’s most powerful and useful features. If you have ever tried to place objects next to each other in Illustrator without smart guides you probably know how difficult it is to…
Screencast: How to Open Illustrator Brush Sets
I frequently receive emails from readers who have downloaded a set of Illustrator brushes from this website, opened the file, only to see a blank screen. While you can access Illustrator brush sets in this way. It is…
Screencast: Create Intricate Patterns in Illustrator Using SymmetryWorks 5
Today I’d like to introduce everyone to one of my favorite Illustrator Plug-Ins. If you guys have been following this blog for a while you have probably seen me mention SymmetryWorks here and there. SymmetryWorks is hands down the best…
Create a Character Mascot with Adobe Illustrator CS4
Mascots are becoming increasingly popular in web design. In this intermediate Illustrator tutorial we will show you how to create a vector character mascot from a sketch in Adobe Illustrator CS4. The techniques in this tutorial can easily be…
