Illustrator Tutorials

Submitted by Digital Arts » Creating an After Effects character animation is a whole lot easier if you prepare your main figure beforehand in Illustrator, finds motion designer Pete McEvoy.

Submitted by iStockdiary » Create a 3D gear with see through wireframe effect.

Submitted by Vectips » Easily create a wood grain texture in Illustrator using Illustrator's effects, warp tool, and twirl tool.

Submitted by Vectips » Create a brushed metal texture with Illustrator's effects.

Submitted by Vectips » Create a water texture in illustrator using Illustrator's Effects, Simplify, Offset Path and some bright colors.

Submitted by koikumi.com » Learn how to draw a realistic 3D look glossy heart for a logo

Submitted by Quantunet » This video tutorial shows how to use a dragable filter to create a simple xray effect in flash using actionscript 2.0

Submitted by iStockdiary » The unorthodox way of creating a vector stamp easily.

Submitted by abduzeedo » Learn how to create amazing swirls in Illustrator and Photoshop

Submitted by Spoon Graphics » Usually putting together a layout for a printed document would be completed in a desktop publishing package such as Adobe InDesign, however for some smaller projects like a single page article it is sometimes quicker to produce it right inside Illustrator to save switching back and forwards between applications. Using the Text Wrap feature within Adobe Illustrator you can quickly and easily format your text to harmonise with your photographs and images.