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  1. Create an Easy, Valentine's Day Bunny in Adobe Illustrator

    Create an Easy, Valentine's Day Bunny in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create a cute character, Valentine's Bunny, in Adobe Illustrator. Using just the basic shapes you can create any...

  2. Vector Portraits for Beginners: A Free Tuts+ Course

    Vector Portraits for Beginners: A Free Tuts+ Course

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Every month, Tuts+ Premium publishes a course which is free to view in it's entirety. This month it is Vector Portraits for Beginners by yours truly. For...

  3. Create a Simple Speedometer Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Simple Speedometer Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple speedometer illustration in Adobe Illustrator. We'll be using some basic tools and blending...

  4. How to Create a Line-Based Cityscape With the Rectangle Tool in Illustrator

    How to Create a Line-Based Cityscape With the Rectangle Tool in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    I really enjoy challenges of creating an image without using other drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CC. In the case of this tutorial, we'll construct every...

  5. Create a Large Face, Cat Illustration from Stock in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Large Face, Cat Illustration from Stock in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Advanced

    I'm not hiding it... I'm a crazy cat lady. When the trend of having t-shirts of large faces of animals, merged into the canvas started, I was going through...

  6. Create a Simple, Owl, Tote Design in Illustrator for Hot Foil Printing

    Create a Simple, Owl, Tote Design in Illustrator for Hot Foil Printing

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Do you know what can make the grocery shopping more fun? A customized tote bag with your very own design! By owning a super-cool printed tote you are also...

  7. How to Create a Brightly Colored Beetle with Simple Shapes in Illustrator

    How to Create a Brightly Colored Beetle with Simple Shapes in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    When you're fresh to Adobe Illustrator, the task of creating characters and designs within the program entirely can be quite daunting. Join me for fun with...

  8. Create a Simple Drawing Manikin with Gradient Mesh in Illustrator

    Create a Simple Drawing Manikin with Gradient Mesh in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Drawing manikins are used to help us create a correct pose, but we never draw them as they really are. Maybe it's time to pay tribute to them, along with the...

  9. Playing With Isometric Projection in Inkscape to Make a Minecraft Scene

    Playing With Isometric Projection in Inkscape to Make a Minecraft Scene

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Inkscape has a really neat grid feature to make isometric designs very easy to accomplish. It's called an axonometric grid, and we're going to use it to...

  10. How to Create a Neon, Stylized, 60's Inspired Portrait in Illustrator

    How to Create a Neon, Stylized, 60's Inspired Portrait in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Turn out the lights and turn on the black light where neon shapes pop from fuzzy posters and the psychedelic fashion scene of the 1960's is alive once more....

  11. Create a Detailed, UFO Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Detailed, UFO Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In the following steps you will learn how to create an UFO illustration in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a simple grid. Next,...

  12. Use Blender and Inkscape to Create a Titan's Atmosphere Infographic

    Use Blender and Inkscape to Create a Titan's Atmosphere Infographic

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we'll be creating an atmosphere diagram of Saturn's moon Titan, like the diagrams you see in textbooks. We will be going through how to...

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