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  1. Learn More About Art and Scatter Brushes While Drawing Abstract Trees

    Learn More About Art and Scatter Brushes While Drawing Abstract Trees

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial I'm going to cover the main features of Art and Scatter Brushes in Adobe Illustrator, how to create and apply them.

  2. Create a Wild, Graffiti-Style Arrow Design in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Wild, Graffiti-Style Arrow Design in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Advanced

    In the following tutorial I will show you how to create cool and bright graffiti arrows in Adobe Illustrator. You will learn how to create wild styled...

  3. Create an Illustrated Watercolor and Ink Photo Effect in Photoshop

    Create an Illustrated Watercolor and Ink Photo Effect in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Artists often ask how to apply watercolor and splattered ink effects to their images. While there may be some filters and effects out there that can automate...

  4. How to Create a Pattern Suitable for Royalty in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Pattern Suitable for Royalty in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a complex symmetrical pattern using Adobe Illustrator together with the additional tools of MirrorMe, allowing...

  5. How to Use the New Pencil Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Use the New Pencil Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Quite recently Adobe Illustrator CC's Pencil Tool (N) has been updated, refreshed, and changed to be more precise and rival the ease of creating complex...

  6. Dragon in a Snow Globe: How to Vector a Baby Dragon

    Dragon in a Snow Globe: How to Vector a Baby Dragon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Do you remember how magic snow globes used to seem when you were a child? We can bring this magic back by creating a virtual snow globe with a little dragon...

  7. Create a Floral St. Valentine's Postcard in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Floral St. Valentine's Postcard in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we are going to create a cute, floral Saint Valentine's card in Adobe Illustrator, using simple shapes and Shape Builder Tool. You don't...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

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