Christmas Illustration Content

It's coming up to Christmas! If you're looking for some joyful, festive, scalable content, this is the place to be. With a variety of tutorials and freebies, we've got you covered, regardless of your skill level.

The Vector Instructor Team here on Tuts+, wishes you a very Merry Christmas!

Posts in this series

Create a Set of Realistic Christmas Baubles in Adobe Illustrator
Follow this winter holiday inspired tutorial and learn how to create realistic Christmas baubles in Adobe Illustrator. At the beginning we will create the...
Diana Toma
18 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
Create a Detailed Christmas Lights Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed Christmas lights text effects in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a...
Andrei Marius
11 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
Create a Vintage-Style Christmas Card in Adobe Illustrator
Winter is maybe not the most loved season, but it has the best holidays for sure. Christmas and New Year are the perfect time to spend some happy moments...
Ivan Petrusevski
10 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Mario, Pixeled Holiday Ornament in Adobe Illustrator
All aboard the nostalgia train as we play with Adobe Illustrator's Rectangular Grid Tool and the Live Paint Bucket (K) to quickly make some scalable pixel...
Mary Winkler
9 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
Create a Detailed, Festive Christmas Wreath in Adobe Illustrator
Have you already started to prepare for Christmas? In this tutorial we will learn how to create a festive and glittering Christmas wreath with the help of...
Yulia Sokolova
4 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: Wrap a Ribbon Around a Cone to Create a 3D Christmas Tree
This is a fun and simple tip using Illustrator's 3D Revolve effect. You'll create a symbol, which will then be mapped to a 3D object, creating the illusion...
Cheryl Graham
15 Dec 2011
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Stylized Christmas Tree with the Pen Tool
You will all agree, Christmas is the most cheerful day of the year. We are in the good mood, we are buying presents for the people we love, warping them,...
Jasmina Stanojevic
14 Dec 2012
Design & Illustration
Candy Cane Pattern Brush
File Type: AI CS2+License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License
Anne Elster
3 Dec 2009
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Realistic Reindeer with Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator
Did you know Rudolph was a female? Only reindeer ladies have their horns in winter. But, it's not why I'm here. The reason is I'd like to show you how to...
Monika Zagrobelna
18 Dec 2012
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Cartoon Holiday Illustration using CorelDRAW
In the following tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a simple fun holiday illustration using basic CorelDraw tools. We'll go from sketch to...
Ksusha Dusmikeeva
4 Dec 2012
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Festive Dog Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
In today's tutorial, I'm going to take advantage of the free photo stock file of the month over on Photodune and show you how I created this festive dog...
Sharon Archer-Thomas
12 Dec 2012
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Jolly Santa Vector Illustration
This tutorial will take you through the entire creative process from rough thumbnail sketch to final digital art. You'll discover how to create and build a...
Von Glitschka
13 Dec 2012
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: Make a Cut Out Gift Tag with Adobe Illustrator & InDesign
This is a fun little project for beginner Illustrator users who are just finding their way with the Pen Tool and feel much more comfortable using shapes and...
Kate McInnes
20 Dec 2010
Design & Illustration
Create Winter Festival Brushes in Illustrator CS
In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a holly, ivy and a berry brush to create a Winter Festival wreath. The brushes aren't limited to this...
Sharon Archer-Thomas
6 Dec 2010
Design & Illustration
How to Make Festive Vector Gift Boxes
Get ready for the holiday season with this festive gift box tutorial. Successful completion of this tutorial requires a solid understanding of Adobe...
Jonathan
22 Dec 2008
Design & Illustration
How to Create an Enchanted Holiday Ornament Design
Get into the holiday spirit with this fun ornament tutorial. This tutorial is ideal for the beginning to intermediate Adobe Illustrator artist. We'll cover...
Jonathan
16 Dec 2008
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: How to Create an Ornament Illustration for a Holiday Sale
Love it or loath it, the lead up to the holidays is often the busiest time of the year for designers and illustrators. It's around this time requests come in...
Kate McInnes
10 Nov 2011
Design & Illustration
Design Gift Boxes Using Illustrator's 3D Tools
Quickly make wrapped and unwrapped gift boxes using Illustrator's built-in 3D Extrude & Bevel effect. Learn how to make a fully editable 3D ribbon and...
Peter Akuratny
5 Aug 2008
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Holiday Themed Typography Piece in Adobe Illustrator
Tis the season to be jolly, so why not spread some of that joy and cheer around? This tutorial will teach you a few techniques for altering fonts and...
Chris Carey
23 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Christmas, Knitted Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
In the following steps, you will learn how to make a Christmas sweater design and a knitted text effect in Adobe Illustrator.
Andrei Marius
15 Dec 2023
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Paper Quill Holiday Greeting in Adobe Illustrator
There's something so elegant about holiday greeting cards with their gilded script fonts, glittery snowmen, and often paper craft designs. One such craft...
Mary Winkler
25 Dec 2013
Design & Illustration