Illustrator Tutorials

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to draw a little screaming for ice cream girl in Illustrator. This tutorial is great for beginners and it’s quite simple. Ever saw little girls crying? It’s time to draw one, so let’s get started!

In this tutorial I'll show you how I design an awesome 3D color graph in Photoshop.

This tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a “Cute Pig” drawn with pencil in just a couple of minutes translated into a vector postcard. You can send it to your girlfriend later, or print it on a cup or a bowl. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised.

In this tutorial, we'll explain how to create an eco-friendly paper icon with simple shapes and gradients. This tutorial is great for beginners to get started with icon design, as this is a fairly simple icon to create. Let's dive in!

In this tutorial I'll show you the process I use for creating a 3D floorplan from scratch, in 6 easy steps. This technique can be applied to infographics, such as escape-plans or to show the layout of a building that you normally wouldn't be able to see. Let's get started!

There are numerous ways that you could approach using a reference photo in illustration, an obvious option being to 'trace' the photo. Since there are so many microscopic details in a photograph you have to make numerous decisions on how you want the image to look in the end. Do you want it to look photorealistic? Or more stylized? Comic book-esque? Cartoon-like?

In this intermediate Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a grisly zombie illustration with a pen tablet from a photo.

For some reason, many graphic designers shy away from using 3D, perhaps thinking that it is more relevant to architects, animators and product designers. In fact, Illustrator features some basic 3D effects, which, as Jing Zhang shows in this tutorial, can be combined to create surprisingly detailed, technical-looking images. The 3D effect is particularly useful when it comes to typography. As Jing Zhang shows, you can play with the basic forms of the letters to produce really creative and

In this tutorial, we'll make a semi-realistic road and rail track that actually consists of one single path each. Although it looks impossible, there are not any brushes and no need for any effects to be applied, but you could use some effect if you want. The secret is hidden in a tricky combination of multiple strokes. Intrigued? Read more!

I've always been fascinated by smoke, and have experimented a lot with it. So in this tutorial, I explain how to create realistic smoke, make it into a brush and use it for type. Let's light up our vector cigarettes and get started smokin'!