Illustrator Tutorials

The new Bristle Brush in Illustrator CS5 gives you the best of both worlds: The painterly effects of real media and the control and flexibility of a vector drawing. We’ll use another new feature in CS5, the "Draw Inside" drawing mode, which will let us do what every artist likes to do — color outside the lines. Let’s get started!

How to Create a Fun Hot Air Balloon Sky Scene

Learn how to create a cute cartoon Twitter bird/icon in Illustrator!

Create a Sweet Pair of Glossy Vector Lips

In this tutorial we will create a vector drawing of the super-villain Megamind. Along with this, you will learn how to observe the “hidden” technical details a design needs to alter the audience’s reaction the way YOU want.

In this tutorial we create an entire winter landscape and fill it using numerous techniques, like blended blizzards, sprayed snowflakes, and more. The techniques we use to create this illustration are fairly basic, but we cover alot of ground here, and therefore the level of detail of the tutorial will appeal to an intermediate level audience. This is a great way to get in the holiday spirit!

I decided to write a tutorial on how to create a polar bear Christmas scene in Illustrator to get you all in the festive spirit. We’ll be using mainly basic shapes, making this tutorial perfect for beginners.

In this post you can watch some Gradient Mesh tutorials in Illustrator from Quarrie Franklin.

How to Create a Classic Vector Painting with Watercolor Washes and Line Art

How to Create Exploded Isometrics