Illustrator Tutorials — Effects

In today's tutorial we will learn how to distribute various objects along the circle. This is a rather usual problem, let us recollect the face of a clock or the signs of zodiac.

Today we will show you how to create a realistic delicious pear in Adobe illustrator CS6. There is no problem, if you have other version of Adobe illustrator, because most of the steps we use can be reproduced in older versions too. In this tutorial you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool (U), the Symbol Panel and the Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift + S).

In this tutorial we will create an abstract background with a dancer’s body using the Phantasm CS and VectorScribe Studio. The combination of the Dynamic Sketch Tool (DrawScribe) with a new feature of gradient on stoke in Adobe Illustrator CS6 can really improve your creative potential. Learn about it after the jump.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create seamless vector leather texture. Photoshop and Inkscape, which can create high-quality textures with optimum number of colors and points, will help us in this work. We will also consider the question of optimizing the final vector texture in Adobe Illustrator.

Twenty five Illustrator graphic styles designed in Illustrator CS6. Downloads include “ai files” for both Illustrator CS6 and CS5. They were originally designed to be used for character effects but can be used on any object. I found that most of them look better on large fonts though.

In this tutorial we will consider couple of ways of creating some hatching in Illustrator which include hatch cutting along the given path. Then we will apply this knowledge to create embossed pattern which consists only of paths.

Polygonal Art Style became very popular over last year. It is often used in printing, designing T-shit, cell-phone backgrounds and websites. In our today's tutorial we will learn how to create quickly vector polygonal background with the help of web based tool and Adobe Illustrator.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create tender floral composition using simple vector techniques. Have fun and enjoy our new Adobe Illustrator tutorial!

In this tutorial we will create a mosaic consisting of polygons. Free Scriptographer plug-in and our imagination will help us in this unsophisticated task. Have fun and enjoy our new Adobe Illustrator tutorial!

This tutorial is a step-by-step guide on how to create a camel with a desert background vector. This will teach you how to design like a pro using Illustrator. The tutorial is easy and will give you enough knowledge about the effects and other special features of Illustrator, this is a good start to develop your designing skills.