Newest Tutorials

Creating grainy textures are great for retro illustrations, typography, and logos. Alternatively, you can incorporate these effects into compelling new styles. You can always scan in similar textures and Live Trace them in Illustrator, but you can pretty easily create this type of effect all inside Illustrator

In this Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a mummy treatment with some gradients and the Appearance panel.

Easily create seamless textures in Illustrator with just a couple steps.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a trendy seamless type pattern in Illustrator using some text and icons.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a grimy text treatment utilizing Illustrator's Blog brush, Live Paint, and a pen tablet.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple storefront icon using some rectangles, Illustrator Effects, and gradients

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a cute creature from a sketch. This tutorial uses custom brushes, the Paintbrush tool, Pen tool, and the Live Paint Bucket tool.

Create a briefcase icon in Illustrator with Illustrator's Shape tools, gradients, and Effects.

Create a editable stitched label type treatment using the Appearance panel, Effects, and gradients in this Illustrator tutorial.

Use custom Art Brushes, the Pathfinder panel, Pencil tool, and simple shape in this Illustrator tutorial to create a mouthwatering chocolate covered strawberry.