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Adobe Keyboard Mapper Showcases Hundreds of Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

May 21, 2015 by Spyre Studios

keyboard shortcuts

Editor’s note: This post was written by John,  a design enthusiast with a passion for blogging, too. He regularly writes on the subject of design on his own blog, along with a number of other popular publications. He is also a design freelancer. If you’re a photographer, web designer, developer, blogger, magazine designer/editor, or even a […]

Filed Under: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Tools Tagged With: adobe, design tools

Vector Design Workflow Between Photoshop and Illustrator

August 25, 2014 by Jake Rocheleau

Have you ever had daydreams about finding the perfect procedure for designing interfaces? Well if so you might have a slight addiction to work so that’s something to keep in mind. But I’m here to say that your workflow can be improved if you cut down on the daydreaming and get more into daydoing. Now […]

Filed Under: Illustrator Tagged With: guide, howto, illustrator, vector

33 Illustrator Design Tutorials for Unique Text Effects

June 16, 2014 by Jake Rocheleau

Illustrator is the perfect tool for building large scalable design effects. Either for print or digital mediums, Illustrator is a wonderful tool with a lot to offer in the way of customized typography. There are plenty of great Photoshop effects that can also apply to text and lettering. But with Illustrator you get access to […]

Filed Under: Illustrator Tagged With: adobe, illustrator, showcase, tutorials, typography

35 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials

November 8, 2011 by Brant Wilson

In this post we have collected some photoshop and illustrator icon design tutorials. If you like these icon design tutorials you might also want to check out our previous posts below.

33 Brand New Icon Tutorials with Freebie Sets

35 Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

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How to Make a Simple iOS style Book Icon

Filed Under: Illustrator, Photoshop, Tutorial

Showcase of 44 Creative Illustrations from Dribbble Artists

October 12, 2011 by Jake Rocheleau

As most designers know by now Dribbble has become the pulse of all digital artists. Every day there are hundreds of new shots uploaded and shared on the invite-only social community. I highly recommend checking out their tags gallery to see if you can pickup your own inspiration.

Illustrations are some of the most common form of artwork. But taking things into the digital platform includes software such as Adobe Illustrator and tablet pads. Thus this style is very complicated, and outright difficult to master. The showcase below contains some of the most popular illustrations I’ve ever seen! If you enjoy the post let us know your thoughts in the comment wall.

Sea Turtle

by Gaia Bordicchia – @gaiabordicchia

Filed Under: Illustrator

40 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials

June 10, 2011 by Brant Wilson 9 Comments

In this roundup we have showcased some of the creative illustrator tutorials from 2011. These include typography, character design, poster design, logo design, portrait design and many more. Enjoy!!

Artistic Printing Inspiration in Illustrator and Photoshop

Create a Lava Island Scenario in Illustrator

Filed Under: Illustrator, Tutorial

How to Create an Awesome Retro VW Beetle Vector in Illustrator

January 17, 2011 by Callum Chapman 10 Comments

In this tutorial we’ll be using Adobe Illustrator (CS4 in this case, although can be completed using most versions of Illustrator) to create a vector image of an original Volkswagen (VW) Beetle. We will be making use of one of Illustrators most-used tools; the Pen Tool, as well as adding some finishing touches using a graphics tablet (an affordable Wacom Bamboo tablet in my case) to give the vector a nice hand-drawn style.

If you like this tutorial, keep your eyes peeled for the follow-up tutorial, in which we’ll be using our vectored VW Beetle to create a lovely retro and textured poster in Adobe Photoshop.

Filed Under: Design, Illustrator, Tutorial

How To Design a Wingless Bird Character in Adobe Illustrator

October 18, 2010 by Callum Chapman 7 Comments

In this tutorial we’re going to be creating a character from the “Heroes and Heartbreakers” series using Adobe Illustrator and a handful of handy techniques.

If you’re interested in this, you might want to check out one of our previous tutorials where we discuss similar techniques: How To Design A Rollerskating Girl In Illustrator.

Filed Under: Design, Illustrator, Tutorial

How To Design A Rollerskating Girl In Illustrator

September 29, 2010 by Callum Chapman 11 Comments

In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a vector character based on the character “Angie 80” from the mini vinyl toy series “Heroes and Heartbreakers” designed by Bubnis” and made by Kidrobot“, and we’ll use Illustrator to do it. Step 1 First of all, we need an image of Angie 80 which […]

Filed Under: Design, Illustrator, Tutorial

Design An Angry Vector Turtle Character In Illustrator

September 2, 2010 by Callum Chapman 10 Comments

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a vector turtle character based on a vinyl toy named “Skuttle” from the “Little Trickers” series. We’re going to be using Adobe Illustrator CS3 for this tutorial, but the majority of old versions and the newer version will work perfectly fine. If you don’t […]

Filed Under: Design, Illustrator, Tutorial

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