Illustrator Tutorials & Effects
Learn Illustrator tutorials and effects at Vector Diary. Visit our most popular 30 days illustrator training course for beginners. You will get lots of awesome illustrator tutorials from basic to advanced in our illustrator tutorials section. Subscribe to our rss feeds for weekly updates and have a enjoyable Illustrator learning experience!
Illustrator Tutorial: Eye-Catching 3d Pie Graph
In this short illustrator tutorial, we will create an eye-catching 3D pie chart from raw data and explore several techniques for making better graph charts. Adobe Illustrator is the best tool for this job at least for me. Sometimes, we have to make eye catching graphs and illustrator is the best for this job.
However, if you want to make specialized graphs and flowcharts then don’t go for illustrator. Instead, go for some other specialized tools or Microsoft excel but if you want to control the presentation of the graph then Adobe illustrator is for you.
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Premium Tutorial: Retro Microphone
In this illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to create a cool photorealistic retro microphone! The author will share with you on how he created this microphone from scratch. You will learn the techniques to create the chrome and metallic texture in this project. This will help you improve and brush up your texture skills in illustrator. The tutorial will teach of how to create the abstract musical waves at the background. So let’s get started!
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Trademarkia – Easy Way to Protect Your Brand
Filing for trademarks has been a tedious process in the past. Trademarkia now offers an easy and effortless way to create a business name from all the trademarks filed at the United States Trademark Office. It acts as a powerful business name search engine. You can search all the trademarks filed since the year 1872 before you decide on your business name. Until Trademarkia, the option of creating a business name from abandoned names did not exist anywhere on the web.
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Vector Freebies: Tropical Forest Background
Looking for a great tropical forest background picture? Look no further, Jessica from Vector Jungle has created this exclusive free forest background for Vector Diary. It makes a great wallpaper or background art for your adventure design. Still not enough? Visit Vector Jungle for more great jungle vector art.
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Premium Tutorial: Realistic Vector Rose
Learn every detail on how to create a photorealistic rose in this premium tutorial! In this illustrator tutorial, we will show you how to draw petals using gradient mesh. You will also learn techniques to create the gradient mesh, highlights and soft edges of the petals. A tutorial not to be missed for artist who loves to create realistic drawings.
See some of the amazing photorealistic vectors created by this author.
Illustrator Tutorial: Sketching a Boat with Graphics Tablet
This Illustrator sketch tutorial will show how one can use a graphics tablet in Adobe Illustrator for drawing and sketching illustrations. We will start by sketching a simple ark, focusing on the various techniques and shortcuts one can use to sketch all sorts of designs quickly and effectively. You can however try to draw something different, such as a guitar, or a person. This tutorial assumes that you have a basic understanding on how the pen, pencil and brush tools work. You will see how the editing and customization allowed can make sketching in Illustrator preferable to Photoshop.
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Design Logos & Win Great Prizes!
Do you have a talent for logo design? Here is a quick way to earn extra income by joining the logo contest at Logomyway. The idea is simple. Clients will provide a detailed brief for their new logo. You will need to conceptualize and create a brand new logo. If the client picks your logo as the winning logo, you can win prizes from $200 to $1000. All prizes are prepaid, so you don’t have to worry about not getting the prize money. With the fast payout system, you can expect to receive payouts in 48 hours.
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