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Olympic Logo Tutorial #2: Lillehammer 1994

In this tutorial, we will continue the series of the best Olympic logos walkthrough. Today, we will recreate the emblem of Olympic Games in Lillehammer of 1994. This nice and simple-looking design requires some creativity as well as knowledge of basic Adobe Illustrator features. Let’s get started!
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Olympic Logo Tutorial #1: Munich 1972

Perhaps every designer is interested in Olympic Games emblems – among the Olympic logos of past century there are many outstanding pieces of design. Although many of them are original and simple, some are not easy to reproduce. I decided to take a challenge and try to create some of the best and more complex Olympic logos of past hundred years.

Today, we’ll start the series with a unique op-art emblem of Munich 1972, one of the favourite designers’ logos of all times. This optical illusion is rather hard to create, but we’ll learn how to do it properly. Let’s get started!
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Illustrator Tutorial: Eye-Catching 3d Pie Graph

In this short 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 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.

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