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Illustrator Tutorial: How to Create a Quilt Block

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This step by step tutorial demonstrates creating and coloring the above quilt blocks. The same drawing is used for both blocks, the coloring is inverted. This quilting pattern is made up of symmetrical blocks which begins with a basic square.
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Illustrator Tutorial: Bling Bling Text Effect

Bling bling pinky text

I’ll be teaching you how to create this eye catching bling bling effect in illustrator. You will learn how to create the texture and apply it to any text. So let’s get started…

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Illustrator Tip #12: Transform Pattern


In this simple but very time saving and useful tip, we will see how we can transform pattern fill in Illustrator without transforming the object on which the pattern fill is applied.

For example, if you have a pattern fill applied on a square or rectangle shape like this:

transform pattern
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35 Most Useful FREE Vectors to Kick Start 2009

Let’s kick start the New Year with a great compilation of the best free vectors online. You can find a great selection of vector icons, decorations, silhouettes to buttons… All these vectors are great items to add to your vector library. Hopefully this can ease up your load for new upcoming projects! So help spread this link to your friends!

1. Web 2.0 Vector Icons-1

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30 Best Illustrator Tutorials & Articles of 2008


The year 2008 had been a exciting year for vector community and Illustrator enthusiasts, the contents of tutorials and articles got remarkably better which aimed collectively to help the new users or advanced alike to polish there skills whilst learning new tools and techniques!

Vectordiary brings you a compilation of best tutorials and articles published during the year 2008, we endeavored to bring together all such tutorials and articles which our readers might find interesting and helpful. We have split this into two categories, tutorials and articles. So without much-a-do lets first look at some of the best tutorials of the Year 2008:
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