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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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Illustrator Trick #11: Transparency & Knockout Group
It often happens that, we have couple or more shapes/objects overlapping each other with varying transparency & for some reasons we don’t want them to show through each other.
Illustrator Tutorial: Fireworks for New Year
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New Year is approaching soon and you are still stuck on the New Year greeting design. Here is a quick tutorial to help you create a 2009 Happy New Year card. You will learn how to create realistic vector fireworks in this tutorial. The final fireworks look simple yet elegant, perfect for sending to your clients.
Illustrator Trick #10: Stitched Text Effect
Here is a very quick trick to create a stitched text effect using strokes in the Appearance Palette. First, type your text and go to the appearance window. Set the Fill to white and Stoke to green. Drag your Stroke properties below the Fill. Open up your Stroke Palette and set weight to 2pt and remember to tick Dashed Line to create the dotted effect. Next, set the dash to 2.
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FREE Christmas Vectors at New Launched Website!
I just launched Free vector graphics and Free photoshop brushes which will host the best free vector graphics and Photoshop brushes on the web. If you are still rushing for Christmas design, both sites offer some Free Christmas graphics that might be useful. Don’t forget to check out VectorJungle for more fabulous Christmas graphics by them.
Also, if you have any vector freebies you might want to submit to Free vector graphics, pls submit before 15 December and you might stand a chance to win a 1 month link text link to your website. 5 lucky winners will be picked from each respective site.
Premium Tutorial: Certificate Border Design
How to Draw a Certificate Border Design in Illustrator
In this tutorial, I will be teaching you how to make a certificate border pattern just using lines. You will learn how to blend lines and the process of making it tile seamlessly. I will also be proving a template for drawing your pattern and cover how to do the tricky corner. Beginners can attempt to try this tutorial if you have mastered your Pen Tool.
Once you have learnt this new technique, you can start designing your own custom awards and certificate.
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Illustrator Tip #17: 4 Methods of Drawing Tables in Illustrator
Tables are often used when you are designing brochures or company profiles. However, drawing a table can be quite tedious in Illustrator as there is no proper tool to draw tables. I will illustrate some workarounds to this problem and its pros and cons.
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