If you have read some of my other type tutorials, you know I love the Appearance panel. This tutorial is no different. Using the Appearance panel, some gradients, and transforms, you can create a polished lifted type treatment. Using the Appearance panel makes it super easy to apply the treatment to other fonts and vector elements.

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After I posted the latest tutorial, Create a Trendy Type Pattern Treatment, I received an email from Matt from Mad Pattern pointing out his free seamless pattern generator templates for Illustrator. After I download and played around with the templates, I was amazed! These template are pretty slick and easily let you create seamless patterns.

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a trendy seamless type pattern in Illustrator using some text and icons. Although I won’t go in-depth about creating the icons, we will take a close look at creating a seamless pattern swatch. You can easily apply these techniques to other seamless pattern swatches.

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Last week I posted the “Win 3000 Vector and Design Elements from TrendyPack”s giveaway and today I’m happy to announce the winner! Congratulation to the winner and thanks to everyone that participated! Check to see if you won below. If you didn’t win, be sure to check out all the design elements TrendyPacks offers.

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TrendyPacks is giving one lucky Vectips reader a Infinity Design Pack which includes 200 packs, approx 3000 vector and design elements. To enter, simply leave a comment below and let us know what is the next vector or design element you want to see in the TrendyPacks collection.

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a grimy text treatment utilizing Illustrator’s Blog brush, Live Paint, and a pen tablet. You can easily apply these techniques to other illustrates, type treatments and logos.

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple storefront icon using some rectangles, Illustrator Effects, and gradients. This icon is great for use in e-commerce sites and the techniques in this tutorial can easily be applied to other icons, illustrations, and logos.

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