Draw a Cute Halloween Witch in Adobe Illustrator

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October 29th, 2020
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Are you excited to celebrate a magical holiday with pumpkins and fancy costumes? Follow this tutorial to create a lovely cartoon Halloween witch! We’ll be using simple geometric shapes and colourful gradients to make an appealing character in a simple and trendy style. Let’s begin!

Create a Mummy Text Effect

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October 27th, 2020
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Mummy Text Illustrator Tutorial

Halloween is in a couple days and why not celebrate by creating a mummy text effect? In this tutorial you will learn how to create this treatment with some gradients and, of course, heavy use of the Appearance panel. There isn’t a lot of steps but the tutorial is slightly more advanced than previous tutorials.

You’ll Be In Stitches Over This Stitched Letter Vector Effect!

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October 22nd, 2020
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Stitched Letter Vector Effect

Today we’re going to create this stitched letter vector effect! Heavily using the appearance panel will make it easy to edit the text and apply this treatment to other fonts and vector elements you may want to create on your own. If you’ve found this tutorial useful, check out the Letterpress and Metal type treatment tutorials when we’re done!

How to Create a Paper Shredder Icon in Illustrator

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October 20th, 2020
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Welcome back to another Illustrator tutorial, in which we’re going to learn how to create a simple paper shredder icon, using nothing more than some basic geometric shapes and tools.

So, assuming you already have the software up and running let’s jump straight into it! Continue reading

Create a Simple Power Button in Adobe Illustrator

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October 15th, 2020
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In the following Power Button vector tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple power button in Adobe Illustrator. In the beginning you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create and center a simple rectangle that will make up your background. Next, using basic vector shape building techniques you will learn how to create the circle and the compound path that will make up your power button. Finally, taking full advantage of the Appearance panel, you will learn how to add color, shading, highlights and depth for your shapes.

Embossed Vector Text Style: Up Your Class in Minutes

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October 13th, 2020
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Embossed text has an uncanny way of being classic and modern at the same time. Creating embossed vector text styling is easy to do in Photoshop, but in Illustrator, it is super simple to create letterpress styled text while keeping the text editable. Utilizing the Appearance panel and Graphic Styles, you can quickly and consistently apply this embossed vector text style to any editable text and other vector objects.