In today’s tutorial, we’re going retro and learning how to create a floppy disk icon, using some of the basic shapes and tools you already work with on a daily basis.
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In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a wire pattern brush and how to use it to create a nice USB vector text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create a bunch of pixel perfect shapes using basic tools and effects. Using basic blending and vector shape building techniques along with some simple Transform effects, you will learn how to create the usb connector. Finally, you will learn how to turn all these shapes into a simple pattern brush and how to create the USB vector text effect.
Welcome back to another Illustrator based tutorial, in which we’re going to take a quick look at the process of creating an address book icon, and see what it takes to take some simple shapes and turn them into a finished usable product. So, assuming you already have the software running in the background, bring it up and let’s jump straight into it!
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In today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a close look behind the process of creating a barcode scanner icon, and see how we can take some simple geometric shapes, and turn them into a finished usable product. So, assuming you already have the software running, let’s jump straight into it!
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Let’s start our day with a nutritious and delicious breakfast by learning how to draw a simple set of two top-down view flat breakfast icons – a cup of black coffee and an egg sandwich. We’ll be using the most handy tools of Adobe Illustrator while working with simple geometric shapes and doing a bit of a freehand drawing with the Pencil Tool. You don’t even need a drawing tablet for this one. Let’s start!
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In today’s tutorial we’ll learn how to create a seamless leather texture by using the Pencil Tool and Pattern Editing mode. Leather textures and patterns are often used in design, and that’s why creating your own leather texture will be super useful for you in future. I also want to let you know that the technique used in this tutorial would be perfect for creating other types of textures as well. So, let’s get started!
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to create a minimalistic milk box icon, using nothing more than the basic geometric shapes and tools that you probably already work with on a daily basis.
So, assuming you already have Illustrator up and running let’s jump straight into it! Continue reading
