This tutorial is perfect for the beginning to intermediate Adobe Illustrator artist. We’ll cover how to layout a website and prepare it for use on the web. Also, we’ll use the recently released Website Elements Freebie to mock up the design as well.
Create a Sweet Pair of Glossy Vector Lips
Nov 3rd in Illustration by DesigniousPucker up, let’s create a sweet pair of super glossy vector lips. Start with a sketch, scan it in, Live Trace it, then proceed to color your illustration with layer upon glossy layer until your vector lips are complete. The workflow uses the Eraser Tool to reveal the shadows below, which is a useful approach to review. Let’s get to it!
Best of the Web – October
Nov 1st in Web Roundups by Grant FriedmanOctober was a really exciting month for the vector design community. Adobe released their much anticipated Illustrator CS4. Additionally, there were tons of great tutorials, free downloads and articles written. This roundup features some of the best vector content for the month of October.
10 Principles of the Logo Design Masters
Oct 31st in Web Roundups by Chris SpoonerThe veterans of the logo design industry have achieved their success for a reason. Sure, it’s partially due to the years of practice, blood, sweat, tears and inky fingers. But mainly, it’s because they stuck to the ten solid-gold principles of world class logo design.
How to Create a Textured Vector Landscape
Oct 31st in Illustration by RypeIn this tutorial, I will show you how to create a stylized textured vector landscape. The techniques are simple and easily translated into other illustrations. Check out Chris Spooners post 40 Stunning Vector Landscape Illustrations for more vector landscape inspiration.
1,000,000 Pageviews and a Design Makeover
Oct 30th in News by Collis Ta'eedWith Halloween tomorrow it must be that another month has raced past bringing VECTORTUTS to the ripe old age of … 5 months. So I checked our Analytics today to see that October has brought a big milestone for Sean and the team - 1 million pageviews! That’s some seriously fast growth for a new site and I wanted to say congratulations to all the writers and the team, and especially to Sean who really pushed to have this site built back in June. Continue Reading
New PLUS Tutorial - How to Create a Stylish Vector Image from a Photo Reference
Oct 29th in News by Sean HodgeWe recently launched the VECTORTUTS PLUS section of the site. We have another great PLUS tutorial exclusively available to members today. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a professional quality vector illustration from a photo reference.
Create a Fun Halloween Vector Poster
Oct 27th in Designing by Simona PfreundnerIn this tutorial, we’ll cover how to create a dark graveyard scene with bats and a glowing moon. Lets get in the spooky holiday spirit and have some fun making this Halloween poster design.
Best of TUTS - October
Oct 27th in Web Roundups by SkellieEach month we like to remind the community of what is happening on the other three sites in our TUTS network. This month we have some great web development tutorials, some ace Photoshop tips, and some excellent audio techniques from other TUTS family members.
Using Adobe Illustrator to Draw in Perspective
Oct 24th in Illustration by Cody WalkerIn this tutorial, I’ll cover how to use Illustrator to set up perspective drawings, and help you choose the best way to approach your new perspective drawing projects. We’ll review some theory and then work through examples of working with 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point Perspective.
