How to Create a Vector Portrait With Curly Hair in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating This tutorial was originally published in November 2012 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, its techniques and process are still relevant.  I’ve created several vector portrait tutorials in the past, but one request

How to Create a Set of Divider Elements in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In today’s tutorial we’re going to try something new both to me and probably some of you, and learn how to create a set of stylized divider elements, using the Pen Tool in combination with some basic shapes which we will adjust here and there. So assuming you already have Illustrator

How to Create a Toronto Skyline Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In today’s tutorial we’re going to step away from the regular program and tackle something new for a change. We’re going to get our architecture hats on and build the Toronto skyline, using some of the most basic shapes and tools that we’ve been working with lately. So grab a cup

How to Create an Informative Map In Perspective with Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating This tutorial was originally published in November 2008 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, its techniques and process are still relevant.  We’re going to illustrate a map. A fairly simple directive, but before

How to Create a Pot of Daffodils With Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool and the Warp effects as well as how to make your images look better with some simple tweaks to Transparency settings—all while creating a flowerpot full of realistic daffodils! If you’d like to skip this tutorial and wish to

Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, February 2017 Edition

Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community! Every day, visitors like you take the time not only to read our tutorials but also to try them out. This is an assortment of those comment submissions found throughout the Design & Illustration section. Check out this month’s