What You’ll Be Creating In today’s tutorial we’re going to make some little changes to our regular program, and tackle a subject that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. If you haven’t figured it out from the title, well, we’re going to create five simple icons that you could turn into Android launcher
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How to Create a Thanksgiving Background With a Pumpkin and Leaves in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator to create a vector Thanksgiving background! If you want to skip the tutorial and just use this background with some other awesome elements, purchase the Happy Thanksgiving Background from GraphicRiver! Happy Thanksgiving Background 1. How to
How to Create the Carpet Pattern From “The Shining” in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In today’s tutorial we’re going to continue with the Horror Movie Special, and learn how to create the trippy carpet pattern from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. We’re going to create it in Adobe Illustrator using some “old-school” techniques, which involve the careful handling of the Rectangle Tool combined with the power
How to Create an Abstract Icon Set in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating Welcome to how to create an abstract icon set in Adobe Illustrator! The theme we’re working on will be chess. In this tutorial we will learn the step by step process of how to create an abstract set of icons using basic shapes and tools. For more examples of abstract icon
How to Create a Spain-Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a Spain-inspired text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create the background using simple rectangles. Using the Type Tool and the Character panel, you will learn how to
How to Create a 3D Text Art Effect in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a 3D text art effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to create a simple background and how to add basic text. Using only your piece of text and a 3D Rotate text effect, you will learn how
How to Create a Spanish 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a Spanish 3D text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to create a simple background for your text and how to add basic text. Using only your piece of text and the Appearance panel, you will learn
How to Draw a Halloween Banner in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use the Gradient Mesh Tool to draw a Halloween banner. If you’d like to skip this tutorial and just use this banner and three others in your work, you can go ahead and simply purchase Four Halloween Banners from
How to Create a Detailed Stack of Books in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating Follow this tutorial and learn how to easily create books with the help of the 3D effect in Adobe Illustrator. Play with the settings to change the position of the books and create a stack of them. Learn how to create the pages and add extra details to level them up.
How to Create an Easy Rangoli Design for Diwali in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create an easy rangoli design for Diwali in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to easily create the starting shape. Taking full advantage of the Appearance panel, you will learn how to