Having already explored the alternatives for Adobe's popular Photoshop app, Elaine Ashburn turns her attention to Illustrator to see how other vector design packages measure up.
Adobe's latest updates for Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator come with some excellent new features. Iain Anderson breaks down the important ones in this review.
Whether you're designing patterns for clothes, the web, bags, or just for fun, this Adobe Illustrator tutorial by Martin Perhiniak takes you through the essentials of using the Pattern Editor.
One of the issues when designing visuals is not being able to see your concept... in real-world scenarios. Well, now you can thanks to Joshua Distler's critically acclaimed Context.
Learn more about what goodies Adobe introduced to Illustrator CC (17.1) and InDesign CC (9.2) in their latest round of updates. Martin Perhiniak focuses in on his 5 favorite new features.
Illustrator is a versatile vector drawing app that can be used for several types of artistic styles. Follow along with Martin Perhiniak as he focuses on freehand drawing skills which will look cool!
Whether it's snowing in your part of the world or not... it's a good idea to start getting your Winter holiday/Xmas cards going. And what better way to do that than draw your own cute snowman?
Now that everything from communication to music to films have gone digital is there any need for the ol' pantone in the world of digital books and publications? Iain Anderson takes a colorful look.
If you've been wondering what improvements Illustrator CC brought to the pattern brushes... wonder no longer! Iain Anderson shows how easy and powerful these brushes now are.
When Adobe bought Freehand many features were incorporated into Illustrator. Bitmaps in Brushes, however, was absent... until now! Iain Anderson explores this creative technique in Illustrator CC.
When it comes to creating intricate strokes for text or objects, sometimes Photoshop doesn't tick all the boxes. That's when turning to Adobe Illustrator can be useful. Toby Pitman shows how.
Look closely at this headline image... hard to believe it's created entirely from letters and words! Martin Perhiniak shows how to create this for your portraits in 7 simple simple steps.
Been working out at the gym or outside? Don't let the sweat get you down... find out how to transfer it to text within Adobe Illustrator with David Smith.
Don't be fooled that Illustrator can't be used to manipulate images... it can! In this quick tutorial, Iain Anderson, thinks aloud outside the box to show how to remix photos in Adobe Illustrator CS6.
Learn how to convert hand-drawn sketches, art-work or paintings into digital masterpieces in Adobe Illustrator CS6 with master designer and teacher, Iain Anderson.
When observing good design it can be easy to take it for granted. David Smith explores a commonly used technique, circular text, using Illustrator CS6's path tools.
There's something wonderfully organic and artistic a brush stroke provides compared to the stark "reality" of a photographic image. David Smith transforms photos into painting using Creative Suite.
One small improvement in Adobe Illustrator CS6 can lead to new worlds of creativity opening up. Iain Anderson explores the new gradient to stroke feature in detail.
Creating text paths from shapes in Adobe Illustrator can be a lot of fun. No need to stop there though. Learn how to create image paths from text with David Smith, Adobe Certified Trainer.