Pixel Perfect Tracing Adobe Illustrator / Drawing
In this tutorial, I will be taking you through the actual Steps that were used to convert one of these hand-drawn cartoons into colorized vector art. I will discuss Placing the cleaned-up scan into Illustrator, using Live Trace Presets and Options, converting the Tracing object into a Live Paint Group, using Gap Detection, Expanding the Paint Group into vector, and adding color to finish up the cartoon.
Easy 3d Text Adobe Illustrator / 3D Effects
This is a simple tutorial. Here you will learn how to utilize illustrators 3d effect filter to produce some nice 3-dimentional text.
Rotated Characters Adobe Illustrator / Getting Started
Sometimes text can get a little boring. Here's a way to rotate individual characters and make that text a little more fun! The results vary depending on the font that you use, so the effect is always fresh and exciting.
Text Distortion Adobe Illustrator / Text Effects
In this tutorial we will learn how to use Illustrator's distortion functions to distort text inside a custom shape. As you can probably image, this is a supremely useful technique and its flexibility will come in useful throughout your design career.
Area Type Adobe Illustrator / Text Effects
Sometimes its hard to add text to your complex shapes, but there is a solution! Learn how to use area typing to add text into any kind of shape.
Image Inlay Text Adobe Illustrator / Text Effects
I will show you how to inlay an image into the body of your text. Then we will add some finishing touches to make it look complete.
What are tracking and kerning? Adobe Illustrator / Text Effects
Tracking creates an even spacing between multiple characters in a line of text, widening it out, or tightening it up. Kerning adjusts the width of the space between two characters in a line of text.