Monster Character Series Part 1 - Flying Bat Ghost
How to create a set of simple monster characters. Hopefully these will be easy enough to follow by Illustrator beginners, with mostly the basic tools and shapes being used.

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Create a Cute Vector Monster from a Pencil Sketch
Follow this Adobe Illustrator walkthrough on the creation of a cute little vector monster character, beginning with a quick pencil sketch on paper.

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Fun With Illustrator: Make a Happy Little Cloud
I am going to show you how to make a happy little cloud.

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Go Media's Rapid Fire Illustration Technique
In this wicked vector illustration tutorial you'll learn a technique that will save time & money but still produce jaw dropping results.

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Cartoon Birds
This tutorial you through to steps of creating some happy-go-lucky birds.

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Using Masks in Illustration Programs
A mask is a vector path which allows part of an object to show while blocking out the rest effectively making part of it transparent. A mask in an illustration program is functionally equivalent to a clipping path in an image editor.

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Creating a Toaster-Popping Illustration
With this tutorial, learn how to apply some effects not often used in Illustrator, like the Chrome effect, which is used to create metallic look with a realistic aspect. Also, notable in this tutorial is the use of Texturizer to create toast texture. We will also use 3D effect and the Mesh tool, which bring depth to the this illustration.

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Create a wreath illustration for Christmas postcards
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Christmas wreath vector illustration with Adobe illustrator.

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How to reduce EPS illustration file size
You create a really cool vector illustration and want it to submit and sell on microstock, but you found, that the exported EPS file is too big. What can you do, to make the EPS file smaller? Here you will find several tips and tricks for reducing the EPS file size.

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How to draw a delicious Burger
A burger, the king of fast foods! Who doesn't like burgers? Everyone does! For those designers that are hungry a new tutorial, how to draw a burger in Adobe Illustrator.

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Draw an angry little samurai
I'll show you how to draw a samurai in Illustrator using shapes.

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Learn to Create a Financial Crisis, Vector Illustration
Fitting for these tough financial times, learn step by step how to create this turbulent vector illustrations. Numerous Illustrator tools are used to create this illustration. We'll use Symbols to add texture to the land are, the Mesh Tool for the sky, 3D effect to compose the skyscrapers, the Twirl Tool for the tornado, and Warp effect for the dollars. We'll cover alot of ground in this tutorial, faster than a businessman escaping to the bahamans!

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Draw a screaming little girl in Illustrator
In this tutorial, I'll explain how to draw a little screaming for ice cream girl in Illustrator.

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Tracing a Vector Face From a Reference Photo
There are numerous ways that you could approach using a reference photo in illustration, an obvious option being to 'trace' the photo. Since there are so many microscopic details in a photograph you have to make numerous decisions on how you want the image to look in the end. Do you want it to look photorealistic? Or more stylized? Comic book-esque? Cartoon-like? All of these decisions will result in the look and style of your final image, and your work as a whole. As a commercial designer/illustrator, the style and look of your work will make or break you. This tutorial will cover these decisions as we create an illustration from a reference photo.

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How to draw an USB Flash Drive
In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw an USB flash drive in Illustrator.

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Draw a clock
Learn how to draw clock.

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How to draw a banner (scroll) in Illustrator
Draw a classic banner (scroll) in Illustrator.

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How To Design Your Own Valentine's Day
Adobe Illustrator tutorial in which we are going to look at how you can create your own Valentines Day heraldry Illustration .

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Drawing a Butterfly
You will show how to draw a paper-style butterfl.

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From Sketch to Vector
Amazing guide as to how professional illustrators go from sketch to vector illustration.

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Stylish Face
Learn how to draw a face with simple brush stokes.

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Draw a concept car
We will show you how to render a car in Illustrator starting with a rough sketch.

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Vector Handphone
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a vector mobile phone by using simple shapes and gradients.

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Fine Line Design
Draw your work with line tool.

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How to Draw the Vector Style Icons
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a vector error icon using Adobe Illustrator.

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Turn a sketch into a Crazy Santa
This tutorial will show you how to create a Crazy Santa illustration from sketch that Ive made for it. This is also a complex guide for creating characters from sketch .

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Making Clouds
How to draw some lightning-filled clouds.

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Draw a funny snowman
In this simple tutorial I will explain the process of drawing a snowman in Illustrator using mostly basic shapes and pen tool.

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Stylish Vector Flower
Learn how to create stylish vector/line flower with Illustrator Blend Tool. This Adobe Illustrator tutorial is great for creating background and large print illustration.

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The Anatomy of a Vector Illustration Paty One
Illustrations created in all major vector drawing programs have a definite anatomy and share a common pattern. Whether you use Deneba Canvas, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or Macromedia FreeHand you will find that this pattern exists even though each program may define the parts differently.

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When Vector Meets Photo
Mixing vector and photo is one of the hottest trends in the illustration industry today. We've seen this effect used in national ad campaigns from Anheuser-Busch to Hawaiian Tropic. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at how to create this effect in Illustrator. Before you begin, keep in mind that you can download the Illustrator source file used in this column.

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How to Create a Curious Owl
One of my favorite TV shows of all time is Twin Peaks and one of its most memorable lines is "The owls are not what they seem." Inspired by that ominous truth I decided to create a little illustration. I chose a rather non-spooky scene set at dusk, with a curious owl sitting on a branch and some scenery in the background.

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Drawing a Drink Glass in Illustrator
Learn how to draw a cool glass animation in this step by step guide.

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Halloween Pumpkin
Learn how to draw a realistic Halloween pumpkin in Illustrator so you can attach to your ecard or email.

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Draw beautiful christmas bells
This tutorial guides you through the process of drawing Christmas bells in Illustrator. Use them for decorating your web sites header or desktop .

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Jamukha, Adobe Illustrator CS2 Drawing Tutorial
This artwork is my humorus take on the why do aliens abduct cows. The illustration is a vector art completely done with Abode Illustrator CS2. Here I am going to explain the technique I used in the creation of "Jamukha, Got Milk?" in full details using Mesh tools, gradients, tranparency masking and lot more.

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Learn a Chessboard 3d illustrator technique
Cool adobe illustrator tutorial to draw a Chessboard.

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How to Make Super-Sharp, Vector Swords
In this tutorial I'll show you how to draw a sword in Illustrator, using the Rectangle Tool, gradients, and other Illustrator tools. Actually the tutorial isn't very hard, let's see the final result that is our goal first!

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Drawing Christmas Hat With Illustrator
How to make a Christmas tree, this tutorial shows you how draw a furry Christmas hat.

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Picture Frame
In this tutorial you will learn how to show draw a picture frame.

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