Gradient Meshes Introduction Adobe Illustrator / 3D Effects
Although difficult to learn and time consuming to set up, gradient meshes can give your vector images an illusion of photorealism and detail that will bring your artwork to new levels of excellence. This introduction will take you through the basics of gradient mesh design.
Gradient Meshes Introduction Adobe Illustrator / Drawing
Mastery of Illustrator's gradient mesh functionality is the holy grail of vector graphic design. Although difficult to learn and time consuming to set up, gradient meshes can give your vector images an illusion of photorealism and detail that will bring your artwork to new levels of excellence. This introduction will take you through the basics of gradient mesh design and give you pointers on more advanced aspects to explore.
Checker Board Adobe Illustrator / Drawing
A checker board is basically 64 squares (8 rows and 8 columns) with alternating red and black color. We could create a small rectangle and duplicate it over and over again until we have the checker board filled out, but that would take forever. This tutorial will show you a much easier way!
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.