Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

next → Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Adobe Illustrator tutorial is the training series for the students and working professionals to learn Adobe graphics and publishing software developed with the support of Adobe product experts. The tutorial is designed in a way that you can learn at your own pace. It will explain to you all about the Illustrator from fundamental to advance features, including the tips and techniques for using the latest version of the application. What is Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator is an application software service provided by Adobe. This software application can be used to create artwork using a Windows PC or MacOS computer. The first version of this application was released in 1987 and continuously evolving day by day. Now, it will be available to be used on the cloud, Adobe Creative Cloud. To create high-quality artwork, graphic designers, web designers, visual artists, and professional illustrators use this application. It includes a vast number of drawing tools that we can use to reduce the time need to create an illustration. These are the following things that you can do with illustrator. Example: Create a variety of digital and printed images.

Cartoons.

Charts.

Diagram.

Graphs.

Logos. We can use an image as a guide to trace an object in the photograph and can also import that image. It can be used to create a sketch-like appearance and re-coloring of the picture. The illustrator can be used to manipulate text in many ways and can be used to create postcards, posters, and other visual designs that always uses image and writing together. Adobe Illustrator CC Adobe Illustrator CC is the cloud version of the same that stands for Adobe creative cloud. It is Adobe's cloud-based subscription service, which was first released in 2013. An important change in Adobe Illustrator CC is that it includes the ability to save the document over the cloud. Its data can be synced simultaneously to the cloud to keep our setting updated. Adobe is now integrated with Behance, which can be used by the artists to showcase their work and portfolios. History The first version of the illustrator was released in 1987 for the Mac OS. Adobe was always focused on developing fonts known as PostScript so that computers could use to communicate with printers. The 2nd version of the illustrator becomes the first version of the illustrator that can be used on Windows OS, and it was released in later 1989. After that, it will be developed to use on NeXT, Silicon Graphics, and Sun Solaris in the 1990s. The latest version of the Illustrator in CS6 and became part of the Creative Cloud. The current version is Adobe Illustrator CC 2020. Prerequisites Before learning Adobe Illustrator CC, you should have a working knowledge of the computer and its operating system. Make sure you know how to use the basic commands and menus with primary I/O devices. In this adobe illustrator tutorial, we are going to discuss the following topics - Installation of Illustrator

Work Area of Illustrator

Drawing in illustrator

Color in illustrator

Color Management in illustrator

Painting in illustrator

Selecting and arranging objects in illustrator

Reshaping objects in illustrator

Importing, exporting and saving in illustrator

Illustrator type

Special Effects

Web graphics Audience Our Adobe Illustrator Tutorial is designed to help beginners and professionals. Problem We assure you that you will not find any discrepancies or problems in this tutorial. But in case, if you find any mistake, you can inform us by posting it in the contact form. Next Topic Installation

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100+ Step-By-Step Adobe Illustrator Character Tutorials

We can easily find thousands of tutorials on the internet, but finding the best tutorials is not a easy job. I spent some time to find, and select over 100 step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorials which are really amazing. Adobe Illustrator is different than other Adobe products like Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop as it's exclusively used for digital art.

Twisted Monkey Studio Mascot

In this tutorial author will explain the process that he followed at the time of designing by order the mascot in vector format for Twisted Monkey Studios, producers of horror films.

How to Create a Cute, 3D, Vector Robot

If you want to learn how to create a rounded robot character from sketch to finished vector art, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

A Cow As Chinese New Year Zodiac For 2009

At the beginning of 2009 – Cow year, create special new year Illustrator tutorial, where you can learn how to draw 2009 year symbol – Cow. Very interesting tutorial and result is amazing – very cute Cow .

Happy Sun Character

Learn how to create fun sun character tutorial in Illustrator. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating to climate change. Moreover, you can easily apply this tutorial to other illustrations, logos, and projects!

Cute Baby Seal

Simple tutorial to teach you how to create a super cute baby seal. At the end of tutorial you will get really nice, cute cartoon seal character.

Cartoon Duck

This tutorial will take you through basic shapes, using basic tools ie pathfinder, knife and eyedropper tools to create a cute duck character.

Furry Vector Monster

Follow these steps in Adobe Illustrator to create your very own super cute fuzzy monster character. We’ll be working with the basic shapes to start, then use a variety of gradients to add depth. We can then finish it off with some detailed fur effects to really lift the design from the screen.

Stinking Zombie Flesh-Eater

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a cartoon zombie in Illustrator. Starting by creating a fresh corpse, we will then ‘yuck’ it up using a number of techniques.

Cute Hippo

This tutorial will show you how to create cute Hippo Character using simple shapes and a really simple effective drawing technique . This technique has been adopted from recent addition to the store of Animal Head Graphic Set , latest addition to the store.

Owl DiNG

In this tutorial we will walk through taking a pencil sketch into Illustrator and creating vector artwork. Then we’ll bounce over to Photoshop and add some details and give it a washed look.

LeBron James Cartoon Character

In this tutorial, you will learn how using Adobe Illustrator create vector cartoons. Learn how to create Lebron James Cartoon Character.

Leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day

Create yourself a wee Leprechaun for St. Patricks Day 2009 with this Illustrator tutorial. Easy and interesting Illustrator tutorial.

Cartoon Character with Expressive Lines

This tutorial covers the necessary steps for creating a colored multicolor cartoon character that includes shadings.

Cute Emo Kid

In this tutorial we will go through the process of drawing cute cartoon character. The concept is based on the Emo trend, we will go trough all the steps from sketch to full color vector.

Cute Panda Bear Face Icon

How to create a cute panda bear face icon all from ellipses. The great part about this tutorial, is that you can easily apply the techniques to other icons, illustrations, logos, or other projects.

Gang of Vector Ninjas

Constructing a group of cool vector ninja characters using just the basic shapes and a variety of simple tools, making it a good start for Illustrator beginners.

Cute Bunny Vector Character

This tutorial uses simple shapes and gradients that are easy to apply to other character illustrations.

Cartoon Snail

Lean how to draw snail in Adobe Illustrator with some easy steps. Learn how to with Illustrator basic tools create cute snail.

Killer Chainsaw Bunny Character

This tutorial shows you how to build a Bucket ‘o’ Thought character and add a dynamic background effect.

Cute Vector Monster

Follow this Adobe Illustrator walkthrough on the creation of a cute little vector monster character, beginning with a quick pencil sketch on paper.

Grumpy Dude

Create grumpy dude in Adobe Illustrator with the brush tool. In this tutorial you will learn some digital drawing tips and how to fix little mistakes after you’ve drawn your stroke.

Fat Cat Vector

This tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a “Fat Cat” doodled with biro translated into a neat vector caricature. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised.

Freddy the Fish

Follow this tutorial to create your own vector character – Freddy the Fish.

Vector Pirate Cartoon Character

By firstly using the power of pen and paper a character design is created, which is then scanned into the computer to use as a base for tracing with Adobe Illustrator. The final outcome is a colourful cartoon character in vector format!

How to Create a Web Site Mascot

In this tutorial, author will give an overview of how developed a character from the initial brief through to the final site mascot and then to go on to create several poses for different parts of the site.

Create Your Own Monster

In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial author will take you through the process of creating a completely unique, memorable monster that’s not at all humanoid in form.

Adding Dimension to Your Characters

In this tutorial author will show you how to add the illusion of dimension to your vector illustrations by combining the effects of Adobe Illustrator’s versatile linear and radial gradients.

Creating Bart Simpson Vector Character in Illustrator

This is a short beginner tutorial. You will use Layers, utilize the Pen Tool and its sister tools, such as the Convert Anchor Point Tool, Direct Selection Tool, etc, to draw and colorize a vector Bart Simpson in Adobe Illustrator.

How to Create a Vector Illustration and Prepare it for Micro-Stock Sale

This tutorial details a professional workflow for creating vector illustrations and prepping the artwork for Micro-Stock Sales. Author also included a bunch of time-saving tools and tips as well.

Creating Convincing Characters

In this tutorial, you’ll learn some basic skills for converting your character from a pencil doodle to a complete, fully-coloured image – learning some crucial Illustrator skills along the way.

Symmetrical Illustration: Thug Bunny!

This tutorial will go through the method of using symmetry in your artwork. Learn how to do half the work but still get the full benefit from your artwork. We’ll also feature a plugin for AI that speeds up your build time and cover the topic of “Opacity Masks.”

Patch Illustration 2

The following tutorial will show how author go about creating a set of NBA licensed embroidery patches featuring portraits of many of the leagues greatest players.

Basic Shading and Lighting

This tutorial goes over the elementary fundamentals when it comes to shading and lighting within a digital illustration.

Create A Vector Art Twitter Bird Character Icon In Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will walk you through the steps from sketch to vector in creating an original cartoon-style character vector illustration.

Vector Tutorial: Anime Coloring

In this tutorial will be detailed explain how in Adobe Illustrator coloring sketches, in this tutorial author will use anime sketch.

Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Bug Tutorial

Here is one more cartoon characters tutorial in Illustrator. This time you will learn how to create nice fly cartoon.

Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Tutorial with a Wacom Tablet

In this Illustrator tutorial author will explain how using Wacom tablet you can at first draw cartoon sketch and than create vector cartoon.

Adding Gradients to Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to use gradient tool in Illustrator. Author will explain how to add gradient to illustrations.

Monster Character Series Part 1

First of two Spoongraphics mini-series of tutorials on how to create a set of simple monster characters. This is very simple tutorial, so if you beginner of Illustrator, you can learn some basic tools.

Monster Character Series Part 2

Here is second Illustrator tutorial from Spoongraphics mini-series of monsters tutorials where you will take a look at the Dumb Blue Sucker Monster! Again, using mostly the basic tools and shapes making the tutorial suitable for beginners to Illustrator.

Create a Twitter Style Bird Mascot

Using some basic shapes, effects, and gradients author will show you how to create a Twitter mascot for your blog or website.

Maintaining Rhythm and Flow in Vector Character Design

In this tutorial you will break down the basic process of creating a character from sketching through to the final vector file. Whether you’re interested in creating vector mascots for branding design, or making interesting characters to use in your animations, you’ll find these techniques helpful.

Create a Traditional Japanese Koi Carp Illustration

Koi Carp have been painted and illustrated by the Japanese for centuries and are familiar to people all over the world. This tutorial will take the intermediate Adobe Illustrator user through the techniques and processes needed to imitate what the Japanese have perfected.

The Making of a Chocolate Bar Character.

In this tutorial Author take the concept from sketch through to vector final. You will learn how to create sweet cartoon character – Chocolate bar character.

Character Illustration

The following tutorial will walk you through a project, a character design for Fanta soda to use in their Halloween promotion.

Ilias Sounas’ Condomunity Member Illustration Tutorial

It’s basically a character design tutorial like many others out there – just that Author wanted it to be more like an illustration and possibly also an rss icon. Author picked 5 illustrators to hand in an artwork in their own typical style.

Cartoon Character – Dexter

Dexter is probably one of those cartoon characters that don’t need an introduction, but anyway, for those who never heard about him, Dexter is boy genius that has a giant secret laboratory filled with his great inventions. In this simple tutorial I will show you how to draw this character inside Adobe Illustrator.

Create A Briefcase Icon

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a briefcase icon with rectangles, ellipses, and gradients. This briefcase icon is great for web designs and user interfaces. Moreover, you can easily apply these techniques to other icons, logos, and illustrations.

Create a classic calendar icon

In the next tutorial you’ll learn to create a classic calendar icon. It’s a pretty simple and fast tutorial. You only need to know how to use the basic tools and some effects like the Inner Glow, the Drop Shadow, the Transform effect, the Rounded Corners effect or the Warp effect.

Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate

Beginner-Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes

20 minutes Number of Steps: 8

Create a Cool Vector Panda Character in Illustrator

Here’s a step by step walkthrough of the process used to create a cool Panda character, from the basic outlines through to the detailed final design.

Create A Cute Creature Character From A Sketch

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a cute creature from a sketch. This tutorial uses custom brushes, the Paintbrush tool, Pen tool, and the Live Paint Bucket tool. Even if your not a huge fan of the cuteness, you can use these techniques for other illustrations, logos, and vector elements.

Create a Cute Little Tiger in Illustrator

The tiger is one of the coolest animals in the earth. It’s a very powerful, dangerous, yet fascinating animal. In this tutorial, we will be drawing the tiger, but we will be doing it a little bit different. Instead of portraying the tiger as a savage and mean creature, I will teach you how to draw a cute little tiger that you will be able to use in your projects, as a desktop wallpaper, etc. You will also learn lots of Illustrator techniques as well. This is the perfect tutorial for year 2010, the year of the tiger.

Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes

In this Illustrator tutorial, we will learn how to Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes. This is a pretty simple illustration of an octopus using basic Illustrator tools and shapes.

Create a Happy Sun Character

Well, it’s Blog Action Day 2009 today and the topic is Climate Change. So I decided to create a fun sun character tutorial. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating to climate change. Moreover, you can easily apply this tutorial to other illustrations, logos, and projects!

Create a Les Paul Guitar in Illustrator

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to create a Les Paul Electric Guitar Vector Image in Adobe Illustrator. This is a really in depth Tutorial, probably the most in depth one I have ever written as I have tried to cater for the needs of people who are not confident in Illustrator. Purely because when I was trying to learn the program many of the tutorials for it assume you can already use it. So feedback would be appreciated =D

Program: Illustrator

Illustrator Version: CS or Higher

CS or Higher Estimated Completion Time: 4 Hours

4 Hours Final Image Preview:

Create A Mouthwatering Chocolate Covered Strawberry

It’s almost Valentine’s day and rather than getting your loved one the same old cheap gifts you get every year, why not create a chocolate covered strawberry illustration for them? You can easily apply this illustration to your own greeting card, t-shirt, or anything else you can think of. Moreover, you can apply this tutorial to other illustrations and logos.

Create a Penguins Illustration Tutorial for Global Warming Cause

Global Warming is one of the biggest problems of the 21th century. Global Warming is changing our world and the way we live, it destroying habitats of animals. In this tutorial I will show you how to create an illustration of penguins whose habitat is being destroyed by global warming.

Create a Simple Storefront Icon

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple storefront icon using some rectangles, Illustrator Effects, and gradients. This icon is great for use in e-commerce sites, eCommerce Software and the techniques in this tutorial can easily be applied to other icons, illustrations, and logos.

Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4

Difficulty: Beginner / Intermediate

Topics Covered: Rectangle Tool, Gradients, Bulge Warp

Estimated Completion Time: 30 min – 1 hour

Create a Stylized First Aid Icon in Illustrator

In this tutorial we’ll use a combination of craft and Illustrator’s 3D tools to create a first aid icon. You can use the techniques you learn in this tutorial to create realistic rounded box icons of your choice. This works well for complex icons at large sizes and scales down nicely.

Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4

Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate

Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour

Create a Stylized, Vector Rubik’s Cube

Learn to create a stylized Rubik’s Cube in Illustrator. I’ll take you through how to make every detail of the final illustration, which will teach you some new techniques and introduce you to some new Illustrator tools. Let’s get started with creating this iconic, retro puzzle cube.

Program: Illustrator CS3

Illustrator CS3 Difficulty: Intermediate

Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 90 minutes

Create a Tasty Burger Icon in Illustrator

In this delicious tutorial I’ll show you how to create a three-dimensional, scrumptious burger using Adobe Illustrator. Remember that I’m a vegetarian, so you should definitely appreciate the effort!

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.

Program : Adobe Illustrator CS3+

: Adobe Illustrator CS3+ Difficulty : Intermediate

: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hours

Create A Vector Art Twitter Bird Character Icon In Adobe Illustrator

Twitter is quite a social media juggernaut as of late. It’s getting to the point that one has to have a Twitter account. And what good is a Twitter account without a link to it? And what better way to link to your Twitter account than with a cool blue bird character illustration? This tutorial will walk you through the steps from sketch to vector in creating an original cartoon-style character vector illustration.

Create A Wood Grain Texture

Last up for Vectip’s Texture Week is wood grain. The steps for this technique are very similar to the previous Brushed Metal Texture tutorial. It uses the same Graphic Pen effect but stretched a little more. It also uses the Warp Tool and Twirl Tool. Also like the other texture tutorials, this technique is easy and applicable in logos, icons, interfaces or pretty much anything.

Create an arrow through a heart icon

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I’d bring you something with a similar theme. In this tutorial we are going to create a vector/icon heart with an arrow going through it, using Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial will teach you to take simple shapes and use them to create more complex objects, as well as several other techniques.

Create an easy landscape scene in Illustrator

In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how to create a really easy landscape scene in Adobe Illustrator. This can be used in a number of different ways, from a desktop wallpaper to a website header. The best part is that since it is in illustrator after we are done you can size is however size you would like. Lets get started.

Create an illustration of a fountain pen

Hi there. In this first tutorial you’ll learn to create an illustration of a fountain pen. It is more of an advanced tutorial but I tried to make it as detailed as I could. Hopefully you’ll understand the exact steps I followed to reach this final illustration.

Difficulty: Intermediate-Advanced Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours Number of Steps: 35

Create the face of a goofy bunny

The following tutorial will help you create the face of a goofy bunny. You won’t need the Pen Tool. Only the Ellipse Tool and the Rectangle Tool plus some basic effects like the Inner Glow, the Drop Shadow or the Warp effect.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes

45 minutes Number of Steps: 12

Create the face of a greedy monkey

This tutorial will help you create a simple illustration of a monkey face. It uses the Ellipse Tool, the Pen Tool, the Rectangle Tool, the Crystallize Tool or the Gradient Tool. For the the shadow effects you’ll use some classic effects like the Inner Glow or the Gaussian Blur.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes

45 minutes Number of Steps: 15

Create Lady Birds Insect Tutorial Using Adobe Illustrator

Lady birds, is there any other insect that symbolize the prosperity and freshness of the nature more? You can find these cute being almost anywhere and they won’t ever cause anything but cheers. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a cool lady bird using Adobe Illustrator.

Creating vector characters in Illustrator

Characters can add a recognisable face to your work. But how do you go from a sketch to the finished product? Peskimo talk through their process.

If you are following this project with a particular brief in mind, think carefully about the target audience and what sort of design elements will be suitable for that audience – the usual concerns apply as they do with all design. The character we created is intended to be a mascot of sorts, and aimed at all ages. It is usable at a variety of sizes, and in both print and animation.

Design a Cute Hamster Avatar

Going through my sketchbook I noticed I’ve been drawing cute characters lately. Where is all this cuteness coming from? Probably from an exciting job I’m doing right now. Anyways I picked one of the characters for a tutorial so here it goes.

Design a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16

In this tutorial, we’ll be modifying vector elements from Vector Set 16 to create a retro-vintage poster. Along the way we’ll uncover tips in Illustrator and Photoshop that can lend your designs a little extra TLC. I tend to work in both Illustrator and Photoshop. Both programs have their strengths and weaknesses, but together they’re unstoppable.

Draw a beautiful female character

Office life is very boring, what keeps us alive in our offices? You’re right, those hot and strict secretaries. This simple tutorial shows you how to create a beautiful female character using Illustrator.

Drawing a character’s face in Illustrator

Creating a cartoon or human-like caricature is a fun and rewarding project to do in Illustrator. Not only that, but if you’re pretty good with the pen tool, it doesn’t take very long. In this tutorial I will be creating an elf. Be sure to look at references of other cartoons or caricatures to make sure your shapes are correct. To start, I drew a basic head shape.

Draw a funny snowman in Illustrator

It’s winter! It’s snowing! Thousands of kids get out to play with snow and make a snowman. These fragile being don’t live much so we have to hurry up! In this simple tutorial I will explain the process of drawing a snowman in Illustrator using mostly basic shapes and pen tool.

Create a Vector Clip-Art Style Snowman in Illustrator

With Christmas just around the corner and the days getting colder and colder, we’ll soon be out building snowmen. But before that, lets build our very own vector version!

We’ll be using simple shape tools, the pen tool, the brush tool, the drop-shadow effect and various pathfinder tools in this tutorial, making it great for those in the festive mood and learning their way around the UI of Illustrator.

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. This tutorial is great for beginners and it’s quite simple. Ever saw little girls crying? It’s time to draw one, so let’s get started!

How to Create a Curious Owl in Illustrator CS4

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.

Program : Adobe Illustrator CS4

: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate

Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 1.5 hours

How to Create a Hippy Van Vector in Illustrator

In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through the process I would take to produce a vector image of a good old VW Hippy Van in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll be using tools such as the pen tool, shape tools and gradient tools.

How to Create a Shiny, Vector Laptop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a laptop in Illustrator using basic tools like the Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool, Pen Tool and others. We’ll construct the overall shape, keyboard, laptop monitor, and more.

Program : Adobe Illustrator CS4

: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty : Intermediate

: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hours

How to Create a Vector Diamond Necklace and a Chain

This detailed tutorial will show you how i created the Diamond necklace available to download freely from Aivault through this post. The steps described here will take you through the process of drawing then coloring using very simple steps.

Designing Logos

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