Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment - Illustrator tutorial

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Every time I start thinking of a tutorial to write, I try to show techniques that I use in my job as a designer. For example, today I will be showing you how to make a nice little map. I was called to make a map for the university which was tedious but still fun. This can also be a neat little add-on to a party invitation or the like.

This tutorial will teach you how to draw your very own ladybug using Adobe Illustrator 9.0, CS, CS2, or CS3. This tutorial is rather simple in terms of drawing, but contains a good number of concepts and ideas you will find useful in future, more complex, drawings. The entire finished tutorial should not take more then one to two hours for most people to complete.

As mentioned in the last quickfix, there are some options in Illustrator that can catch you out. This particular one could cost you dearly if a job goes to print after overlooking this crucial option, resulting is a fuzzy/compressed and pure ugly rendering on the effects you added to your design. What we’re talking about here is Illustrator’s Document Raster Effects setting.

Practice makes perfect as they say. With this tutorial you'll get some practice using the Revolve effect and learn how to make a soccer practice cone!

Remember the Spirograph? A simple yet stunning effect.