Adding Gradients to Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator - Illustrator tutorial

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This is an extension to my original Floral Tutorial. It should offer a better understanding of how to do florials that are a little more detailed then simple vectors. Since there is a lot of material in this tutorial I’m going to move through it as quickly, and painlessly, as possible while attempting to keep it at a beginner level. However, intermediate level users may still find it of interest too.

Learn how to make custom brush shapes.

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.

Learn how to create stylish vector flower with Illustrator Blend tool.

Three dimensional shapes are less complicated to create in Illustrator than you may think. The 3D Extrude and Bevel effect can be used to create interesting designs. In this tutorial you'll how to turn that into a 3D animation. In this series we'll create a 3D poker chip in Illustrator. We'll then learn how to animate this poker chip, and export it to flash. Part II of this series covers the process of creating and exporting the animation. Let's get to it.