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A comprehensive tutorial on designing labels with Adobe® Illustrator. This tutorial is based on address labels, however the techniques can be applied to CD Labels, Mailing labels, even business cards, name bagdes and other paper medium were duplication of the design is required.

Use this method to get "transparency Fades" in vector format using an Opacity Mask. Simple, but underused feature of Illustrator.

In this tutorial, we're going to use Path Tools to draw a shield. Then using some gradients, we're going to give it a metallic edge and shiny center. Collis originally made this design when making the default User Comment Icons for the TUTS sites. This tutorial shows you how to create a similar design using Illustrator, rather than Photoshop.

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

The Stroke Panel is one of the most frequently used panels inside Illustrator. You use it to control whether a line is solid or dashed, the dash sequence if it is dashed, the stroke weight, the stroke alignment, the miter style and limit, and the styles of line joins and line caps. So let's fully explain all that in detail...