Let’s create a vibrant, retro aesthetic landscape using two of my favorite styles: synthwave and pixel art. This guide will walk through the process of using Illustrator to reduce any photo or reference into an intricate pixel piece, with all the glowing goodness a child of the 80’s would love.
Read MoreIllustrator variables allow text URLs to behave like proper hyperlinks when saving the document as a PDF. It’s a useful trick to avoid relying on Acrobat or InDesign. Illustrator can be touchy however, so I’ve gathered a few tips to help.
Read MoreTexturing goes a long way towards making a piece feel complete; it adds a certain richness and depth. This tutorial will quickly take you through a vector illustration from beginning to end, and focus on how to create a colorful vector texture brush from scratch.
Read MoreDraw Inside is a method to add textures, brush strokes, and other patterns directly into shapes without worrying about creating complicated masks. Think of it as the more streamlined cousin to the other forms of masking in Illustrator.
Read MoreThis tutorial covers the various ways to mask and clip in Adobe Illustrator — such as simple clipping masks, transparency masks, compound clipping paths, and cleaning up masked art with the pathfinder.
Read MoreThis tutorial will take you through creating a pop art portrait in Adobe Illustrator, and will use a few simple tools & techniques to make the process fast and painless.
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