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25 New Illustrator Tutorials to Learn Design & Illustration Techniques

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Learn Illustrator and design creative vector graphics with beginning to advanced training and tutorials by industry professionals. All free illustrator tutorials are very helpful to create vector portraits, vector pattern, vector textures and other useful vector illustrations.

If you wanna improve your illustration skills you must check the list of new illustrator tutorials, which we’ll be teaching you essential workflows, tips and techniques to help you get create Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator. I hope! these tutorials can enhance your skills and improve the quality of your works.

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Create a Fur Texture, Family Badger Scene in Adobe Illustrator

In the following tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use a sketch from a previous tutorial to create a cute little badger family in Adobe Illustrator.

Create a Fur Texture, Family Badger Scene in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a Propeller Pinwheel Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

In the following steps you will learn how to create a colorful propeller pinwheel illustration in Adobe Illustrator.

Create a Propeller Pinwheel Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a Travel Bag Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

You will learn how to setup a simple grid and how to create the main shapes using basic tools and effects along with some basic vector shape building techniques. Moving on you will learn how to add subtle shading and highlights using the Appearance panel, basic blending techniques and a simple blur effect.

Create a Travel Bag Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

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How to Create 3D Vector Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

3D vector text can be a daunting undertaking when not using a program like Maya or SketchUp. Using a simple bevel and extrude effect, gradients, and offset paths you’ll find creating chrome, dimensional 3D vector text is an easy job.

How to Create 3D Vector Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

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How to Create Summer Road Trip Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fun summer road trip cartoon-style illustration. You will draw a sketch using the Pencil Tool (N) and then outline it with the Pen Tool (P).

How to Create Summer Road Trip Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

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Create Sticker-like Music Icons in Adobe Illustrator

You’ll learn how to combine gradient shapes, effects in the Appearance panel, and offset shapes in order to quickly render circles into the start of a great icon set in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014.

Create Sticker-like Music Icons in Adobe Illustrator

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How to Create a Message in a Bottle in Illustrator Tutorial

In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create a message in a bottle in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll start with some basic tools and some other simple vector techniques along with the Blending Modes for the creation of a bottle.

How to Create a Message in a Bottle in Illustrator Tutorial

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How to design a Crazy Retro Poster with Quirky Lettering in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn create a crazy poster, illustrating a famous quote by Oscar Wilde – “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”. You’ll apply various Warp Effects to create the elements easily. Learn to make a gentle grain effect to give your poster a vintage look and do some freehand lettering.

How to design a Crazy Retro Poster with Quirky Lettering in Adobe Illustrator

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Bright Light Bulb Vector: Lights On in Under an Hour

Another pick from vectips.com, here you’ll learn to create the light bulb vector from simple shapes, manipulate gradients, gradient meshes, and blending modes all in pursuit of a semi-realistic light bulb vector design.

Bright Light Bulb Vector: Lights On in Under an Hour

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Create Yummy Donut Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn usage of the basic tools and effects along with some basic vector shape to achieve making a yummy donut text in Illustrator.

Create Yummy Donut Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

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How to Create a Realistic 3D Calculator in Illustrator Tutorial

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic 3D calculator by using some basic tools, the Pathfinder palette, gradients, duplicated shapes and 3D effect.

How to Create a Realistic 3D Calculator in Illustrator Tutorial

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How to make a vector geometric cube abstract background

In this tutorial we are going to use Adobe Illustrator’s 3D Extrude and Bevel feature to create a retro geometric abstract cube background.

How to make a vector geometric cube abstract background

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Design a Vector Themed Cereal Box in Adobe Illustrator

The most important meal of the day is Adobe Illustrator. I’m pretty sure breakfast comes second. As such, we’re going to combine the two and pay homage to the cereal boxes of our childhood with this cartoony box design.

Design a Vector Themed Cereal Box in Adobe Illustrator

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Draw a Vector Pirate Cartoon Character in Illustrator

Character design might be one of the most fun things that you can do in Illustrator. In this tutorial, I decided to create a vector pirate cartoon character.

Draw a Vector Pirate Cartoon Character in Illustrator

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Create a Hello Kitty character in the CorelDRAW

In the following Corel Draw tutorial (for beginners) I’m going to show you how to create the Hello Kitty character using basic CorelDRAW tools. Use the ellipse tool to make the Hello Kitty’s face, the polygon tool to create the ears and the flower using the distortion tool.

Create a Hello Kitty character in the CorelDRAW

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How to create vector glass infographics template

In this Illustrator tutorial, we will learn how to create vector glass objects that can be used as elements of infographics. Here we will use Gradient Tool, Transparency panel, Shape Builder Tool and Transform effect that will save us some time.

How to create vector glass infographics template

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Create a Folded Paper Style Rainbow Hexagon Pattern Vector in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create a folded paper style Rainbow Hexagon Pattern Vector with a single hexagon, a few line segments and a few triangles. Layering gradients really makes this hexagon pattern vector pop!

Create a Folded Paper Style Rainbow Hexagon Pattern Vector in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a Tasty Pretzel Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial and learn how to create a fun pretzel inspired text effect in Adobe Illustrator. We will begin with the text then we’ll add some dimension to it with the help of the Bas Relief effect, a simple trick which allows you to add highlights and shading in one step.

Create a Tasty Pretzel Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a Chalkboard Menu in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, I will walk you through the process of making a chalkboard menu in Illustrator. We will use the basic tools and effects along with some basic vector shapes to achieve the final.

Create a Chalkboard Menu in Adobe Illustrator

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How to Render Short, Detailed Hair in Adobe Illustrator

How to Render Short, Detailed Hair in Adobe Illustrator

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How To Design A Geometric Pattern In Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create this cool and sharp geometric pattern using Adobe Illustrator.

How To Design A Geometric Pattern In Adobe Illustrator

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How To Create a Web Icon in Adobe Illustrator

this tutorial, I’ve taken a hypothetical e-book website (let’s call it Libro) that could use some visual touches, so that the user browsing it could distinguish different sections by simply looking at icons. Since the most popular e-book reader out there is made by Amazon, we will use the Kindle as a visual representation for device portability and create a vector based icon from it.

How To Create a Web Icon in Adobe Illustrator

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