How to Create a Transparent Battery Icon

How to Create a Transparent Battery Icon

In this tutorial, we'll create a detailed icon of a battery similar to the one used for the iPhone touch. The battery "fuel" color can be changed as well as the "fuel" level, allowing the icon to be used to create a battery or power meter for applications, or simply as a graphic in any type of design.

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Experimental Text Effects

Experimental Text Effects

Twist your words out of recognition to create cool and unusual illustrations, with these great tips from Amenth.

Views: 630 Category: text effect Website: www.digitalartsonline.co.uk
Illustrate a Pair of Sweet Gradient Mesh Cherries

Illustrate a Pair of Sweet Gradient Mesh Cherries

In this tutorial, we'll explain how to create a pair of cherries solely with the Gradient Mesh tool. If you're not familiar with the Gradient Mesh tool, then this is a great tutorial to learn how to start using it. You can create artwork with a semi-realistic to very realistic look with that tool. It can take effort to master, but it's worth your time.

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Design a Grungy Circular Logo

Design a Grungy Circular Logo

In this tutorial I want to detail how to create text along a path in an interesting way and apply it to a common application. In this case, we are going to use some vector art, then grunge it up. This will give it that worn beach look I'm going for. I hope you enjoy it, here we go...

Views: 502 Category: logo Website: www.myinkblog.com
Recolor artwork using Illustrator’s LiveColor

Recolor artwork using Illustrator’s LiveColor

This tutorial explains how to recolor your artwork in Illustrator CS3 using the LiveColor feature. This feature might be a bit daunting at first sight, but you will definitely appreciate its power once you get used to it.

Views: 463 Category: tips and tricks Website: veerle.duoh.com
Create a Glowing Vector Lightsaber

Create a Glowing Vector Lightsaber

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a vector lightsaber. You will use some simple shapes, blends, and gradients in this intermediate tutorial.

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Character Design Tutorial: The Oh My's

Character Design Tutorial: The Oh My's

In this Illustrator tutorial we will be creating a small family of characters call The Oh My's. I encourage you to play with the sizes, shapes, and colors to design your own unique characters. I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS3 but pretty much any version of Illustrator (or any vector application for that matter) should be able to accomplish all of these steps.

Views: 393 Category: cartoon Website: designerside.com
Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days

Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days

This FREE 30 days Illustrator crash course is created for beginners interested in learning Illustrator. Each lesson will take around 20 mins to complete and you will be able to learn the basic fundamental techniques before the 30 days trial ends.

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5 steps for drawing complex vector sun rays

5 steps for drawing complex vector sun rays

This tutorial shows you how you can make sun rays in Adobe Illustrator, I’m using the CS3 version.

Views: 490 Category: tips and tricks Website: www.designioustimes.com
Blend Tool Revisited

Blend Tool Revisited

Corey's tutorial is about using Illustrator's blend tool to create some really interesting design effects.

Views: 863 Category: video Website: www.layersmagazine.com