Adobe Illustrator is my favourite tool for creating fun and cute character designs. With just a few simple shapes, a mix of gradient colours and a few shadows here and there you can build some great looking illustrations. Here’s a step by step walkthrough of the process used to create a cool Panda character, from the basic outlines through to the detailed final design.                   The character we’ll be building today started out as a mockup of a series of random shapes quickly put together in Illustrator. This provides the foundation...

                    Final Product What You'll Be Creating         In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic looking electric guitar. We will start with basic shapes and build our way up using a couple of simple yet effective techniques. You will learn how to use 3D Effect, Scale and Blend Options, to make a guitar worthy of even the most rockin’ of vector fans!           Step 1 Start by opening Adobe Illustrator and creating a new 2000 px by 800 px RGB document, and set...

                      Final Product What You'll Be Creating             This is an exercise in digital drawing using Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial, we’ll predominantly be using the Pen, Pencil and Gradient tools to create a fun retro remote-control airplane illustration. It takes quite a bit of work with the Pen, so make sure you’re familiar with the Pen Tool before beginning. Don’t worry if you’re a beginner, this tut is not too difficult, so let’s get on with it!               Step...

When it comes to simulating three dimensional depth in your illustrations, the Blend Tool is your new best friend. Watch and be amazed at the power of Illustrator CS3 as it reaches through your monitor and, with defiance, and slaps you in the face with it's subtle charm and versatility.                 Final Image Preview You can find the source files in the below link labeled "Simulated_3d" . You may wish to look through them briefly before we begin. A preview of the final image is below. You can view the large version here as well.             Download...

We're going to illustrate a map. A fairly simple directive, but before we go any further we need to establish why we're illustrating it. By illustrating we're going to give the final product personality, flair, a bit of life – we're going to hope that the user is drawn into it, attracted to it and once we have their attention – that they can use it. In producing this map we're not only illustrating, but also designing information graphics; finding that age-old balance between form and function.               Final Image Preview You...

this tutorial, we'll be using illustrator to create psychedelic reptile art. I'll show you my process for using overlapping vector shapes to create a painterly style illustration. Let's get started on this tutorial!                   Final Image Preview You can find the Source files in the download link labeled "Ball Python" . You may wish to look through them briefly before we begin. A preview of the final image is below.         Download File : http://1malaysia-innovation.com/download/Ball Python.rar   Step...