How to Make a Lollipop in Adobe Illustrator
For a long time, I have been trying to make lollipops, you know the ones that look like candy canes wrapped in a circle. While I have been unsuccessful on multiple occasions, I have finally found a way to make lollipops
How to Save Your Adobe Illustrator Files for the Web
A while back I wanted to increase the traffic on my blog and was given the advice to start offering freebies on my website. I had tried this once before, however, Wordpress, as well as many other websites, do not
How to Create a Taped Paper Look in Adobe Illustrator
When you have a blog or website it is often helpful to have basic images where you can throw on some text and make a graphic for your blog post. This way when you are running low on time you
5 Tips for Making Free Fonts Unique in Adobe Illustrator
Last week I talked about my Top 5 Free Fonts for Graphic Designers. This week I wanted to talk about how you can take those free fonts and make them your own. If you are on a tight budget, taking a
How to Merge 2 Diverging Lines in Adobe Illustration
One of my favorite tools to use in Adobe Illustrator is the blend tool because it is so versatile. You can use it to make a color lighter or darker, make an object look like it is behind glass, etc.
How to Learn Adobe Illustrator and Other Illustrator Questions
So I wanted to do a bit of a Q & A on everything Adobe Illustrator, but instead of doing a generalized Q & A I am going to focus on how you can learn Adobe Illustrator and What you
How To Create Hand-Drawn Details For Your Patterns Using Image Trace
I have done a lot of blog posts lately about not needing a design tablet to use Adobe Illustrator and this is no different. It's one of my favorite topics to discuss because when you start out in Adobe Illustrator
4 Ways to Use Adobe Illustrator’s Rotate Tool
One of my favorite tools to use in Illustrator is the rotate tool simply because it makes things easier. If I want to make a simple flower I can use the rotate tool and know that the petals are evenly
