How to Make a Simple Snowflake Pattern in Adobe Illustrator
Winter is almost approaching so I thought I would show you how to make a simple festive snowflake pattern. This pattern utilizes Illustrators pattern tool so you don't have to know a lot of the technical stuff to make this
How to Create Rosy Cheeks in Adobe Illustrator
In a lot of designs, you will often see what I consider to be flat design rosy cheeks where the rosy cheeks are drawn on top of the face. There is really no blending in these types of cheeks and
My Top 4 Favorite Adobe Capture Features
I recently discovered the amazingness that is Adobe Capture so I wanted to share it with you. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Adobe Capture, Adobe Capture is an app on your phone that allows you to take
How to Curve a Picture Around a Circle in Adobe Illustrator
Occasionally, when you are designing something you might want to curve your design on a sphere to give it more dimension. For example, if you are creating any sort of ball you can create the pattern of the ball and
How to Make Quick Variations of Similar Design Elements in Adobe Illustrator
When you make patterns, you often may want to fill the pattern with small filler elements that repeat all over the pattern. Instead of drawing out different variations of that filler pattern, it's a lot easier to make one version
How to Create a Slanted Square Type Effect in Adobe Illustrator
Today I thought I would show you a quick and easy way to give dimension to your type. I have been seeing many designs where the graphic designer has used a slanted square technique in their type and we are
How to Create Brushes Using Existing Adobe Illustrator Textures
I have been seeing a lot of patterns with the same type of broken brush design and I wanted to create my own. I started creating a similar brush to the ones I have been seeing everywhere and realized that
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
How to Create Long Shadow Letters in Adobe Illustrator
I have been seeing a lot of long shadow designs lately and I thought I would share with you an easy way of creating your own. There is going to be two versions of this tutorial one that is slightly
