5 Tips for Using the Blob Brush Tool
The blob brush tool is one of my favorite tools in Adobe Illustrator, but it can be really frustrating if you don't know how to use it. When you master the blob brush tool, you can use the tool in
Working with Type in Adobe Illustrator
Lately, I have been doing a lot of free work for blogs that have required me to work with type so I thought I would share with you some of the tools that Adobe Illustrator provides to help you customize
How to Add Your Patterns to Mockups
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about my top 5 favorite free mockups and I wanted to follow that up with a post about how to apply your patterns to one of the free mockups: a tote bag.
How to Use the Blend Tool with Odd Shapes (Adobe Illustrator)
The blend tool is a great way to add simple shading to your designs without the hassle of messing with the gradient tool. It's not so great, however, when you need to create shading on unique shapes. For example, say you
How to Divide a Circle into Equal Parts in Adobe Illustrator
Someone left a comment on one of my previous posts asking how to divide a circle and I thought that instead of explaining the process to just that person I would share it here. This tutorial uses some of the
How to Make a Color Lighter or Darker in Adobe Illustrator
What I like about design software is you are able to develop your own ways of doing things. I tend to like the very dumb down, simple ways of working in Illustrator and this is one of them. A while back
How to Make a Simple Wreath Using Illustrator’s Rotate Tool
With Illustrator's rotate tool making a simple wreath is rather quite easy. In this tutorial, I am going to show you step by step my process of creating wreaths and how you can go about making all sorts of wreaths
10 Illustrator Tools Every Surface Pattern Designer Should Know
Most Surface Pattern Designers use Illustrator as their main tool for creating their designs. Illustrator has hundreds of useful tools that can be used to create beautiful patterns but if you try to learn all of them you are going
