Meet the VECTORTUTS Writing Team
in News by Sean HodgeVECTORTUTS continues to grow at a strong pace, which is great! We want to keep providing this high-quality content to you. We’ve been busy making connections with some more quality artists that will consistently bring you more articles and tutorials every week. Let’s take a look at our writing team.
Create a Stylized Vector Police Badge with Metal and Leather
in Illustration by Simona PfreundnerIn this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create leather material in Adobe Illustrator with modified patterns, gradients, and layer blends. You’ll learn a simple way to create stitches and how to make shiny metals.
50+ High-impact Illustrated Vector Posters
in Articles, Illustration by Chris SpoonerThe use of bold vector shapes and illustrated elements is right at home when it comes to poster design, creating a visually attractive and artistic image to catch the attention of the viewer.
This collection of 50+ high-impact illustrated vector poster designs created by talented illustrators and designers from across the globe are perfect examples, ranging from intricate and detailed patterns to bright and colourful shapes.
Create a Vector Film Slate Icon
in Illustration by RypeIn this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a vector film slate icon. The tutorial uses some basic shapes, some gradients, and even a blend. Moreover, you can easily customize this tutorial with your own logo or typography.
Methods for Creating Random Vector Noise
in Illustration by Peter AkuratnyIn this tutorial, we look at two ways to quickly create vector noise patterns, similar to Photoshop’s Gradient Noise, but this time fully controllable, resizable, and editable, as it will be a vector graphic. For color control we’ll look at the Live Color feature, available in Illustrator CS3.
Create a Stylized Semi-Realistic Wine Glass
in Illustration by Simona PfreundnerIn this tutorial, we’ll look at how to create a semi-realistic object with gradients and layer blends. Also, we’ll learn more about the Blend Tool and how to create glass-like material with gradients and layers.
Create a Glowing Abstract Light Vector Graphic
in Illustration by RypeIn the following tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a glowing light abstract vector graphic. The great thing about this tutorial is it doesn’t use any raster effects. The final illustration is all vector! In this tutorial, you’ll utilize blends, different blend modes, and gradient meshes. Moreover, these techniques are real easy to apply to other illustrations.
Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
in Tools & Tips by Ian YatesIf you use Adobe Illustrator, then it’s almost certain that you use the Pen tool when creating your paths. This comprehensive guide aims to introduce or remind you of features, shortcuts, and methods for working with what is arguably Adobe’s most essential tool.
How to Create a See-through Information Graphic
in Illustration by JonathanThis tutorial will cover the techniques used to create see-through information graphics. You’ll need a strong familiarity with Adobe Illustrator’s Pen Tool to complete this tutorial.
Design a Vector Audio Speaker Icon In Illustrator
in Designing by RypeIn this intermediate tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a vector speaker icon. When you break down the elements you’ll find it fairly easy. We’ll be using some ellipses with gradients, the Grid Tool, and the Mesh Tool to create this icon design.
