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MirrorMe Keyboard Shortcuts

 Today’s guide is dedicated to speeding up your workflow with MirrorMe by using keyboard shortcuts. This information, along with the MirrorMe’s instructional product movies, will help you get the most from this unique plug-in!

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
Graphicxtras reviews MirrorMe with extensive tutorials!

This is Astute Graphic’s best plug-in yet. I don’t know how they do it but they regularly come up with plug-ins and ideas that should be in the application itself. This is one amazingly impressive software company and I can warmly recommend this plug-in as well as all their plug-ins. Five stars out of five - Andrew Buckle

posted by: Nicolas Van Der Walle, in Illustrator Tips / Small Tutorials, Read More
How to create a stylised butterfly and recycle your existing artwork using Illustrator and MirrorMe

The butterfly is a good example of a symmetrical shape and has been chosen for the logo of the new Adobe Illustrator plug-in from Astute Graphics. The MirrorMe plug-in is designed to create reflections in your vector artwork by using either one axis or multiple (up to 72) axes. In this tutorial we’ll take a look at the process of creating a stylised butterfly and also recycling existing designs, such as backgrounds, seamless patterns and pattern brushes out of its elements. Many pieces of artwork that you’ve already created in the past can now be transformed into a set of new designs in just moments.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Tool, Read More
How to Create Textures in Illustrator
Vector artworks containing textures always look more natural simply because all objects that surround us also have textures. The texture can show itself through surface roughness and color and irregularity of objects. Moreover, the vector with some texture always looks professional, that’s why in today’s tutorial we will check out several ways to create texture in Adobe Illustrator.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Small Tutorials, Read More
How to Create Glass Cloud Icon in Illustrator

Today we will take a look at one of the ways of creating glass objects in Adobe Illustrator on the example of the cloud icon. After studying this tutorial, you will easily be able to create a set of glass icons of any shape.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Icon Design, Read More
How to Avoid Elliptical Gradient Problem When Saving in Illustrator 8 EPS and 10 EPS
Many contributors of microstock websites faced a problem when an elliptical gradient breaks into a lot of objects, and even converts into a raster image when saving the file in the eps8 and eps10 format. Today we'll talk about how to avoid such unpleasant consequences.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Basix, Read More
How to Deform Objects Using Envelope Distort with Warp in Adobe Illustrator
In today’s tutorial we’ll talk about all the methods of deformation   of objects with the help of the Envelope Distort feature. Hopefully,   this tutorial will broaden your options and will save you plenty of time   in the future.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
How to Combine Several Gradients in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial we will deal with some combination of gradient fills with the help of Blending modes, gradients with transparent sliders, and Opacity masks. These techniques allow us to create complex color blends, which typically have real world objects.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Basix, Read More
How to Create 100% Vector Shadow in Adobe Illustrator
Today we will learn a couple of ways how to create vector shadow with the help of Blend Tool, Gradient Tool, Gradient Mesh, and Appearance panel. Have fun learning our new Adobe illustrator tutorial!
posted by: Sergii Korolko, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
How to Control Gradient Fills in Adobe Illustrator
Gradient fills are used to create transitions between colors. Most often they are used to add volume to flat vector objects, creating light and shadow. Today we’ll learn how to create gradients and control them.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Small Tutorials, Read More
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