In today’s article I explore new functions of the Pencil Tool (N). Tool options have been greatly simplified, from now on we can automatically close paths and draw straight line segments. Are there any problems with editing paths? Let’s check.

Imagine if you were able to draw more naturally and intuitively in Adobe Illustrator! Well, anyone who has used the Dynamic Sketch plug-in will know that this has been specifically designed just for this! Today’s guide aims to speed up your vector workflow with Dynamic Sketch by using keyboard shortcuts. This information, along with the Dynamic Sketch’s instructional product movies, will help you get the most from this extremely effective plug-in!

If you use Photoshop’s Curves, Levels and Hue/Saturation for color corrections then you will love using the Phantasm plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial I’m going to share with you how to achieve tonal and color correction in vector images with the same ease as Photoshop’s tools. We will even be able to adjust the Alpha channel and spot colours with this amazing plug-in.

The revolutionary InkScribe plug-in is designed to help you draw precise and calculated shapes in the easiest and quickest way.  Today’s guide shows how to speed up your workflow with InkScribe by using keyboard shortcuts. This information, along with InkScribe’s instructional product movies, will help you get the most from this unique plug-in!

Today we begin a series of articles devoted to new features of Adobe Illustrator CC/17.1, which to my point of view are long-expected and more useful than the features of the previous, 17.0, release. Let’s take a closer look at these features - on the stage of Live Corners.

In Illustrator version CC(17.1) and above, we have the opportunity to create custom Tools Panels where we can gather the essential tools and avoid wasted toolbox space. The purpose of custom Tools Panels is to make the tools we personally use more accessible.

If you’ve ever needed to remove unwanted sections of paths quickly and easily then the Gesture Trimming function in DynamicSketch should be part of your toolkit! In addition to showing how this can be done we’ll also look at how to create a vector outline using a few tools by Astute Graphics.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a vector outline using Width Brush Tool, Width Eraser Tool and Width Selector Tool, which are the tools of the WidthScribe plug-in and are designed for easy work with variable width paths. Today we will create an outline of a comic character, and before we begin, let’s briefly look at a few ways that it can be done.

In this tutorial we will take a look at several ways to create grids, including hexagonal grids, which will be a basis for seamless geometric patterns. Such types of patterns are relatively easy to create; they remain, however, in demand in different design spheres, such as print design, textile design and web design.

Graphic designers more and more often face with tasks which require expressing of data in graphic form. I don’t think that infographics is just another design trend. It is most likely that this design direction will continue growing. Today we will look at the method of space separation of the vector object in accordance with data that can be presented in absolute and percentage terms.