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Character Artist: Kellee Riley
Our guest today is a famous designer Kellee Riley. In the past 6 years Kellee have illustrated over 30 childrens books as well including Barbie, Holly Hobbie and Friends, Dora the Explorer, Ni Hao Kai Lan, Wonderpets, Pony Mysteries and others. "Although I do everything in the computer now, from sketching to color, I am self taught in the programs, learning Photoshop and Illustrator through a lot of trial and error and repetition. I still learn new things every day!” — she says. Learn more about Kellee Riley, her illustrations after the jump.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Articles / Interview, Read More
How to Create Subtle Patterns for Web Projects in Adobe Illustrator CS6
Recently, the subtle pattern has been used more often in the design of websites. Today we will learn how to create several types of these fillings. The whole process should take you only a few minutes if you use the Pattern Creation feature in Adobe Illustrator CS6. Let’s begin!
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
How to Rotate Randomly Located Objects at a Certain Angle in Adobe Illustrator (Work with Grouped objects - Part 2)

Recently we showed you how to rotate randomly located objects at a certain angle in Adobe Illustrator. But unfortunately, we didn’t have an opportunity to apply the PathRotateAsTop script to the grouped objects. The author of this script, the famous designer, the creator of the free Mesh Tormentor plug-in Iaroslav Tabachkovsky, developed a script that can be applied to the groups of objects. Today I present you the free RotateAsTop script.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Scripts, Read More
How to Create a Vector Scene in Photoshop

This is a step-by-step walkthrough of my artwork Artificial Intelligence. This artwork took months to create and I almost went nutts creating it as it contains severe amount of detail. The following images are self-explanatory, I used Photoshop CS3, a mouse and my brain in order to create this artwork as well as all my other art pieces.

posted by: Ahmed Al-Refaie (OwaikeO), in Illustrator Tutorials / Illustration, Read More
How to Rotate Randomly Located Objects at a Certain Angle in Adobe Illustrator

Surely almost every vector artist faced the situation when he needs to rotate a randomly located object at a certain angle. A famous designer, the creator of the Free Mesh Tormentor plug-in Iaroslav Tabachkovsky will help us to solve this problem. He developed the script PathRotateAsTop for Adobe Illustrator which possesses all selected objects at the same angle.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Scripts, Read More
How to Create an iPad Interface in Adobe Illustrator
The following Adobe Illustrator tutorial will assist in understanding of the interface creation steps, from design to detailed description of each element. I am sure that all techniques described herein will be not difficult for understanding, however will provide the professional appearance for any of your projects.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Web Design, Read More
Revealing Vector Inking Methods in Adobe Illustrator

Inking in Adobe Illustrator is usually performed with the help of different brushes. But watching the works of professional illustrators, we do not always understand what types of brushes were used at the same time. I read a lot of discussions about the settings of calligraphy brushes to create a unique outline. The problem is not in the brushes settings, but in the method of inking. Today I will tell you about one of these methods. The DrawScribe plugin will help you to work more quickly and comfortably in the process of creating outlines. At the end of this article, you may also find the original Illustrator artwork file of the images shown above, including all the original dynamic sketch strokes! Find out more at the jump!

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Illustration, Read More
Tutorials that Show You How to Create Awesome Text Effects in Illustrator, Photoshop and CSS Step by Step
In every design, may it be a banner or a logo, text effect is very important. This is because an attractive text effect surely catches the eyes and delivers a better message to onlookers. In this showcase, we have collected 36 tutorials that show you how to create awesome text effects in Illustrator, Photoshop and CSS step by step. Feel free to learn from this tutorial and apply it to your very own graphic designs that may suit your needs and style.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Articles / Inspiration, Read More
How to Create Dynamic Backgrounds in Adobe Illustrator

To create dynamic vector repeating and non-repeating backgrounds, we will be using the Appearance panel, and the Phantasm CS plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. There will also be additional help from VectorScribe Studio. Let’s take a closer look at how this can be done.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Web Design, Read More
How to Merge the Text Blocks into One in Illustrator

Some designers often ask questions while working in Adobe Illustrator, namely how a couple of text blocks can be merged into one? On the forums of the vector graphics the solution to this question is often discussed. The suggested variants are usually laborious and time-taking. Today I will tell you a simple and, what is important, fast way to merge a number of the text blocks into one.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Scripts, Read More
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