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Envato’s Most Wanted — $1,000 Reward for the First 40 Illustrator Actions
We’re putting a $1000 bounty on the heads of Envato’s most wanted file type — Illustrator Actions on GraphicRiver. The first 40 files uploaded (and subsequently approved) to GraphicRiver each get $25 (with a maximum of 4 files or $100 per author).
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Creating Stippling Vector Artwork in Adobe Illustrator

Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying shades of tone by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists. These illustrations may contain many thousands of points, and creating them manually is a very time-consuming process. In addition, you will need special skills. For example, the illustration that you see in the preview for this tutorial contains more than 75,000 points. Today I’ll tell you how to create illustrations in the stippling style automatically. Let’s begin!

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Illustration, Read More
How to Considerably Reduce the Source EPS File Size in Illustrator?
Probably you have been searching for the answer to this question many times. Standard proposals as to this problem solving can provide your source file size reduction only by a few hundred kilobytes, and it is doubtful whether this would satisfy you. Today let me tell you how to make the source EPS file much smaller. The solution is very simple and original. Hope you find it interesting!
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator (Part 6)
Natalie Ulrich shares some very interesting tricks with us. Today we learn some peculiarities of Star Tool and Blend Tool (W) application. Learn at the jump!
posted by: Natalie Ulrich, in Illustrator Tips / Basix, Read More
How to Create a Vector Artwork in the Style of Pencil Drawing in Illustrator

In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’ll show you how to create sketch-like vector brushes for reproducing a pencil sketch in vector artwork. Then we will apply one of the created brushes in practice and get to know all the stages of creating this artwork. In this tutorial I used the Phantasm CS and DrawScribe plugins so you’ll learn about some tools of these plugins and apply them to solve practical problems.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tutorials / Illustration, Read More
Overview: Dynamic Sketch Preferences

In this article I’ll tell you how to reconfigure the Dynamic Sketch Tool for easier work. We will learn about all the options for this tool and talk about all the effects they have.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Basix, Read More
How to Close Paths Using Standard Functions of Adobe Illustrator

For a long time it’s been discussed on the forums devoted to the work of Adobe Illustrator how to close paths quickly. The designers often face with the problem that the clients do not except the vector works because of the open paths. Search and closing of paths manually is a tiresome work. Today I will tell you how to close paths with standard Adobe Illustrator’s means and about other ways of solving this problem with scripts and plug-ins. 

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Techniques, Read More
6 Seamless Free Vector Patterns
Background patterns, especially those seamless and scalable patterns, are very useful as design elements. Using seamless patterns are a fantastic method for giving your design some added depth and character by either subtly highlighting key areas or for creating a background that will push your layout design to the forefront. Skateboard decks, custom apparel, package designs and website backgrounds are just some of the uses for the good old pattern swatch. Patterns as backgrounds are also useful for scrapbooks, invitation cards, even business card designs.In case you are looking for some pretty but free background patterns that you can use for free, here are six seamless patterns that you can use for your projects.
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Vectors, Read More
Overview: InkScribe Preferences

In this article I will show you how to customize the InkScribe Tool for easy work. InkScribe is designed to allow all users to get comfortable with the vector design process, from novices to professionals. The Preferences offered is key to ensuring this. We will learn about all the options of this tool and will talk about the advantages of choosing one or another option.

posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Illustrator Tips / Basix, Read More
Free Scripts for Illustrator - Random Resize and Random Opacity
Today we present you two useful scripts for Adobe Illustrator. The said scripts have been designed by gifted Ukrainian developer and the friend of mine — Yemz, who is also known to be the developer of Free Mesh Tormentor Plugin. Using Random Resize and Random Opacity scripts, you could promptly resize the objects and change thereof transparency in random mode.   
posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, in Freebies / Free Scripts, Read More
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