In this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial we will be exploring an interesting technique of creating a pattern of hexagons for the objects of any shape which was designed by my friend Iaroslav Yemz. Beside this, we will be using 3D modeling and Gradient Mesh. The Adobe Illustrator Tutorial contains plenty of useful professional tips. Let's get started!

I  have good news for the owners on Mac OS. The beta version of Mesh Tormentor for MAC is available for downloading and testing. I invite everyone who wishes.

In this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial we will look at an original way of creating a seamless pattern, developed by my friend and namesake Iaroslav aka Yemz. I think this versatile way will help you to achieve the desired result within minutes. I do not know how about you, but my brain always start boiling when it comes to creating of a seamless pattern. I know many techniques of its creation but this was the only one that made me breathe a sigh of relief. Take a note!

In this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial we will learn how to create vector mosaic in a few minutes. This Adobe Illustrator Tutorial is designated for beginners who are taking the first steps in mastering Adobe Illustrator. Such artworks are easy to create, however, they are in good demand at the stocks, such as Shutterstock and iStockphoto.

Today I’m publishing a complete guide to Mesh Tormentor plug-in which caused a burst of enthusiastic feedbacks of illustrators from all over the world. This guide is written and illustrated by YemZ, the author of the plug-in.

There are six illustrations of the vector stationery in this pack. The license allows you to use them in your commercial client projects as well, see the download file for details. The illustrations can be colored any way you choose, as it’s all vector in EPS 8 format!

All those who have tried to work with Gradient Mesh know how hard it can be to learn this technique. A lot of people quit after having failed to get acceptable results. Anyway, it is a very hard work and advice will not work here. Only practice, personal strategy, and many, many hours of manual work will lead to success. I've always regretted that there are no tools in Adobe Illustrator that can automate and streamline manual operations.Now it is not like that! YemZ, talented designer from my country, has developed Mesh Tormentor plugin, which will surprise you with its functions. What a creation are the Art Brushes of Mesh objects. Let's see what it does and where it can be used when applied.

There are nine vector metal web buttons in this pack. The license allows you to use them in your commercial client projects as well, see the download file for details. Each web button  can be colored any way you choose, as it's all vector in EPS 8 format!

Today I’m starting with a series of illustrator tutorials about the description of the Illustrator tools. To gain a better understanding of the tutorial, I include written and video part for this series. I'm planning to describe not the tools only, but techniques as well, both simple and complex ones, those that you are interested in and/or are hard to understand. So the content of this section depends on your wishes. Why did I begin with the Eraser Tool? It puzzles some of my students - why does not it want to erase. Let us figure this out, and where this tool is used and applied.