Adobe Illustrator can be a little tricky to get your head around, particularly after getting used to the workflow of applications such as Photoshop. The differences between layer use and the creation of objects and shapes can be really strange at first hand. Luckily there’s a range of help available for free online in the form of tutorials. Here is my collection of hand-picked articles from various sites that every designer should see, whether you’re a beginner or advanced user, there will be something here for you!
Vector Tracing a Photo
Create the Photoshop CS2 Splash Graphic
Illustrating a Summer Field Landscape
How to Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon
Create a Vector Film Slate Icon
A Guide to Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel
A Guide to Illustrator’s Blend Tool
How to Create a Cute Bunny Vector Character
Design with Swirls and Flourishes
Swirl Mania in Illustrator and Photoshop
Designing a Sleek Pencil Icon
Illustrator Watercolour Brush Tutorial
Creating a Vector Folder Icon
Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Snail Tutorial
Creating Vector Graphic Circles
How to Make a Map in Illustrator
Creating Convincing Characters
Creating a Crazy Cool Logo
Draw Your Own Vector Self Portrait
Create a Vector Cartoon Character
Guide to Illustrator’s Pen Tool
From Sketch to Vector Illustration
Create the Design Float Circle Icon
Illustrator 101 – Opacity Masks
Create a Vector Home Cinema Design
Creating a ribbon in Adobe Illustrator
Recreate the Obama Logo in Illustrator
Create the Perfect Diamond in Illustrator
Old School Type with Line Gradients
Simple organic shapes the Illustrator way
Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days
Creating a Friendly Green Type Treatment
Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator
Building a Website Wireframe in Illustrator
Create an envelpe icon with a satin feel
How to Create Anatomy Illustrations in Illustrator
Illustration 4 Pt Series – From Sketch to Finish
Create Sketchy-Style Vectors
Create Vector Japanese Style Tattoos
Create a Tasty Skate Deck Graphic
Just in case you didn’t know, I also have a collection of Illustrator tutorials right here on Blog.SpoonGraphics, to finish off the last 10 here’s some shameless self promotion of Illustrator turorials of my very own!
Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator
Create a Vector Pirate Cartoon Character
Vector Monster Character Illustrator Tutorial
Create a Colourful Abstract Wavy Ribbon
Translucent IM Style Illustrator Icon Tutorial
Create Your Own Spoof Airplane Safety Illustrations
How to Create a Vector iMac Graphic in Illustrator
How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator
Illustrator Tutorial – Create a Blissful Vector Scene
Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator
Thanks again to all who commented. To the article writers, it’s a pleasure, thankyou for creating such great content.
Its really good designs
i m also interested in illustrator work
its really good
i m also interested in illustrator designs
Perfect timing, just what I was about to start looking for :]
Long time lurker, first time poster – massive thanks for the latest installment, as well all the others! I really appreciate the effort you put into maintaining your site and continuing to provide me with daily inspiration. Now i just need to find a proper job where I can put these ideas to use!!
Great collection of Tutorials! I am going to take a test run on a few of them.
wow, awesome list.
thanks for taking the time to share this!
Nice collection Chris! In my quest of starting to learn Illustrator, this is a real help :) .
Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Great list!
Just what I need right now!
Nice roundup. I really appreciate you including one of my tuts :)
Great list! Thanks
Great Roundup much appreciate the add!
this has to be the best post so far… thank you so much for showing your top tutorials… always a pleasure reading your blog…
Excellent resources Chris! This will keep me up late at night for a few days!
This is awesome, thanks!
Lovely – Just made my life 10% better :)
Tanx :-*
one of the most useful links for sure……thanks
Great list of tutorials. This is a great thing to share with several beginning designers I know! Plus, you can never go wrong with more practice with vectors.
Thanks very tidy list of how to increase quickly the skills of imaging, thanks, very useful.
These are great tips. Thanks so much. I agree, some things every designer should know.
one more thing for my ‘to-do’ list … thanks for the inspiration!
very good work man, its really attractive & professional
Hey, thanks for the inclusion of my tutorial on here, however the folder is created in Photoshop and therefore is not an Illustrator tutorial.
Great list, very cool. Lots of good information here. Thanks!
Love it, thanks for sharing!
eek, very clean, very web 2.0, very boring. if you can give a step by step to recreate an illustration exactly, there’s not much humanity to it is there?
Great roundup, and thanks for the linage! :)
Great list and thanks for adding my tutorial :)
Thanks for this, it is realy inspiring to see how “easy” it is …. ;)
nice great selections thanks..
Cant say much else other than Brilliant List cheers!
So much new tutorials I haven’t seen before, thanks – bookmarking!
The self portrait tutorial is the business.
Thanks for the tips
Great list, Thanks!
hi! i am graphic designer from sri lanka I really love the tuts in this site. they really helped me to develop my illustrating skills, and i also like to thank my friend who send me the link of this site , i hope you guys will post more valuble tuts like this. thanks!
Very cool! Thanks!
thanks for all your tutorial….
Been working through some of these today, awesome stuff. Massive respect and thanks for posting this up, Chris. Some of the tips are going to save me hours!
Big Thanks from Madagascar :)