New Article: Recoloring Artwork by Mordy Golding

Vector guru Mordy Golding, author of numerous Adobe Illustrator books and Lynda.com video tutorials pops by iStock to share some tips on recoloring artwork. Click here to read more!

Tutorial: Draw a Face Using Simple Shapes

Illustrator comes bundled with plenty of basic shapes: circles, squares, stars, etc. Anyone can ‘draw’ a cute star with the click of a button. So what? Well, with a little know-how and creativity you can easily use these simple shapes to create great illustrations. In this tutorial, we’re going to create a very simple smiling face using Illustrator’s Ellipse Shape Tool (and a little point tweaking with the pen tool). Click here to read more!

 Difficulty Level: Beginner

Tutorial: Creating a Vector from a Reference Photo

In this tutorial, we’re going to draw an old-fashioned typewriter loosely based on a reference photograph. We’re not going to be tracing the photo directly, only using it to help us figure out how to shade and place our object. Click here to read more!

 

 Difficulty Level: Intermediate+

New Article on iStock: Autotracing Do’s and Don’ts

This edition of Points & Paths, by Cheryl Graham, talks about Autotraces and what you can and can’t do with them. Click here to read more!

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe® Illustrator®

Drawing in Illustrator while continually clicking back and forth to your Toolbar to change your options is a drag. We strongly suggest that you take a few minutes to memorize keyboard commands: it’ll save time and help reduce strain on your mouse (or tablet!) hand. Click here to read!