Tutorial: Creating Perspective with the Free Transform Tool

Have you ever needed to create an illustration with a sense of perspective, but were frustrated using Envelope Distort tool, and didn’t have time to draw each shape by hand? Then this is the tutorial for you. We’re going to use the Free Transform tool to take a flat chessboard and give it some oomph by easily adding perspective.Click here to read more!

New Article on iStock: Rich Blacks

This week, author Cheryl Graham explains Rich Blacks, why they’re so important, and how to create your own. Click here to read more!

Tutorial: Draw a snarling panther icon with simple shapes

One of the handiest features in Adobe Illustrator is it’s built in shape tools (such as squares, circles, stars, etc). However, it can take time and practice to realize their full potential! Beginner illustrators tend to rely heavily (often too heavily!) on simple geometric shapes to create their compositions, but this can appear amateurish and unpolished. We’re here to show you how to use simple shapes as the basis of a more sophisticated, less ‘circle and square’ based icon of a snarling panther. Click here to read more!

Tutorial: Do’s and Don’ts When Submitting to iStock

There’s a lot of confusion about things that microstock sites like iStockphoto.com do and don’t accept (blends? meshes? text? unclosed strokes?). Contributors who’ve been around a while have learned over the years, and iStock does have a great Illustrator Training Manual… Still, we figured it’d be a great time to put together a list of not-so-well-known do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when submitting your vector illustrations. Click here to continue reading!

New Article on iStock: Clipping Masks

In the latest edition of Points & Paths, the amazing Cheryl Graham tells us all you need to know about Clipping Masks in Adobe Illustrator. Click here to read!