Tutorial: Drawing People Part 1

To follow up to our recent tutorial, ‘Draw a Face Using Simple Shapes’, we’ve decided to take things a step further and show how to draw an entire body. But before we dive in, we need to discuss some very important considerations when drawing the human figure. Since we’ve got a lot to cover we’re splitting this tutorial into 2 parts. This first tutorial will cover the basics of proportion, anatomy, and other things to keep in mind when drawing people. The second tutorial will apply these principles to a vector illustration. Let’s get started. Click here to read more!

Tutorial: Draw a Cute Purse Using Simple Shapes

In this tutorial, we want to create a very simple, clean handbag icon. I worked in a fancy accessories store back in College so I’ve always loved purses! We’ll show you some simple tricks for creating graphic simplification of an object, as well as some tips on how to create punch contrast as you’re shading your shapes. Click here to read more!

New ‘Open Shapes Select’ Script for Windows CS4

Those of you who are working in Adobe Illustrator CS4 on a PC have been a little frustrated: Everyone’s favorite ‘open shapes‘ selection plugin only works on a Mac. Until the new plugin is released, though, you should check out this handy script from Arid Ocean. It has some additional features, too: select transparent elements, find various color types and select paths with pattern or gradient fills. Click here to check it out!

Short Hiatus

Hello all,

I’m going to be a bit busy with the upcoming iStockalypse here in Calgary this week. I won’t be able to add any new tutorials but I hope to be back within a couple of weeks with something new, and who knows, maybe I can post some pics from the Vectorlypse portion of our event!! We’ve got some amazing illustrators attending, including blamb, simonox, spotb, freetransform, jayesh, pinktag, sposnick and mrroboto. Stay tuned!

-Jenn