From Sketch To Digital Art. Adobe Illustrator And Photoshop Tutorial

A great comprehensive video tutorial from TutCandy. Click the play button and learn how to convert a sketch into digital artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. If you pay attention you may also learn some useful shortcuts.

"In this tutorial we will show you how to go from sketch to vector and maintain that hand-drawn look. We start off cleaning the image in Photoshop, don't freak if you haven't got it, all photo editing software should have very similar functions.
Then take it into illustrator and use the automated live trace tool, which I normally think auto anything does a pretty terrible job but for rough hand-drawn linework it will work just perfectly."

Sketch to vector Illustrator Tutorial from che mcpherson on Vimeo.

Mosaic Effects with Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop

An Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial from Digital Ars Magazine exploring techniques for designing mosaic effects using vector symbols and global colors...

"We’ve all seen mosaics made up of smaller images, and there’s a handful of Photoshop plug-ins or standalone software that can generate impressive but somewhat automated results.
But what if you want total control over your mosaics’ appearaty to update it at the click of a button?" Full Tutorial

High Tech Winter Scene Illustration

Fresh materiall from Digital Arts Magazine. A digital illustration tutorial showing you various techinques and a workflow for composing a high-tech 3D winter landscape using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.

"This futuristic image – which resembles a Bond villain’s polar lair – is created using three separate applications, and will put your compositing skills through their paces.

The structure’s blueprint is created in Illustrator, and then transformed into a 3D object using Cinema 4D, before being composited into the landscape in Photoshop." Full tutorial

Organic Illustrations. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorial

A digital illustration tutorial from Computer Arts Magazine, showing you how to combine Photoshop and Illustrator techniques in order to compose organic illustrations. 

"Doug Alves reveals the thinking and methods behind his incredible artwork... When I was kid, I used to spend my vacations in a small, peaceful town that was nature-rich, and when I was researching for my own style I just brought my childhood into my illustrations." Full tutorial and support files

Speed Ilustration

Process as Drawing - 12 from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Spot Colors

"Screened in combination, the four inks of process printing – cyan, magenta, yellow and black – can create the illusion of a wide range of colors. But CMYK cannot reproduce large parts of the visible spectrum, such as very bright colors. After all, these four inks can only reflect light, not emit it."
Full Tutorial & Files Computer Arts Magazine 2008

Vector Hoodie Template for Adobe Illustrator

A free clothing design resource in vector format from pindlekill. If you're designing a merchandise collection or other kind of promotional clothing, this vector hoodie template may be useful...


You can easily place your own artwork or a logo and try different colors. To do so, select an area with the Selection Tool feature in Adobe Illustrator, then choose ( Object>Ungroup) twice and change the fill color.

The zip archive contains AI, PSD and PDF versions of the template. Download

Creative Suite 4 (cnet review)

"Adobe released details Monday about Creative Suite 4, its first update to more than a dozen design and editing tools since Adobe CS3 some 17 months ago.
The costs of the applications, set to reach consumers in October, haven't changed since CS3, but remain hefty. Should longtime users upgrade?" Read Full review

Adobe CS4 Web Announcement

If interested (and free at the time), you can check the be an official CS4 web announcement tomorrow morning. There are multiple time slots to choose from. To register, go to the following URL: http://adobe. istreamplanet. com/

Pattern Swatches Tutorial

Create your own cool repeating patterns from combinations of vector elements, using these tips from Drew Cain.

Our world is filled with patterns – from ripples in a sand dune and scales on a snake to furniture and fashion – and even the tiling photos of sleeping cats that flood the background of some of the folksier blogs.

Full Tutorial via Digital Arts Magazine

Logo Identity

Computer Arts Magazine just published a how to logo identity tutorial for Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop on their website. Check it out.

"If you’re setting up on your own, you’re going to need a logo. Follow Alan Wardle’s advice on how to create a unique design...

Your logo is one of the most important things you can create. It’s the image that will represent you as a freelancer; an opportunity to embody your brand and separate yourself from the competition. Above all, it’s a tool for immediate recognition"

Source Files and Full Tutorial via Computer Arts Magazine tutorial page.

Adobe MAX 2008/2009

MAX is an experience unlike any other — an opportunity to connect with thousands of designers, developers, partners, executives, and Adobe staff for education, inspiration, and community. MAX 2008/2009 will be held in San Francisco, Milan, and Tokyo. Be sure to mark your calendar for this important global event. More here and here

Frankensteining Vector and Raster

A great tutorial for frankensteining pixel and vector elements with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. From istockphoto's article section.

"Many artists use only vector art in some of their designs, whether it’s for print or the web. Some clients’ web sites or print material lend themselves to consist of illustrations rather than photos. Other clients may prefer almost all photos to have a more personalized look that has more human interest appeal.
Raster images are composed of pixels, and are often photos. When you take a photo of something, digital cameras save the information in this way. So when you open the image at full size, that’s as big as it should be." Full tutorial

Website Layout Design with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

It was just about time for the first web design tutorial in this blog. Vector illustration skills are handy not only for print , but also for web design. A warmup exercise from ComputerArts Magazine.

"Craig Grannell shows you how to use Adobe’s two CS3 graphic design powerhouses to work up the layout for a website
Most web designers work with Photoshop or Fireworks when creating websites, and Illustrator is often overlooked. However, Adobe’s vector package is perfect for crafting the initial components of web layouts." Full tutorial and source files via Computer Arts Magazine

Retro Logo Tutorial for Adobe Photoshop

"Get inspired by movie posters of the 70s to create an illustrative logo with a funky contemporary feel…

Your logo can be much more than just a corporate badge. After all, if you’re a design business, it ought to reflect the ‘design’ part as much as the ‘business’ part...

Here we’ll create a new twist on the classic 70s Blaxploitation illustration-based logo..." Full tutorial and source files via Computer Arts Magazine

The Paint Brush Tool in Adobe Illustrator

The most popular category in Vector-Art.blogspot.com is Brushes. There you can find many free vector brush sets for Adobe Illustrator and some custom vector shapes for Photoshop. Probabably, there are some newbie visitors who are not familiar with the paint brush tool or how vector brushes work. The video tutorial below explains the usage of those features in Adobe Illustrator CS3. Тake a quick look at the brushes collection too, surely you'll come up with some interesting ideas.

Vector Snowflakes

A pack of six different snowflake vectors from jeni-cek. Inside the zip file you will find an Illustrator (.ai) file, a Photoshop Custom Shape file and a pdf. Download

Color Tricks

Great color tips for Photoshop and Illustrator from Digital Arts Magazine

"Do your colours fail to dazzle? Do your lines lack oomph? Sebastian Onufszak shows some nifty Photoshop and Illustrator tools for getting great results every time.
Creating an image this striking takes talent with a pen and paper, genius with illustration software – and a lot of planning. Here, Sebastian Onufszak guides you through how he created this poster-style picture, all the way from his first sketch to the finished composition." View full tutorial

Free Vector Girls Stock

A free vector stock from abstrasctik. The pack contains an Adobe Illustrator file with illustrations of the girls you see below plus its psd version. Download

Spacecraft Custom Shapes for Adobe Photoshop

A collection of custom vector spacecraft shapes for Adobe Photoshop by retoucher07030. Those are just outlines but I'm pretty sure someone will find them useful. Note if you're a CS3 user you can export and use the shapes is Illustrator (select + copy in Photoshop and paste in Illustrator) Download link