Editor's Pick in Vector Graphics Tutorials, June 2007
A very helpful tutorial on using Adobe Illustrator to design the artwork for a three dimensional product box. The author shows how the graphics must be folded the same way as the cardboard will be folded for the product package....

It's easy right? Just select your text, go to Type > Create Outlines and then apply your gradient. But what if you need to edit the text? You can't after you create outlines! This tutorial will teach you how to add a gradient and still be able to edit your text!

Practice makes perfect as they say. With this tutorial you'll get some practice using the Revolve effect and learn how to make a soccer practice cone!

Sometimes all a designer needs is a little bit of rest to get those design juices flowing again. With this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a furry pillow!

A checker board is basically 64 squares (8 rows and 8 columns) with alternating red and black color. We could create a small rectangle and duplicate it over and over again until we have the checker board filled out, but that would take forever. This tutorial will show you a much easier way!

The following tutorial shows how to create organic desktops using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Draw a soccer ball using Illustrator.

Realistic flat monitor created using Adobe Illustrator 10.

Illustrations created in all major vector drawing programs have a definite anatomy and share a common pattern. Whether you use Deneba Canvas™, Adobe® Illustrator®, CorelDRAW or Macromedia® FreeHand® you will find that this pattern exists even though each program may define the parts differently.

Continuing with the anatomy of vector illustrations, let's now take a look at anchor points (or simply points or nodes...).