Remember the Spirograph? Relive your childhood memories with this simple yet stunning effect. Learn the "Ctrl+d" shortcut to save tons of time with repetitive tasks and try out some different brushes to get some cool variations on the same idea.

Editor's Pick in Adobe Illustrator, March 2006
Emerald-green and sparkling notes the icon of iTunes can now appear on your site created by your own hand with a few strokes in Illustrator.

Learn how to make a fancy star in this Illustrator tutorial. Use blending to create an interesting graphic.

The much anticipated integration between Illustrator and Flash lives up to its expectations, even with Dynamic text. The new Flash Text panel allows you to set up static, dynamic, or input text fields in Illustrator for use in Flash.

Editor's Pick in Adobe Illustrator, December 2005
You think you have nothing to do with China? But a grove of bamboo or just a couple vibrant green sticks could embellish many sites. Use our guide to create it!

The following tutorial comes out of a great question sent to me via email from Daniel Bosic, a Layers Magazine Tips of the Day reader from Canada.

In our last installment dealing with brushes in Adobe Illustrator, we looked at methods for generating Pattern Brushes from vector elements. But this week we'll leave the patterned strokes behind and delve into the messier realm of Art Brushes.

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the symbol sprayer to maximum effect, to create a floral border for a birthday invite.

Editor's Pick in Vector Graphics, November 2006
This tutorial in Vector Graphics will show you the easy way to create graphs. The author uses excellent texts and graphics to make each step as understandable as possible.

Super lovely anime character. Enjoy!!!