One of the looks of "Web 2.0" is the aqua icons that Matt Kloskowski shows us how to make in the first issue of Adobe Illustrator Techniques print issue. Another look is the reflecting icon. The clean, crisp look of these attractive images makes clicking through a website's navigation fun. Here'...

Learn about the pen tool, pathfinders, and transforming objects while making a fairly basic but cool looking skull tattoo.

Make a 3D chess board and 2 chess pieces: the pawn, and the king. Learn Illustrator's 3D tools, pathfinders, how to make a grid, basic perspective, and the Live Paint Bucket tool.

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Learn about possibilities of texturing a logo in Illustrator to add some "been there, done that" attitude to your web design project.

In this tutorial we will make a rough edges like in a logo of Cops TV series.
1. Using Type tool create your text. Make it large enough, like 70 pt. Easier to work with, you can always downscale it later. Select it with Selection tool and convert into outlines (Type > Create Outlines).

This is a great way to create a road style that you can apply to any stroke.

I'll not go into the step by step details of every tool use (I would be here until next year!), but rather outline the stages of Frankenspoon's creation which can be implemented into creating your own flat pack toy.

When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs...

No need to use PageMaker or InDesign. Illustrator can do everything!!!

Editor's Pick in Adobe Illustrator, December 2005
Can't find a suitable picture of a Santas hat? Draw one yourself! Heres how to do it.