1. Select a brush from one of the various brush libraries available from Illustrator 9 or make your own. I chose the star pattern and changed the color.
2. Make sure the stars are selected then open up Edit>Expand Appearance...

Illustrator's Art Brush is truly a multiple use tool. Sure you can choose from calligraphic or hand-drawn brush effects, but don't stop there. Found under Window>Brush Libraries (or from the Brushes palette's flyout menu) are Arrows, Artistic, Decorative, and Border brush styles, too. Illustrator...

One of the most intriguing tools in Adobe Illustrator is the Spiral tool, not because of what it does – creates spirals – but because of the mysterious terms used its dialog box. Words like Radius, Decay, and Segments leave artists with more questions than answers.

Editor's Pick in Vector Graphics, August 2005
Using Adobe Illustrator, learn how to refine any image to create a corporate identity or stylized illustration.

In a traditional desktop-publishing scenario, you create your artwork using a software program, print a hard proof of the results, and then use the proof as a reference to adjust for color shifts in the artwork. The color management features in Adobe® Illustrator® simplify this process...

Today I am going to show the basic way to illustrate and image into vector. Basically, it is quite simple to illustrate an animate rather than a real object. Its color tone is simple and easy to apply.

In this post I will show you how we created the logo. I will skip the drawing parts, yes there were tons of drawings before going to the computer, because when they stole my computer and backups in 2006 they took all my photos of the drawings.

Adobe® Illustrator® provides a vast array of filters and tools that can twirl, tweak, roughen, and otherwise transform an object into something completely different. Start with the simplest of objects — you might be amazed at what you can end up with...

Draw your own online game character!!

This is a tutorial that will teach you how to make perfect sunrays in Adobe Illustrator. You can use the result either in Illustrator itself or as a smart object in Photoshop.