Launch up Adobe Illustrator, select the Rounded Rectangle Tool and draw a shape as shown. Use the cursor keys to adjust the roundness of the corners to give almost circular ends.

Part one of the series will cover the creation of this flying bat ghost type fellow, so to begin launch up Adobe Illustrator.

The tutorial covers the complete design process from conception to completion, creating a practical logotype that will work in the real world.

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.

First of all, select your palette of colours. Maybe like me you have just bought a new belt with a cool combination of stripes that you can pinch the colours from...

Follow this tutorial to create your own vector character; Freddy the Fish.

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Drawing IM icon might provoke you to come up with your own ideas and improve your Adobe Illustrator skills.

Using the Text Wrap feature within Adobe Illustrator you can quickly and easily format your text to harmonise with your photographs and images.

Adobe Illustrator has some nifty built in features when it comes to working in three dimensions. This example gives a quick walkthrough on using such features to create a 3D rotatable globe, allowing the earth to be revolved in order to show the desired countries and continents.

Starting with the design application of Adobe Illustrator create a group of vector based geometric lines at dynamic 45 degree angles, then follow the walkthrough to rough them up with brush textures in Adobe Photoshop resulting in a cool and trendy design style.