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Simple Flower 2 - Illustrator Tutorial

This is another quick and simple Illustrator tutorial - View the last flower tutorial?
This is aimed at people like me who do not have a lot of experience will Illustrator.  The simple flower I’ve drawn here could be used for anything like background images, or to create scrapbooking embellishments out of.
Stage: Beginner
Time: About 5 Minutes.
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Simple Flower Illustrator Tutorials

Spring has sprung; it’s officially the season of blooming buds, blossom, flowers, and sheep!
So, in celebration, I’ve scoured the web and compiled a list of five different illustrator tutorials for drawing simple flowers.
These tutorials vary from using the rotation tool, the direct selection tool, many of the shape tools and the gradient tools. So, if […]

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Scattered Stars - Illustrator Tutorial

I decided I wanted some randomly placed scattered stars for a project this evening, and I had this idea as an alternate to making a symbol and spraying it, that I’d create a scatter brush. I felt there was more control using a scatter brush as opposed to symbols. Here is what […]

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Create A Balloon - Illustrator Tutorial

Quick and easy balloon shape in Illustrator.
1. Open a new document and with the ellipse shape tool draw a balloon shape oval:

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Easy Flower - Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to create a pretty vector flower with Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial uses version 10, but it is a simple technique so I’d be suprised if it didn’t work with other versions…
Stage: Beginner
Time: Around 10mins
What you will be learning to draw:

Create a new document and draw a rectange any shape, with a fill […]

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Illustrator Tutorials & Artwork

I really do love illustrator and I wish I could use it to it’s full potential. But for now I am content using it to make colourful swirls and drawings with my tablet pen!
I’ve found some lovely sites out there, all very helpfull, full of tutorials. These are my current favorites:
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