Sunday, January 31, 2010

031-Legos

Again, not as easy as I thought it would be. I will have to revisit this.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

030-House Illustration

Vanishing points, smart guides and the Pathfinder palette.

029-Avacado

Better late than never. Another tutorial. Learned how to scale a pattern that has been applied to a shape–without affecting the shape. Should have known that one already.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

028-Popsicle

Tried out this tutorial. Very well explained. Learned a little something as well. Feeling better about using the Blur Effect even though it is not technically vector. I guess the Drop Shadow effect is not either. Hmm.
Font: Rockwell

027-Gears

Dude. This tutorial was not as easy as it looked. It took lots of processing power, time and understanding of Illustrator. I spent much more time than I thought I would. It's not perfect but it takes too long to move things around so it is good enough for tonite.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

026-Perspective Stripes

I saw this website and got inspired. For the blur in front, I tried one gradient with 17 colors but found that 16 two-color gradients end to end worked much better.
Font: Bauhaus Bold

Monday, January 25, 2010

025-Vector Wood Grain

Have been wondering the best way to make a vector wood grain. This is a very simple and effective tutorial.
I still wish there was an easy way in Illustrator to make something look debossed. That is the part that took the longest on this one.
Fonts: Madrone, Blackoak