Vector Tutorials by creativepro.com

Adding strokes to type lends definition to text, but adding offset strokes adds dimension to text. In this video tutorial, Deke McClelland shows how to use the Transform Effect feature in Illustrator CS to add depth to text.

Adobe Illustrator gives you the freedom and flexibility to draw extremely complex art -- so complex that it bogs down your printer. See how Illustrator expert Sarajo Frieden simplifies her point-laden drawings as she designs a UNICEF greeting card from rough pencil sketch to follow-up project.

Sit. Meditate. Paint. That's the philosophy behind the Japanese art of Sumi-e, or black ink painting. You can apply these ancient techniques with modern tools, thanks to Adobe Illustrator. But remember: there's no digital equivalent for meditation.

Mixing up colors in Illustrator is lots of fun -- that is, until you spend precious time digging through swatches to find just the right variation of the color you specc'd much earlier in the project. In this story learn how an Illustrator pro organizes her colors and creates custom color charts.

Using Illustrator symbols, you can map artwork onto 3D objects you create. Here's how!

Start the new year with a bang by creating a new business card in Adobe Illustrator CS. Using basic templates and tools, you can design a great-looking card in no time.

Illustrator CS2 does have a feature that allows it to detect when you've specified an overprint for an object that is painted white (Figure 1), but this happens only when you're applying the overprint -- not as in the case above where the object already had the overprint, but the color was changed from black to white.