Vector Tutorials by northlite.net

Drawing a realistic paintbrush in Illustrator. Skills covered: pencil tool, setting shape options, editing a gradient fill, clipping masks.

Tricks to make resizing and transforming objects—even multiple objects— a snap!

Here's how to draw the pencil I used in the Illustrator logo for this website.

Learn how to make tiling hatches in Illustrator

Everyone wants to know how to get text to go on the top and bottom of a circle in Illustrator. Here's how!

Want more Styles in Illustrator? You can make your own and save them to use later.

What's the difference between Filters and Effects?

Learn how to load brush and other libraries in Illustrator 9 and 10.

Making pattern brushes can be baffling. How do you get the pattern to go around corners the right way so you can use the brushes on shapes like squares, stars, and hexagons, or bending lines? This clears it all up and you'll be creating your own pattern brushes in no time!