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  • Anatomy illustrated

    Freelance medical illustrator Mike de la Flor guides you step-by-step through the essential concepts of medical illustration. Here he reveals the fundamentals of digital pen and ink techniques in Illustrator.

  • Create B-movie poster art

    Everything from desktop scans to bitmap images is useful when it comes to creating authentic B-movie poster art. Derek Lea explains how unconventional methods can yield stunning results in Illustrator.

  • From sketch to screen

    In his first tutorial, TechVector's Reggie Gilbert shows you a quick and simple way to create a stylised spray-can illustration from a simple sketch or photograph using a range of tools in Illustrator.

  • Create a tasty skate deck graphic

    From rough sketch through to perfect vectorised artwork, illustrator John McFaul gets reminiscent about designing and preparing a vibrant graphic fit for any plank.

  • Developing a brand

    Zip Design shows you how to create a logo and brand for an album release and associated marketing materials...

  • Work with perspective

    In part two of his masterclass, Derek Lea explains how symbol usage, feather effects and clipping masks can be used to add texture, colour and perspective to your tattoo-style illustration.

  • Creating and using logos

    Slingshot's Mat Burhouse demonstrates how to approach, create and use logos, from sketch book to style guide.

  • Photorealism explained

    Berlin-based designer and illustrator Susanne Paschke reveals how to create photorealistic illustrations in using Path tools and simple colour selections. And there's not an Autotrace tool in sight.

  • Pattern-based images

    It's easy to speed up your workflow using simple images and motifs created in Illustrator. McFaul uses to create swatches and patterns to fill a desired space and demonstrates what can be done with a little imagination.

  • Colour mixing for print

    Fully exploit the expressive potential of the print process in your creative work by exploring the technique of overprinting.
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