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  • Creating vector characters in Illustrator

    Characters can add a recognisable face to your work. But how do you go from a sketch to the finished product? Peskimo talk through their process.

  • Creative lighting techniques

    It's easy enough to add natural-looking lighting effects to your clean vector graphics, says Ben the Illustrator.

  • Envelope distortion in Illustrator

    Distortion effects can take the perfect lines of your vector illustration and give them a more organic or hand-sculpted appearance, says Sam Hampton-Smith.

  • Combine textures with vectors

    Sometimes vector art, although infinitely flexible, appears too crisp and unnatural. A little wear and tear is the perfect remedy, says Derek Lea.

  • Creating trees in Illustrator

    Green is in vogue and clients everywhere want natural imagery in their promotional material. Ben the Illustrator shows you how to create a fresh-looking tree.

  • Pixels and vectors

    The gap between working with pixels and vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop is closing rapidly, thanks to Smart Objects. Derek Lea explains all while creating a highly textured yet vector-sharp masterpiece.

  • Retro car vectors

    All you need is some inks and some brushes to turn a photograph of a car into a vector illustration. John Kelly of Joke Art talks you through the process

  • Symbol patterns

    Generate repeating patterns within finite regions, as defined by custom objects, to create innovative texture effects in your vector art. Derek Lea explains the techniques required to fashion this psychedelic masterpiece.

  • 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.
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