Illustrator aficionados are always on the lookout for techniques, tips, and tricks to enhance their design skills. If you want to improve your Illustrator skills and become a better graphic designer, check out the following 10 new and free Illustrator tutorials for February 2013.
Give your weather forecast a cool (or hot) look with these colorful sketched weather icons. This Illustrator tutorial shows you how.
Superman fans will love this tutorial that shows you how to design a wicked cool Man Of Steel icon. I’d love to see the Batman and Spider-Man icons designed with the same techniques.
3. Retro Badge
Use Illustrator’s cutting-edge design technology to create a retro-looking badge. This step-by-step Illustrator tutorial shows you how.
4. Bubblegum Buttons Vector Set Illustrator Tutorial
Learn how to design some sweet bubblegum buttons in this tutorial.
Use Illustrator to draw and color a vector floral background, perfect for websites, flyers, posters and other designs.
Illustrator newbies will appreciate this bare bones tutorial that shows them how to use the program’s most basic – yet powerful – features to create a tree design.
7. Stylish Illustrator Case Study
Show, don’t tell, seems to be the theme of this stylish Illustrator case study. The author doesn’t tell you how the created this illustration; instead, he shows you a frame each step of the way so you can figure it out for yourself. It’s a powerful way to learn Illustrator.
This tutorial walks you through the process of designing a search engine homepage, complete with custom icons. You’ll use both Illustrator and Photoshop in this tutorial.
This tutorial shows you how to create a comet using the blend tool and blurs.
Learn how to create a marker board illustration, which would serve as a unique yet compelling comparison marketing tool for web headers, brochures and posters.
