Special thanks to Ainsley Bevis for sending in this great Adobe Illustrator tutorial! She covers a number of good techniques good for beginner to intermediate Illustrator users. Ainsley is from BloomWebDesign.net ... and writes . . .
In this tutorial, I'll teach you how to design vector illustrations of Art Equipment in Adobe Illustrator. You can see the finished piece in this enlargement
If you haven't tried it, you have no idea how much time and sweat-equity is invested in photo enhancements and photo manipulations. These samples represent a broad spectrum of talent from around the world in the photo enhancement realm. Most of these utilized Adobe Photoshop with add-in graphics and effects from Adobe Illustrator. Some used Painter or other image editing and retouching software. But one thing they all have in common is the amount of time and labor each image represents -- and the fact that these artisans represent the epitome of visual story telling.
Pattern Design, unlike any other form of design
Artlandia SymmetryShop Adobe Photoshop plug-inDesigning patterns is difficult because of the intricate demand to detail, and the level of skill required to visualize how the finished pattern will evolve. Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator have attempted to simplify the process, but haven't really hit the solution that satisfies. Enter Artlandia.
The latest version 3 of SymmetryShop, an Adobe Photoshop plug-in for professional pattern design markedly simplifies the pattern design workflow by making the plug-in functionality available as a floating Photoshop panel. So we thought we would look around and see how this technology is being put to work by world-class talents using this plug-in. Wow -- here are three "Designing Women" who take their patterns, and SymmetryShop very seriously!