Illustrator Drawing: Art tools

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

Stunning Vector + Raster images

Following last month's vector vs. bitmap article, I decided to crack open a collection of rare and spectacular art I've been gathering over the past few months and show you some of these marvels. The first several pieces were created by talented young artists by combining vector and bitmap (raster) techniques. Here are some of the best, along with several excellent graphic designers who turn their visions into real products.