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Adobe Illustrator tutorial - The Type tool

               

Part 4: The type tool The type tool is pretty easy to use, and if you are using Illustrator for web design, which I recommend using over using Photoshop. You will need to become familiar with all the type tool options. Make sure you learn the type tool and type on path option. The others are usefull but these are the most important. Some great links here that explain the type tool in greater detail. - Working with type in Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Design Center Tutorial - Putting type on a path - This site explains all different options of the type tool - Brief explanation and picture gallery of the type tool options- Adobe type tool gallery

Adobe Illustrator tutorial - The Pen Tool

               

Part 3: The pen tool is a strange tool and its pretty confusing at first but once you get to know what its all about it becomes pretty easy to use. Become very familiar with this tool because without it you cant draw anything but squares or circles. The best way to practice is to trace photos or even cartoons. Practice practice practice. Some great links here that explain the pen tool in greater detail. - school.tatoland.com does a very good job in explaining the pen tool - Pretty nifty pen tool cheat sheet by Creative Techs - Adobe's help resource center drawing with the pen tool - Basic Drawing with Adobe Illustrator's Paths & Pen tool

Adobe Illustrator tutorial - The Direct Selection Tool

               

Part 2: The direct selection tool is a very important tool to master, learn everything you can about this tool for you will be using it the most. The direct selection tool is the second tool a beginner should master.

Adobe Illustrator tutorial -The selection tool

               

Part 1: The selection tool is the easiest to learn,  but it is definitely a tool to become familiar with. The selection tool is the first tool a beginner should master. I apologize for blowing into the mic, its gone in the rest of the tutorials.

Top ten Adobe Illustrator tools a beginner should master

               

My first series of tutorials! The top ten Adobe Illustrator tools a beginner should master        The focus of this series is to get you working in Adobe Illustrator a little bit faster by just explaining the tools youll be using the most. Hopefully this will get beginners working in illustrator right away without having to learn tools they'll probably never use. Dont get me wrong, all the tools are important and you should learn them at some point but if you want to get working right away and dont have any time to spare, this series will help. The top ten Adobe Illustrator tools a beginner should master: Selection Tool Direct Selection Tool Pen Tool Type Tool Line Tool Rectangle Tool Gradient Tool Zoom Tool Hand Tool Eyedropper Tool I will be posting them as I finish so check back often for updates.

Welcome to Illustrationdan - Tutorials that matter

     

Thanks for visiting my blog.        So I’m trying a couple of new things with this blog: First and foremost I have never had a blog so this will be my first attempt at blogging. Second, I have never tutored anyone on anything so I hope I make things pretty easy to understand. So you’re probably thinking to yourself. What will I be teaching? At first I wanted to show people how to illustrate in vectors, assuming the viewer had a professional grasp on Adobe Illustrator. This got me thinking, I should start with some beginner Illustrator tutorials first. I dont know about you but I really dont like training videos that put me to sleep, 20 minute videos on how to customize your toolbar in Illustrator, BORING. I want to know the goodstuff, I want to get started now. So hopefully I can provide some short videos that get to the point and will help you move around in illustrator a little faster. Lastly, I don’t claim to be a graphics wiz, these are just little tricks I have learned through the years that might help some beginners. If you know a better way of doing things that I dont cover in my tutorials, please let me know. I will first start out with some easy tutorials on this blog probably just descriptions with screenshots but will eventually turn them into videos. Im still working on the delivery method for these videos. Here is the extreme beta version of the video blog http://www.lookslikeapainting.com So with the introduction over, let me get to work on some tutorials! Thanks