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25 Nov 2022

Graphic styles

How to use Graphic styles in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Illustration Graphic Design

21 Nov 2022

Patterns

Creating patterns in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Illustration Graphic Design

21 Nov 2022

Create Gradients Like A Pro

Use the Gradient tool to create gradients.

Graphic Design Illustration Adobe Illustrator

07 Nov 2022

Brushes

A Comprehensive Guide to Brushes in Illustrator

Graphic Design Illustration Adobe Illustrator

07 Nov 2022

How to Use the Live Paint Bucket Tool

The Live Paint Bucket and Live Paint Selection tools are great if you need to color ALL overlapping pieces of your artwork

Graphic Design Illustration Adobe Illustrator

26 Oct 2022

Use the Clipping mask

How to use the clipping mask in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Illustration Graphic Design

26 Sep 2022

Pen tool

Learn and use the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Illustration Graphic Design

MadViking - Mind your own business

25 Mar 2019

MadViking - Mind your own business

Launch of Mad Viking!

Projects Software Illustration

20 Aug 2017

Christoph Niemann: How to Overcome the 3 Fears Every Creative Faces

In this 99U talk, illustrator Christoph Niemann shares his three biggest fears: the fear of not being good enough, the fear that our work will be irrelevant, and the fear of running out of ideas. Each of these cripple our process in different ways, but as Niemann explains (complete with hilarious illustrations), there are solutions we can apply to each.

Video Talks Illustration Events Art & paintings

Decorative Stitch Brushes

11 Nov 2016

Decorative Stitch Brushes

For a client project, i created decorative borders in Illustrator. When this project was done, i decided to create a new collection of these decorative brushes for use on any vector element.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a shiny and decorative look and feel. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations.

Typography Illustration Art & paintings Graphic Design

14 Sep 2016

Tutorial: How to Make Seamless Pattern Repeats in Adobe Illustrator

Ever wondered how to create seamless patterns in Illustrator? This short video gives you short instructions on how to accomplish this. Video is by TheVectorLab

Tutorials Illustration

08 Sep 2016

Drawing a map in Illustrator

I'm currently in the drawing process of a map in Illustrator. In fact, it's a series of maps. The maps need to be in good print quality and also available online in a pdf. I searched for a good solution to cover both needs. Obviously, you go to Google Maps and take a screenshot of your map and location but this results in poor quality as the screenshot has a low resolution. I found some work arounds - i tried "my maps on Google" but the quality for print is not what i was looking for, it was poor quality and poor adjustment options. So i decided to draw them myself in Adobe Illustrator with the Google Map as a template layer as a starting point. I found some good, short video tutorials on how to create roads, rivers and labels in your maps:

Tutorials Illustration

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