70 Most wanted Illustrator tutorials of all time

Richie

When it comes to web and graphic design, Adobe Illustrator is usually the primary option to consider. However, just like most other graphic design tools, it is easy to learn but extremely hard to master. Illustrator offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out your design, optimize structure proportions and emphasize some beautiful details.

If you have some experience with Illustrator then it is easy to learn the basics and quickly produce very impressive and beautiful results. With the help of Illustrator, we can create any type of stunning effects, especially related to typography.

We all know that Illustrator is the most powerful tools for creating vector graphics. Whether it is about designing icons or creating vector landscapes, illustrator is the boss. A true designer should master this vector tool and his/her skill set is defined by how avidly he/she can illustrate. We have seen so many inspirational illustrations from awesome artists.

In this article, I have rounded up some of the best Illustrator tutorials of all time. They include from creating simple text effects to the most advanced hand drawn elements. So, I think this ought to keep you busy for at least a month. Have fun and Good Luck!

1) Create a editable metal type treatment.

2) Create a Zombie illustration with a pen tablet:

3) Create editable Letter Press styled text

4) Create a Gig Poster

5) Create a Cute Panda Bear face icon

6) Pixels and Vectors Tutorials

7) Creating Road Maps

8) Retro Car Vectors

9) How to create a Interior – Mechanical dynamics of a Car

10) Ornate Lettering Process

11) Create Trendy Geometric Lines with a grunge look

12) Create Geometric Patterns

13) Create a vector tree with custom brushes and gradient mesh tool

14) Create an Open book with Illustrator 3D bevel and Emboss Tool

15) Create an environmentally friendly Green type treatment

16) Create a surrealistic hand-drawn illustration

17) Create a curious owl in illustrator

18) Create colorful layered paper type

19) Create a fun 3D character logo

20) Smoothly Shift winter colors while creating an icy vector landscape

21) How to create a vector goldfish in 6 steps

22) Create seamless swirls

23) Abduzeedo 2010 Logo design

24) Create a geometric flower effect logo

25) Illustrator Quick tips : Scatter brushes

26) Create Super cool abstract vectors

27) Create a crazy cool logo

28) Create a climbing rope pattern brush

29) How to create a Realistic iMac and Magic mouse

30) How to create a Rocketing vector aircraft shuttle

31) Create a 3D Floor Plan

32) Create a shiny vector dice

33) How to create smoky brushes and Type

34) Create the Adobe Bridge CS2 icon

35) Create an Abstract background

36) Tracing a Vector face from a reference photo

37) Create a gold chain pattern brush

38) Create a vintage vector bottle cap

39) Create a golden vector compass in Illustator

40) Create a caramel ripple effect

41) Create an awesome looking origami logo

42) Create a rainy winter vector background

43) How to make a vector diamond ring

44) Create a shiny paint bucket icon

45) Super slick screen printing separator

46) Design a cute hamster avatar

47) How to make a parrot illustration with custom brushes

48) Create a smoking western type treatment

49) Make a vector photo album and wood background

50) Create a landscape wallpaper for your desktop

51) Create a seamless argyle pattern

52) Create vector clouds with gradient mesh tool

53) Create a character mascot

54) Make a playful, yet robust 3D letter design

55) Design with swirls and flourishes

56) Create a crafts inspired vector kids illustration

57) Create a rolling stones inspired tongue illustration

58) Create a vector spirograph design

59) Create a cute, furry vector monster in illustrator

60) Design a skate deck with cool skull pattern

61) Create a vibrant 3D pixel treatment

62) Create a trendy retro type treatment

63) Easily make shiny realistic vector hair

64) Create a rotatable globe

65) Make a tuts style shield

66) Make a fairy tale inspired magical hand shaped vine

67) Create an inspirational vector political poster

68) Create an iPhone style vector illustration

69) Create a sketchy hand drawn camera illustration

70) create a vector diamond necklace and chain

71) Create a Cute little Tiger

The above tutorials are targeted for intermediate to advanced users of Illustrator. I have also given a link to the article ’20 Basic illustrator tutorials’, written by Chris Spooner (one of the best designer out there, and my favorite) of Spoon Graphics. He has collected some really good beginner tutorials. You might want to check them out:

20 Basic Illustrator tutorials, every beginner should see:

Well, thats about it. Those are the best I could put in here. There are of course many such awesome tutorials in illustrator around the web. If you have links to any, please share it with us. If I find any more, I shall keep updating. Thanks and Good Luck..