Category: How To Use Illustrator

Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How to Create Bleeds for Printing

When you send artwork to be printed you may be asked to provide a pdf document with printers marks such as bleeds. This ensures that your artwork covers the whole area of the printed document and gives you a professional finish. In this video, I show you how to do this.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Use Shape Modes

Shape modes are an easy way to create new and interesting shapes in illustrator. In this video, I demonstrate how to use the shape modes.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Use Swatch Library

When creating an infographic or any other kind of artwork it is important to take your colour scheme into consideration, illustrator has a swatch library and colour guide which can be helpful when deciding on which colours to use. In this video, I show you how to use these tools.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Create A New Art Brush

The art brush that you use in illustrator can completely change the way your imagery looks. Illustrator comes with a range of different brushed which can be used but if you’d like to create original artwork it is helpful to know how to create your own. In this video, I show you how to do this.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Create A Picto-graph

In this video, I show you how to turn a simple graph into a picto-graph, this allows you to create original and relevant imagery to include in your infographics.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Use The Align Tool

Learning how to use the align tool in illustrator is a quick and easy way to neaten up your artwork. In this video, I take you through how to do this.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Create Graphs

When creating an infographic in illustrator it is useful to know how to use the graph tool. There are a range of different graphs that you can create which can be easily edited afterwards. In this video, I take you through how to create a column graph and pie chart.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Set Up An Illustrator Document

In this video, I show you how to set up an illustrator document before starting to create artwork. This includes setting up your document preferences.

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Apr 22, 2013
Illustrator Tutorials: How To Create A Repeat Pattern

You can create original repeat patterns in illustrator for when you want to add textures or backgrounds to your artwork.

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