Illustrator on the iPad: Gradients and Repeats
Deke returns to Illustrator on the iPad one more time in order to build the sun of hope and civility with the Freeform Gradient tool and Repeat feature.
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Illustrator on the iPad: The Drawing Tools
Deke explores the fun and distraction of Illustrator on the iPad, including the Pencil tool, the Pen tool, and the not-too-blobbety Blob brush.
Introducing Illustrator on the iPad
Deke celebrates the new year and his 10th season with a look at the actually fun and useful Adobe Illustrator for the iPad
A New Way to Unlock Stuff in Adobe Illustrator
Deke shows you how to use the new contextual Unlock feature in Adobe Illustrator 2021, such as it is.
Clearing the Illustrator Home Screen
Deke shows you how to hide "recent" thumbnails on the Adobe Illustrator home screen.
Turning Your Cat's Eye Into a Dragon's Eye (Changing Colors in Illustrator)
Deke finally finishes his cat eye project in Adobe Illustrator, only to find out, through the help of Global Swatches, it was a dragon all along!
Blending Reptile-Like Scales in Illustrator (revisited, now that most of the votes are counted)
Let's revisit this thing I couldn't face earlier this week: Deke creates the scales of our (fictional) reptile overlords in Adobe Illustrator
Blending Reptile-Like Scales in Illustrator (Election Day Edition)
Deke blends the scales on what once a simple deranged robot cat and now may or may not be the pawn of our lizard overlords.
Halftone Pattern and Zig Zag in Adobe Illustrator
Deke finishes his Halloween cat eye project with some substantial help from Adobe Illustrator's dynamic effects and Appearance panel.
Creating a Halloween Cat's Eye in Adobe Illustrator
Deke actually digs this year's Halloween project out of an old creaky hard drive, resulting in a cool vector based cat's eye in Adobe Illustrator.
Using the Dynamic Free Distort Filter in Adobe Illustrator
Deke finishes up his triangle-based city-stalking creature with some help from an old filter in Adobe Illustrator and some dynamic effects.
New Course/Series: No Drawing Necessary: Custom Shapes
Deke's new course shows you how to take advantage of custom vector shapes in Photoshop (and Illustrator) to quickly create artwork on a tight deadline and without the need for drawing.