Deke's Techniques 282: New Year Graphic with Dynamic Effects in Illustrator

Deke uses dynamic effects, repeating patterns, and an opacity mask to create a festive graphic for the new year.

Adding Dates to a Calendar in Illustrator

New Course: Introducing Illustrator (with Free Samples!)

Deke's Techniques 271: Tracing Hand-Drawn Art with Uniform Strokes in Illustrator

Deke takes a sketch drawn with pencil, enhances it in Photoshop, then traces it in Illustrator with resulting uniform lines.

Feedback Loop: Perspective Grid in Illustrator?

Deeeeeke's Techniques 266: Creating Dripping Gooey Letters for Halloween (or Any Other Suitably Ghas

Deke creates oozing, dripping letters for Halloween in Photoshop with a pinch of Illustrator.

Illustrator CC One-on-One Mastery: Now with Touch Type Tool Tutorials

Friday Fundamentals: Illustrator Pen Tool Mysteries Decoded

Deke's Techniques 262: Creating a Honeycomb Pattern from Scratch in Illustrator

Deke creates a professional honeycomb pattern in Adobe Illustrator by applying dynamic effects to a simple hexagon.

The Creative Cloud Update to Illustrator One-on-One: Advanced Is Now Live

Deke's Techniques 253: Drawing the Pen Tool Icon in Illustrator Without Using the Pen Tool

In this week's free movie, Deke draws the pen tool icon in Adobe Illustrator without actually using the Pen tool

Deke's Techniques 250: Precisely Align Objects to the Grid in Illustrator

Deke creates a useful chart with the help of precise alignment provided by Illustrator's grid feature.