Deke's Techniques 166: Creating a Continuous, Single-Line Spirograph in Illustrator

Today I show how you to create a Spirograph-like hypotrochoid from a single path outline. One that curls around and loops into itself like it will never stop. Ever.

Deke's Techniques 163: Applying Custom Carve and Shadow Styles to Any Font

Today, I show you how to create and assign custom variations on the classic type styles Carved and Shadow to any typeface. And the text remains altogether editable.

Deke's Techniques 161: Creating a Spirograph-Like Pattern in Illustrator

Here's how to make a Spirograph-like pattern that can be made to fit into any design. Without a single clipping mask. And it looks pretty sweet when it's done.

Deke's Techniques: The Illustrator Challenge Winners!

Deke's Techniques 154: Designing a Seamlessly Repeating Hex Pattern in Illustrator CS6

This week, I show you how to use Illustrator CS6's new Pattern Options panel (as well as its new pattern-editing mode) to create a seamlessly repeating hex pattern.

Deke's Techniques, The Final Challenge: Anything Goes

Deke's Techniques 152: Drawing a Perfect Linear Spiral in Illustrator

This week, I show you how to draw an Archimedean spiral (which is the kinda of spiral you want to create) using Illustrator's obscure but handy Polar Grid tool.

Deke's Techniques 148: The Octagonal Rings of the Underworld

This week, I dropped everything I was doing and recorded a movie in which I show you how to create the interlocking Olympic rings (in honor of London, 2012!) in Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques: The Illustrator Challenge Officially Begins

Deke's Techniques: The Challenge Will Go Ahead as Planned

Deke's Techniques: The Challenge Begins Today

Deke's Techniques 139: Turning Illustrator Path Outlines into Photoshop Shape Layers

This week, you'll increase your graphic super powers by turning the Illustrator path outlines from last week's project into independent shape layers in Photoshop.