All Entries in the "Adobe Illustrator" Category
10 Free Illustrator Paint and Watercolor Brushes
There are plenty of Photoshop Brushes easily available, but there are fewer Illustrator Brushes. In this article, I have listed 10 good quality Paint and Watercolor Illustrator Brushes that are available for free. 57 Multi-Colored Illustrator Paint Brushes 15 Paint Brushstroke Illustrator Brushes 106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes 17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes [...]
Free Logo for Health Services
This logo is suitable for any health care service, health clinics, medical institutes, medical stores, hospitals or any other health related products and industry. The logo is created in Adobe Illustrator, hence is in vector format. So you can easily resize or customize it. You can download the vector file and modify it to suit [...]
Most Popular Web and Graphic Design Posts of 2010 – SaffronStroke.com
As we bid adieu to the year 2010, it is time to sum up the posts on SaffronStroke.com, based on their popularity. So here is a list of 25 top tutorials and posts of 2010. Adobe Photoshop Tutorials 1. Transform a Picture into a Watercolor Painting using Photoshop CS5 Cool watercolor effect using Photoshop CS5, [...]
Create a 3D Push Pin using Illustrator in 10 simple steps
In this tutorial, we will see how to create a realistic 3D push pin in Adobe Illustrator with 10 simple steps. Lets get started. 1. Set the Fill to none and choose a nice bright Stroke color. I have used the shade #D7DF23 of green. Using the Pen tool (P), draw paths similar to these: [...]
Resize Images in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop – A Quick Way
We all know that Adobe Illustrator is one of the best vector graphics editing tool. Since scaling vector graphics does not result in loss of resolution and quality of a graphic, it is easy to scale a vector graphic to any size or resolution. Whereas, Photoshop is the best image editing application for the web, print, [...]
Symbols in Adobe Illustrator CS5
Symbols are a great way to store art work that you need to use often, inside your files. In this tutorial, we will explore how to define (create) and redefine (modify) symbols in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Defining a Symbol 1. Open a document with the art work you want to define as symbol or create [...]
3D Fruit Bowl in Adobe Illustrator CS5
In my earlier tutorial ‘3D apple in Adobe Illustrator CS5 in 3 easy steps’, you learnt how to create a 3D apple in 3 simple steps. In this tutorial, we will place the apples in a 3D Fruit Bowl. See below: Lets get started. Follow these steps: 1. Choose the ‘Blob Brush’ tool from the [...]
Smart Guides in Adobe Illustrator CS5
When I was new to Illustrator, I noticed green lines and some labels appearing on my artboard while I created my art work. When I learnt that they were ‘Smart Guides’ and explored more about how to use them effectively, I realized how handy they were. Smart Guides helped me a lot while working as [...]
Creating Scatter Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CS5
Scatter brushes as the name suggests, scatter a pattern along a path. You may use scatter brushes to create an artistic background. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a scatter brush. Follow these steps: 1. To begin with you need a shape or an art work that you want to use as [...]
Make Vector Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator CS5
We will create a simple pattern brush in this tutorial. 1. Draw a shape of which you want to create a pattern of. For example, we created this leaf. 2. Select the shape and drag it onto the Brushes Panel. If you do not have your Brushes Panel open, go to Window > Brushes. The [...]
