50 Illustrator Tutorials Every Designer Should See

Adobe Illustrator can be a little tricky to get your head around, particularly after getting used to the workflow of applications such as Photoshop. The differences between layer use and the creation of objects and shapes can be really strange at first hand. Luckily there’s a range of help available for free online in the form of tutorials. Here is my collection of hand-picked articles from various sites that every designer should see, whether you’re a beginner or advanced user, there will be something here for you!

Vector Tracing a Photo

Create the Photoshop CS2 Splash Graphic

Illustrating a Summer Field Landscape

How to Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon

Create a Vector Film Slate Icon

A Guide to Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel

A Guide to Illustrator’s Blend Tool

How to Create a Cute Bunny Vector Character

Design with Swirls and Flourishes

Swirl Mania in Illustrator and Photoshop

Designing a Sleek Pencil Icon

Illustrator Watercolour Brush Tutorial

Creating a Vector Folder Icon

Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Snail Tutorial

Creating Vector Graphic Circles

How to Make a Map in Illustrator

Creating Convincing Characters

Creating a Crazy Cool Logo

Draw Your Own Vector Self Portrait

Create a Vector Cartoon Character

Guide to Illustrator’s Pen Tool

From Sketch to Vector Illustration

Create the Design Float Circle Icon

Illustrator 101 – Opacity Masks

Create a Vector Home Cinema Design

Creating a ribbon in Adobe Illustrator

Recreate the Obama Logo in Illustrator

Create the Perfect Diamond in Illustrator

Old School Type with Line Gradients

Simple organic shapes the Illustrator way

Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days

Creating a Friendly Green Type Treatment

Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator

Building a Website Wireframe in Illustrator

Create an envelpe icon with a satin feel

How to Create Anatomy Illustrations in Illustrator

Illustration 4 Pt Series – From Sketch to Finish

Create Sketchy-Style Vectors

Create Vector Japanese Style Tattoos

Create a Tasty Skate Deck Graphic

Just in case you didn’t know, I also have a collection of Illustrator tutorials right here on Blog.SpoonGraphics, to finish off the last 10 here’s some shameless self promotion of Illustrator turorials of my very own!

Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator

Create a Vector Pirate Cartoon Character

Vector Monster Character Illustrator Tutorial

Create a Colourful Abstract Wavy Ribbon

Translucent IM Style Illustrator Icon Tutorial

Create Your Own Spoof Airplane Safety Illustrations

How to Create a Vector iMac Graphic in Illustrator

How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

Illustrator Tutorial – Create a Blissful Vector Scene

Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator