10 fresh new Illustrator tutorials created in 2023

• May 15th, 2023
• Illustrator

Illustrator tutorials are an excellent way to explore and discover the great features within Adobe Illustrator. Engaging in a consistent practice of completing new design tutorials is a great method to keep your design skills sharp, while also learning about new features within the software.

With the year 2023 bringing in new trends and design styles, it’s important to stay up-to-date with the latest tutorials. In this post, we have collected fresh new Illustrator tutorials – all created in the year 2023 – that showcase a wide variety of design techniques. The tutorials range from creating patterns to applying unique text effects, and they are sure to challenge you and help you discover new possibilities within the software.

This is a comprehensive post, jam-packed with a plethora of Illustrator tutorials. By diving into these tutorials, you will certainly learn a lot of new techniques that you can apply to your own projects. So don’t hesitate to explore and experiment with these tutorials to expand your design skills and knowledge!

1. How to Use the Warp Tool in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Warp Tool in Illustrator. The Warp Tool is great for distorting your shapes to fit a particular shape or for creating the illusion of motion and fluidity. 

2. How to Easily Make a Vortex Text Effect in Illustrator

Avortex text effect can be made in less than 5 minutes if you use the right tools and there are many different ways to make it. Today I will show you how you can make a vortex text effect using a very simple technique that uses only the default Illustrator tools so you don’t have to download or install any kind of plugin.

3. Pump up your lettering in 3D with Adobe Illustrator.

Creative director Daniel Escudeiro shares his tips and techniques for achieving a luscious lettering style that’s total eye candy.

4. How to Move Artboards in Illustrator

Artboards are like a blank canvas in Illustrator, giving you the space to create your designs. In this tutorial, you will learn how to move, copy, reorder, and rearrange your artboards in Adobe Illustrator. 

5. How to Easily Make an Editable Chiseled Text Effect in Illustrator

As you may already know, there are many diefferent ways to achieve particular effects in Illustrator. But with the latest updates, there is a feature inside Illustrator that is particularly useful to make chiseled text effects – One you can edit even after the effect is made! This can all be done in less than 5 minutes and without the need to draw paths, shapes, or even change the colors for the shadows and highlights. Today, I will show you how quickly you can make a chiseled text effect in Illustrator, keeping your text fully editable using only the new and improved 3D and Materials available in Illustrator.

6. How to create a spirograph effect using illustrator

This is a short video illustrator tutorial where we will be showing you how you can create a stunning spirograph effects using illustrator. This is a great technique where the possibility’s are simply endless the results that can be produced using this technique.

7. How to Quickly Make a Grass Background in Illustrator

As you may already know, there are many different ways to achieve the same end result in almost any design software. And Illustrator is no exception to the rule, because you can use many different methods to make a simple circle or a very complex pattern. Today, I will show you an alternative (and quick) method to make a vector grass background you can use on any of your designs starting with a single circle and using one of the default Illustrator effects.

8. How to Merge Layers in Illustrator

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to merge layers in Illustrator. First, you will learn how to combine layers in Illustrator, and then how to merge all layers in Illustrator.

9. How to Replicate the Neumorphism Style in Illustrator

Neumorphism can be seen as a hybrid style of flat design and skeuomorphism that has been around for a couple of years. Although you don’t see too many works using this style today, it is still an excellent resource that deserves to be taken into account and should be on any designer’s toolbox. This style can be made in a wide range of apps (including Photoshop). It is also a good idea to know how this effect can be replicated in Illustrator and have it in a vector format in case we need to use it on poster or other larger print formats. So today, I will show you how you can replicate the Neumorphism Style in Illustrator in 10 easy to follow steps.

10. Intertwine letters with ease in Adobe Illustrator.

Weave together layered typefaces in seconds. Designer Ryan Carrel shows us how, using two contrasting fonts.