20 Fresh new illustrator tutorials from 2020

May 11th, 2020
Illustrator

This post is a collection of fresh new Illustrator tutorials, which have all been in published 2020. Illustrator tutorials are the best way to learn Illustrator , as well as for sharpening your skills as its a great way to learn the latest techniques and tools available in Illustrator . These are a great mixture of tutorials suited for all levels whether your beginner or a veteran user of illustrator.

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1. Use a Pattern Rope Brush to Create a Rope Text Effect in Illustrator

In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pretty simple rope brush in Illustrator and how to use it to create a nice text effect.

2. Create Your Own Realistic Leather Texture!

You’ll learn how to create a seamless leather texture by using the Pencil Tool and Pattern Editing mode. Leather textures and patterns are often used in design, and that’s why creating your own leather texture will be super useful for you in future. I also want to let you know that the technique used in this tutorial would be perfect for creating other types of textures as well.

3. Create Lightsaber Vector in Adobe Illustrator

In today’s tutorial you will create intersecting futuristic lightsaber vector with the help of the blend objects, blending modes, and gradient fills. The tutorial is relatively simple and can be applied to many other Illustrator projects.

4. Create colourful vector character art

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you how to create a fully digital image from an initial sketch. You will learn how to control vector paths to create smooth angles and view the necessary stages to complete a piece of work in Adobe Illustrator.

5. Create and edit shapes

6. How to create a bubble text effect

In the following steps, you will learn how to create a bubble text design using a bubble letter font in Adobe Illustrator.

7. Turn Drab Text Into an Amazing Design Using This Simple USB Vector Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a wire pattern brush and how to use it to create a nice USB vector text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

8. How to create a low poly text effect

In this tutorial, Brazilian designer Breno Bitencourt shows you step-by-step how to create a stylish low-poly portrait in Illustrator and Photoshop.

9. Transform and edit artwork

Learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Adobe Illustrator, including resizing artwork, using groups, aligning objects, and more.

10. How to Create a Baby Block Text Effect in Illustrator

At the beginning, you will learn how to create a simple cube using the Illustrator 3D effect, and how to rotate it and adjust its position to get a more clever blocks text effect.

11. 6 Quick Steps to Creating a Fantasy Building Vector Icon

Pop on your imagination cap and get ready to play with basic shapes and building designs in this quick tutorial on creating a fantasy building vector icon!

12. How To Create a Retro Cereal Box Design with a Mascot Character

In the video tutorial, Its going to take you through the process of creating a mascot character to go within a retro cereal box design, using a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.

13. Get Organized and Create Your Own Folder Vector Icon!

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed folder vector icon in Adobe Illustrator.

14. How to Create a Vintage Brush to Add Texture in Illustrator

Add a vintage style to your illustrations by learning how to create vintage texture brushes in Adobe Illustrator.

15. How to Create a Floppy Disk Icon in Adobe Illustrator

In today’s tutorial, we’re going retro and learning how to create a floppy disk icon, using some of the basic shapes and tools you already work with on a daily basis.

16. Retro Text Effect with Concentric Stripes

how to create a retro text effect with colourful concentric stripes. Illustrator’s Offset Path command produces the basic effect, but we will eliminate the tedious process of adding each outline individually with the help of an Action, so you will be able to fill an entire poster with this retro stripe effect within seconds.

17. Create a Grungy Web Badge

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a grungy web badge in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a simple grid and how to easily center the starting shapes using the Align panel. Next, taking full advantage of the Appearance panel and using some basic masking and vector shape building techniques, you will learn how to create the two main shapes.

18. Create low-poly art in Photoshop

Using Photoshop to create low-poly art, here Damien Vignaux (aka Elroy) shows you how he created an artwork for his band, The Escapists – a techno act comprised of Damien and Leonizer records boss Léonard De Léonard. The artwork appears on the cover of The Escapists’ EP, Les Ailes du Courage (Wings of Courage), as well as on flyers for their live shows.

19. Yum! Draw Delicious Breakfast Icons in Adobe Illustrator

You’ll be using the most handy tools of Adobe Illustrator while working with simple geometric shapes and doing a bit of a freehand drawing with the Pencil Tool. You don’t even need a drawing tablet for this one.