Nice Typographic Sketch Effect

Using the Appearance Panel and the Scribble Effect, you can turn any font into a sketch-drawn look. Pretty cool!

30 Illustrator Video Tutorials

These videos are a great collection that will get your vector on!

Recoloring Artwork

Great tutorial by Mordy on Recoloring Artwork with Live Color.

Illustrator Key Object

Aligning objects in Illustrator can be frustrating when the objects are dissimilar. Yes, the alignment options in the Control and Align panels are much better, but did you know that you can set a Key Object?

1. Select a range of objects and then single click on one of the object to set it as a key object. Illustrator CS4 will highlight the key object.
2. Then you can set the alignment of the other objects according to the key object.

Isn't that cool?

Illustrator CS4 Beyond-the-Basics

Lynda.com has released a new title by my buddy, Mordy Golding, called Illustrator CS4 Beyond-the-Basics. It looks like Lynda.com is taking a more professional route in this series. There are some movies that show Mordy in a studio that are shot hi-def.

The title itself starts off with LivePaint and then talks more about Paths, 3D, Transformations and Effects, and more.

Multiple Artboards & Symbols

In this video by Rufus Deuchler shows some techniques and advantages for using the new Multiple Artboards feature in Illustrator CS4.



He also shows how you can use Symbols as repeatable elements.