Illustrator Tutorials?

[inphlict]

I want to try learning illustrator, I know photoshop quite well and I imagine it shouldn't be that hard to learn. Can anyone suggest some good online tutorials? I'm mainly looking for turning photos into smooth vector art.

[StormShadow]

here you go: http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/a ... lustrator/

But to create vector art, just place the photo in the background as a template (place, template) and fool around with the pen tool a bit to trace, and the gradient mesh tool to fill. Its really simple to understand, but difficult to be good at.

[StormShadow]

btw, some of those tuts are free, but some they try to charge you for..

[StormShadow]

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/illust ... ialsbasic/

^^^ much better

[inphlict]

Thanks for that bro.

Does anyone else know a specific tutorial for what I'm looking for. I know the basics but I need a bit more to be able to do it well.

[sirstrongbad]

there are some drawing tools in Macromedia Flash that i like 10 times more than in Illustrator. but Illustrator's a good program to know inside-out. if you can work with Photoshop without any problems, you should be fine with the learning curve of Illustrator.

[StormShadow]

well i told ya, use pen tool to trace, gradient mesh to fill.. easiest tutorial ever

[PhoeniX]

http://www.logotypes.ru/ play with some corporate logos

[inphlict]

The problem I'm having is making curves the way I want to, often I can't get it good enough.

[sirstrongbad]

use guides with snap-to enabled. makes life much easier.

[Grudge]

It takes some practice. You can't expect to be a Illustrator master after just fiddling around for an hour or two.

[moifah]

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