If you love adding a splash of colour to your designs, then you’ll love this tutorial because I’m about to show you how to create the ultimate gradients in Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is awesome for creating designs and its gradient tools are an excellent way to add some serious flare to any creation. You … Read more

Today, I want to show you how to add cool effects to text in Adobe Illustrator because firstly, it’s so much fun (well, I think so) and secondly, it adds so much more pazazz to the simplest of designs.  Dressing your text up with different effects is a great way to make your designs more … Read more

I’m sure you’ve come across plenty of cool text designs where text mimics the shape of an object and you’ve probably wondered how it’s done. Well, it’s super easy to do and today I’m going to show you exactly how to fill a shape with text in Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is an awesome tool … Read more

There’s a lot you can do in Adobe Illustrator but how about using an image as a fill for your text to create uniquely fancy text designs? It’s one of my favourite things to do and today I’m going to show you exactly how to fill text with an image in Adobe Illustrator. I love … Read more

If you want to keep your designs organised and easy to manage then it’s important to know how to use layers in Adobe Illustrator. Layers make up all the individual elements of your designs so you’ll want to know how to keep them organised and move or change them when you need to. This is … Read more

Artboards in Illustrator are like pages in a notepad, you can’t create a design without them. They’re the canvas for every single design you create and knowing how to edit artboards in Adobe Illustrator will help you keep your designs exactly as you want them. So, whether you’re trying to add, delete, resize or rearrange … Read more

Do you find the Illustrator toolbar filled with tools you just don’t use or need? Well, why not consider creating your own one? Don’t know how to do it? Well, no problem because today I’m going to show you how to create your own custom toolbar in Adobe Illustrator.  I love creating designs in Adobe … Read more

Today I want to show you how to create your own custom workspace in Adobe Illustrator because let’s face it, opening and closing panels every five minutes is hardly the most efficient way to optimise your workflow. Plus, if you’re anything like me and you tend to use numerous panels as you’re creating your designs … Read more

Put your hand up if you love playing around with Adobe design tools (me – hand firmly raised). Put your other hand up if you often find yourself screaming obscenities at your laptop because you can’t get a tool to do what you want it to (Adobe pen tool anyone?). Well, with that in mind, … Read more

Now I know what you’re thinking. Why would you want to learn how to create blog graphics with Adobe Illustrator when you have the likes of Canva at your disposal? When it comes to graphics on your blog, you’re probably thinking that Canva is king and, to be honest, you wouldn’t be too far wrong. … Read more