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darwen
Apr 18, 2008, 02:11 PM
I taught myself photoshop by going through online tutorials. I would like to get into illustrator. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to learn it? I love working with vector art but just cant understand it. Any good tutorial sites you guys know of?


Mitthrawnuruodo
Apr 18, 2008, 02:17 PM
This is where I'm gonna start, whenever I find the time (sigh): http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
klymr
Apr 18, 2008, 08:22 PM
Buy this: Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book (http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Illustrator-CS3-Classroom-Book/dp/0321492005/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208564411&sr=8-2) and follow the tutorials inside.
djsound
Apr 18, 2008, 10:52 PM
its 2008 . people still read books? :rolleyes: are there any online video tutorials ? hehe
klymr
Apr 19, 2008, 03:13 AM
its 2008 . people still read books? :rolleyes: are there any online video tutorials ? hehe

It comes with a CD full of files and videos, hehe.
Belly-laughs
Apr 19, 2008, 03:55 AM
I havenīt checked them out in a while, but you could try the following sites:

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/illustrator

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Illustrator/1
gothiquegirrl
Apr 19, 2008, 04:48 AM
i'm doing tutorialls on Lynda.com right now for several programs... i really like them
jerryrock
Apr 19, 2008, 06:50 AM
The Classroom in a Book series by Adobe Press is a great book to start with. It takes you through all of Illustrators tools in a series of lessons. The accompanying CD has the files and lesson folders along with instructional videos. It is the textbook that was used by my Graphic Design school.

After mastering the basics, Real World Illustrator CS3 is another book that will give you detailed instructions and techniques.
-Alan-
Apr 19, 2008, 06:18 PM
There's a lot of tutorials at Layers Magazine (http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/illustrator/). Also, some blogs do tutorials, like this one (http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/archive-summary/category/Photoshop-Illustrator).
Infrared
Apr 20, 2008, 04:37 AM
Buy this: Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book (http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Illustrator-CS3-Classroom-Book/dp/0321492005/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208564411&sr=8-2) and follow the tutorials inside.

Also: chapters from the older CS version available online from Adobe:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Adobe+Illustrator+CS+Classroom+in+a+Book+site%3Aadobe.com+inurl%3Apdf&btnG=Search&meta=