Illustrator is a wonderful tool. It is often underused, and also a bit underestimated. I think sometimes people can be having so much fun in Photoshop, that they forget all of the awesome things Illustrator can accomplish. So today I’m bringing you a big list of Illustrator tutorials, tricks and tips. I start out with pretty basic tutorials and tips, because it is important to have a good foundation. But, don’t worry, they get much more complex :) And keep in mind when your reading these tutorials, it’s all about picking up on new and interesting processes, techniques, and ideas that you may not have tried yet. Even if you are an experienced Illustrator user, it never hurts to learn new techniques and refresh your memory on some old ones. So I’m hoping you enjoy, and find this useful.

Basic Shading and Lighting

Tutorial: Transform, Style, Blend

Tutorial: make texture without leaving Illustrator

Some Cool Introduction to Illustrator Videos

Basic Drawing with Adobe Illustrator’s Paths & Pen tool

Creating gradations with Adobe Illustrator’s Gradients & Blends

Basic & Advanced Illustrator Drawing Techniques for Technical Illustrations

Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator

Illustrator Pucker and Bloat Effect and more

Tutorial: The Flare Tool

Creating a 3D Gear

Illustrator full spectrum spirograph

Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator

Creating seamless patterns in Illustrator

BMX Illustration

Symmetric Illustration

Soaring Vectors

Creating Road Maps in Adobe Illustrator

Realistic Photo Vector Tutorial

Tropical Transparency Effect

Ornate Lettering Process

How to Design a Font From Start to Finish

Live Color in Illustrator CS3

Create 3D Can of Beans

Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator

Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough

How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment

Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe Illustrator

Tips for Working with the Gradient Mesh Tool In Illustrator

How to Design a Classic Heraldic Figure

10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts

Creating Sketchy-Style Vectors

Creating A Wood Grain texture

Creating Brushed Metal Texture

How to Create a Stylized Vector Grasshopper

Make 3D Yet Flat Looking Shopping Basket Icons

Make a Torn Vector Desktop Wallpaper with Angled Text

How to Create Colorful Abstract Artwork in Illustrator

Use the power of Illustrator to create cool 3D infographics

Master painting in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial #1 - Adding Texture

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial - Cutaway Technical Illustration

Creating Vector Hair

Create an envelpe icon with a satin feel

How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

Create camouflage patterns

Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator

Creating geometric patterns in Illustrator

Illustrator: The Tilde Trick

From Sketch to Vector Illustration