Gradient Mesh is a grid-based painting technique in Illustrator that enables advanced coloring of vector objects with smooth and malleable color transitions. If you’re reasonably familiar with ...

Hold Shift + Left click and drag to make a small circle, give the circle a gradient of your choice. The circle is enlarged to make it more visible, but the actual circle is much smaller. Hold Alt + ...

Grunge gives images a fun and artistic look that attracts attention. While Adobe Photoshop has many built-in tools for this effect, creating a grunge look in Illustrator takes more work. To create ...

When using gradient meshes in Adobe Illustrator, you can create multicolored objects with lifelike shading, giving your artwork a depth and realism while still maintaining its vector format. A "Create ...

In a previous article, I went into some elaborate detail about how to create and use the Gradient Mesh feature in Illustrator CS4 ( ). Today, in this second of a two-part series about gradient mesh, I ...

Illustrator and Photoshop may have their differences, but they work well together. They both have their weak points and strengths. Creating the 3D revolving globe with Illustrator and Photoshop will ...