This tutorial will teach you how to make glossy buttons in Illustrator.
Below is a quick video tutorial. Scroll down for steps & screenshots.

Open a new file in Illustrator
This button was created for dark backgrounds so draw a…

Making polka dots is easy, but making seamless patterns can be a little tricky if you’re new to Illustrator. This tutorial will teach you some simple tricks that make creating seamless patterns effortless.
Start by opening a new file in…

This tutorial will teach you how to make & save gradients in Illustrator.
Making a Gradient in Illustrator

Start by making an object such as circle
Set the foreground color to a color of your choice and border to none…

Making gradient text in Illustrator is very simple, but unlike Photoshop, there is no quick add layer style option that will add a gradient to your text. This tutorial will teach you how to quickly make beautiful web 2.0 text…

If you’re using Illustrator CS4, you may have noticed a tiny glitch when browsing the font list with your up/down keys. When hitting a certain font, the list will drop down to the end of the font list, making it…

The Live Paint tool is an amazing tool in Illustrator that will allow you to color areas that aren’t objects.
Usually when you want to color an area, say a square, you can use the fill/stroke tool:

The downside is…

Unite

Minus Front

Intersect

Exclude

Minus Back

Divide

Trim

Crop

Outline…

Making swirls in Illustrator all comes down to a custom brush and the spiral tool.

Start by opening a new document in Illustrator.
Time to make a custom brush. Before getting started, turn on the grid by going to View…

This tutorial will teach you how to make those fonts that don’t have italic versions italic using Illustrator’s shear tool.

Open a new document in Illustrator
Type something:
Select the shear tool:
With the text and shear tool selected, hold…