Illustrator tutorial: Lines with Rounded corners, Metro/subway map

In this tutorial I'm going to show you a really easy way to make lines with rounded corners like in a subway map. The process Is simple as anything and really easy to do.

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Illustrator Tutorial: Pathfinder

The pathfinder is a very handy set of tools which allows you to merge, cut out or subtract shapes from another. The following tutorials go over the more common uses for pathfinder and serve as a simple introduction into using them.

Part 1 Merging Objects

Part 2 Subtracting Objects

Part 3 Excluding Overlapping Objects

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Illustrator Tutorial - Vote Badge

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to make a simple vote badge. The process is really easy and is a great introduction for beginners into making stuff in Adobe Illustrator.
Watch the video below:

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Illustrator Tutorial - Dotted Lines

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make dotted lines in Illustrator. The effect is very easy and customisable.

I'm also going to do something different today and offer this tutorial as both a video cast and a written tutorial. So click the video below to watch or continue reading.

So the first step is to obviously open a new document of any size and draw out a line using the line tool. Make sure the line has a stoke so you can see it.

Now we want to bring up our Stroke dialogue window. This can be done by going to windows > stroke or by pressing Ctrl + F10

Your Stroke box should look like the image below, if you're missing options click the little dialogue menu on the top right of the box and tick "Show options".

Now we want to click the round cap option shown below

Then we want to tick the dashed line and enter the following values: dash: 0 pt and Gap: 16pt

And there you have it, a dotted line.

You can also customise the values to get different sizes, to increase the size of the dot, simply increase the size of the stroke. To increase the gap between the dots, increase the gap value. As long as the dash value is 0pt the dot will remain round.

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Photoshop Tutorial - Simple Photoshop Brush

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make a simple brush pre-set in Photoshop.
These brushes are more ideally used as a stamp rather than a drawing brush, but are really useful none the less. I really like using brushes like this for adding details to retro/vintage designs to add a worn-torn look to things. To find out how to make them, just watch the video below, it's really easy.

Below is a file you can use as a resource.

Click image for full size.

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In this tutorial I am going to show you how to add vectorised textures to a vector object to make it look worn/vintage. It is a very easy process and the finial product will be able to resized freely without loosing quality.

 Below is the final product

Here's some free textures available for use:
Commercial use
Personal use:

you could also make your own from a black and white photo using the trace option in Illustrator.

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