Beginner Tutorial: How to Draw a Tennis Ball Using Adobe Illustrator

finished ball

Introduction

In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to create a tennis ball, like the one here, using Adobe Illustrator. We will explore some typical drawing commands, alignment functions, gradients, and even some layer functions is this tutorial. This tutorial should not take longer then 30 minuts using Adobe Illustrator CS, CS2, CS3, or CS4. Lets get started.

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Adobe Illustrator Football Helmet Video Tutorial

Helmet Tutorial Screen shot

Yes, that’s right! It’s that time of year again, so I thought a sports tutorial was in order. This is a short video tutorial on how to draw a football helmet using Adobe Illustrator 9, CS, CS2, and CS3.

This is our first tutorial video here at White Sands digital, so don’t be afraid to chime in any issues that you might have viewing the movie, or ideas you may have on making it better. I tried to slow it down, so that most will be able to follow along, but it still may be a little fast for some. I’ll add some usage examples and notes along with a follow up post in the near future, but for now I hope you enjoy the show.

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Beginner Adobe Illustrator Mountain Sunset Tutorial Part 1

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Introduction

Today we’re going to be doing a very simple yet very appealing mountain sunset tutorial. You can see the finished product pictured above. To create it you’ll need Adobe Illustrator 9, CS, CS2, or CS3, and of course to read this article. It shouldn’t take more then 15 minutes for almost anyone to finish. In fact, most people will find that this tutorial is so simple that you may even kick yourself afterward for not thinking of it, but save the self mutilation for later. We have a tutorial to do.

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Beginner Adobe Illustrator Cherry Tutorial

cherry finishedToday we’re going to learn how to draw a simple cherry using Adobe Illustrator 9, CS, CS2, or CS3. This is a simple tutorial that anyone can do in around 30 minutes. Once again, in trying to minimize load, I’m trying something a little different. In this tutorial I won’t be adding the tool pics like I’ve done in the past. The commands are highlighted to help you find them, but I will not provide screen shots for the buttons and menus any longer. They make the tutorial too long to read or write.

Before we start you may be asking yourself why cherries? Well, I’ll have to admit that I was eating them when I was thinking about my next tutorial, but that’s not the only reason. Cherries are a wonderful fruit that are not only loved by a great many people, but are also used regularly in foods, logos, and even in items dealing with love. Their very popular, and if you design, you’ll probably need to be able to make one some day. So, I hope you like this tutorial as much as I liked eating them :) Let’s get started.

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