Free Adobe Illustrator Tutorials 2014

In this post we have rounded Free Adobe Illustrator Tutorials 2014. With these tutorials you can learn more about Adobe Illustrator and improve your skills. 

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How to Create a Candy Striped Text Treatment with Colorful Candy Accents

Create a Realistic Plexiglas® Plate Vector

Create a Simple Hatchet Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Use Basic Shapes to Create a Complex Catrina Poster in Illustrator

Create a Vinyl Record Player Icon in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a Cute Adipose From Doctor Who in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Dark Fairy Tale Character in Adobe Illustration

How to Create a Set of Multi-Use, Blend Brushes in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Flat, Subtle Textured Fox in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Price Tag Icon in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Pearl Brush from Gradient Meshes in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Vector TV Remote

Create a 3D Retro Text Effect With The Appearance Panel

Create a Realistic Body Spray

How to Create a Digital Doodled Snowflake in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Vintage, Camping Lantern Icon in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create Ice Skates in a Softly Drawn Vector Style in Illustrator

Create an iOS 7 Inspired Flower Icon Using the Rotate Tool

Create a Thanksgiving Illustration With Basic Shapes Using Illustrator

Graduation Hat Tutorial

How to Create a Paper Quill Holiday Greeting in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Cute Winter Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Cordless Drill Tutorial

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I learn Illustrator or Photoshop first?

It depends on what you want to make. Choose Photoshop if your work is photographic — retouching, composites, digital painting. Choose Illustrator if it is scalable — logos, icons, typography and vector illustration. Many designers eventually learn both, since projects often combine photos with vector branding.

How long does it take to learn Adobe Illustrator?

With consistent daily practice, most beginners grasp the fundamentals — shapes, the pen tool, color and type — within a few weeks. Real fluency with advanced tools and workflows takes several months of regular project work, so the fastest route is learning through small projects rather than watching tutorials passively.

Do I need to know how to draw to use Illustrator?

No. Illustrator's shape tools, pen tool and image tracing let you build clean artwork without traditional drawing skills, and many logo and icon designers never draw freehand. A good eye for composition matters more than a steady hand.

Are these 2014 tutorials still useful?

The fundamentals are. The pen tool, anchor points, shapes, paths, color and gradients work much as they always have, so beginner lessons from 2014 still teach transferable skills. Only the newest features and some interface details have changed — for those, check Adobe's current documentation alongside these tutorials.