The Dummies’ Guide to Illustrator
This is a tutorial I wrote back in high school intended for total Illustrator newbies coming into our newspaper staff. It tells you everything practical a newbie should know, with none of the fluff and fancy-schmancy tricks you don’t really want anyway. Download a pdf version here.
Pen Tool Guides:
Pen tool exercises
A guide to the pen tool
Another guide to the pen tool (Photoshop)
VectorTuts’ Beginner Tutorials:
A guide to the blend tool
A guide to pathfinder (more indepth)
A guide to brushes
A guide to type
All about transforming
Simple designs to practice:
4 simple shapes in Illustrator
More Simple Shapes
Practice basic skills by drawing a ninja













