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1. Symbol Sprayer Tool - Adobe Illustrator CS Tutorial -    designertoday.com

We start by double-clicking on the Symbol Sprayer Tool.

2. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Flare Tool - Illustrator CS2 Tutorial -    designertoday.com

November, 2006

3. Using the Crop Tool - Illustrator CS3??Tutorial -    designertoday.com

December, 2007

4. Twirl Tool effect ??? Adobe Illustrator Tutorial -    designertoday.com

January, 2008

5. Blend Tool F/X Secrets - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial -    designertoday.com

6. The Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tools Part 1 - Photoshop Tutorials, illustrator Tutorials, inDesign Tutorials    tutorialcenter.blogspot.com

The Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tools panel contains selection tools, drawing and painting tools, editing tools, viewing tools, and the Fill and Stroke boxes. As you work through the lessons, you'll learn about each tool's specific function.

7. Design Gift Boxes Using Illustrator's 3D Tools - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

8. How to Create an Open Book with Illustrator's 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

9. Illustrator's Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

10. How to Create Vector Clouds with the Gradient Mesh Tool - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

11. How to Design a Media Player with Vector Tools - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

12. Tips for Working with the Gradient Mesh Tool In Illustrator - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

13. Illustrator's Blend Tool: A Comprehensive Guide - Vectortuts+    vector.tutsplus.com

14. A free video tutorial on Illustrator Blend Colour Tool    video-tutes.com

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15. Mesh Tool using & Loving it :    aivault.com

My latest exploration is the mesh tool and i am so much loving it! If you havent already tried it just give it a go , Start by creating a circle or box select the mest tool click anywhere on your circle choosing a darker or lighter shade there you have it another exciting new world of using shades and gradience where you have total control of shading?

16. Tutorial :- Creating Lips using Mesh tool :    aivault.com

[...] you how to create an expressive eye as part of a portrait , This is a follow up tutorial of How to create lips using mesh tool [...]

17. Envelope Tool :    aivault.com

Envelopes are objects that distort or reshape selected objects. You can make an envelope out of an object on your artboard, or you can use a preset warp shape or a mesh grid as an envelope.

18. Create a Disco Environment with Twirl Tool, Crystalize , and Envelope Tool- Part 1 :    aivault.com

[...] 22-Create a Disco Environment with Twirl Tool, Crystalize , and Envelope Tool- In this tutorial you will see how to use envelope tool to create a Disco Ball , You will also utilize Twirl and Crystallize tool to understand its options . [...]

19. Create a Disco Environment with Twirl Tool, Crystalize , and Envelope Tool – Part 2 :    aivault.com

Select the twirl tool

20. Tutorial :-An intro to mesh tool :    aivault.com

An introduction to Gradient Mesh tool

21. Jayhan Loves Design & Japan » How to use Star Tool effectively in Illustrator    jay-han.com

Adobe Illustrator's Star Tool is a tool that not only can create lovely star shapes, it also can create the web badges which is popular right now in web design. To use Star Tool is very simple, just point your cursor to Illustrator's Tools panel and select the Star Shape icon which grouped together with Rectangular Shape tool.

22. Jayhan Loves Design & Japan » Illustrator Blend Tool tips and tricks    jay-han.com

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23. Flare Tool Fun - Illustrator Tutorial | SlickTutorials    slicktutorials.com

Very good your tutorial, and original ... Already was a time, I was trying to figure out how to work with the flare tool, helped me a lot, congratulations! ;)

24. How to use the live trace tool in illustrator tutorial    tutorialfolder.com

25. An Intro to Mesh Tool | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

Select mesh tool and click exactly in the center of the circle your smart guide will help you identify that. This is your first mesh division. Our object is to create a cartoonish face i would like to divide the the circle as a face and will shade two sides as cheeks.

26. Blend Tool Revisited (Video Tutorial) | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

27. Creating a Leaf with the Mesh Tool | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

In this exercise, you're going to create a leaf using the Mesh tool. I must first warn you that this exercise isn't for the faint of heart. The Mesh tool is one of Illustrator's most powerful tools-along with that power comes complexity. However, I'll break each Step down for you to make it as easy to follow along as possible. Good luck!

28. Envelope Tool | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

It seems that illustrator is full of new tools and various elements and more i dig into it more i learn . And it seems every time one more hidden tool is revealed .. Have you heard of envelopes . It seems to be a sister tool of mesh tool . Here is a little bit intro into this so practical tool!!]

29. Flare Tool Fun | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

1. First, draw a rectangle with a black fill to cover your artboard and lock this object (click the box next to the eye in the Layers window). Select the Flare Tool (one of the shape tools in the toolbar) and click anywhere on the artboard to bring up the Flare Tool settings. Enter the following settings:

30. How to use Gradient Tool? | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

2. Try to drop more color and see how it looks like. Set the Gradient Type: Radial instead of Linear and move the handler left or right. And try a different angle value. 3. If the color you're looking at is not on the Swatches palette, you have to open the Color palette (Window>Color or F6). For example, if you want to change the black handler to dark blue, click to the black handler. Then manually enter the RGB value in Color palette. E.g R: 0, G:51 and B: 102. You also can use the RGB spectrum below it. For more info about RGB color value, visit RGB Color Chart or RGB Color Codes website. 4. To get rid of the handler that you've just added, just drag it to the bottom of the Gradient palette.

31. Spiral Tool Mysteries - Solved! | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

Select your Spiral tool and click anywhere in your work area to open the Spiral dialog box. Of course, like many of the object creation tools in Adobe Illustrator, you could just “click and drag” to create a Spiral, but then you would not have access to any of the options.

32. Symbol Sprayer and Symbolism Tools | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

The symbol sprayer tool in Illustrator is baffling at first - but it is the tool to use to create interesting random patterns and textures.

33. Using Illustrator's Mesh Tool as Nature Intended | Adobe Illustrator    webdesign.org

You're probably thinking this is some new ecological way of using Adobe Illustrator. Sorry! The only way to do that is to use energy-saving bulbs to light your work area. What we'll show you, however, is how to use the Mesh tool to simulate nature's way of colorizing things - in this case, a fallen leaf.