Illustrator Pen Tool – Top 3 Practice Pen Tutorials

Ok, let’s be honest, the Pen Tool in Adobe’s Illustrator program is not as easy as you might think. If you are a first time user you’d think you could just select the tool and start drawing. But when you find yourself drawing curved lines with some sort of pendulum tool when you want to draw straight lines or vice versa, it becomes frustrating. So, to help get this tool under your belt, I have compiled the top 5 Illustrator Pen tool practice tutorials to get you started.

(In no particular order)

Veerle’s Blog: “Illustrator Pen Tool Excersices“

VectorTuts: “Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide“

Vectordiary: “Drawing With The Pen Tool“

Should Your Brands RIP?

Some of you may have seen across the news a handful of reported deaths for some of your favorite brands. Nike, NBA, Starbucks, Pepsi and Apple have all been found slain, with little or no evidence or suspects. The question is, who could be behind this vicious attacks and shaking up the our world?

Brandmurder.com

Brandmurder is organizing this mayhem and providing big rewards to those who can single handily pull of the murder. Any designers with the stomach to pull of “the deed” will be given a large reward. From September 23 through October 21st, designers will have the chance to “murder” a brand’s most precious piece of identity, its logo, and submit it for a chance to win prizes (a MacBook Pro, is up for grabs!)

Here is what you have to do:

Sign up for the contest
Submit your logo redesign
Collect the most votes
Win big prizes!

Enter now and and slaughter the brands that need a good kick to the face and bring them back down from their ego filled perches atop Mt. Fortune 500.

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