Wondering how to start working with Adobe Illustrator without getting overwhelmed by its endless possibilities? Then begin your acquaintance from tutorials that are aimed to fill the gaps of your knowledge. Nothing can be compared to this kind of educational material, especially when devoted graphic designers reveal their secrets and techniques. Of course, there are a considerable number of tutorials that cover everything from creating user interface templates to drawing character designs, and it is really difficult to make up your mind in which sphere to plunge in. However if you want to slowly but surely move in this direction, you should take your first steps with tutorials concerning text effects. These, at least as a rule, resort to simpler solutions based on basic tools and standard techniques. Besides, spending neither more nor less than an hour of your time you will be able to convert a plain lettering into something eccentric and innovative, having restyled the original typography completely. You can find tutorials that will help you obtain impressive results from a simple type by enlivening it with various mind-blowing yet easy-to-repeat effects. Ready? Let’s go…
Offset Path Effect
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Abduzeedo Happy Holidays Art in Illustrator and Photoshop
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Created by: abduzeedo.
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Super Easy Soft Shadows in Illustrator
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Created by: abduzeedo.
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Create Type Filled with Characters
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Created by: Blood Sweat Vector.
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Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial: Create Urban Type
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Created by: Bram Vanhaeren.
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Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: Add Stylish Ornaments to Type
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Created by: Johann Chan.
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Quick Tip: Create a 3D Retro Text Effect with the Appearance Panel
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Created by: Chris Carey.
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Create a Chalkboard Effect with the New Pen Tool in Illustrator
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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Working with Type on a Path in Illustrator
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Created by: Julie Felton.
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How to Create a Colorful, Sparkly Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create a 3D, Fruit-textured Text Effect
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Created by: Tomasz Lechocinski.
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Create a Fabulous Nail Polish Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Danger! Danger! High Voltage! Create an Electric Text Effect in Illustrator
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Use Brushes to Create a Watermelon Text Effect in Illustrator
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Created by: Diana Toma.
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Create a Mustard Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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How to Create a Paper Quill Holiday Greeting
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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How to Create an Anaglyphic Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Use a Pattern Brush to Create a Rope Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create a Christmas, Knitted Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create a Detailed Tomato Text Effect
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Created by: Diana Toma.
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Use Pattern Brushes to Create a Shoe Lace Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create a Chemistry Tubes Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create an Alphabetti Spaghetti Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create 3D Letters Without the Use of 3D Tools
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Created by: Diana Toma.
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Create a Detailed Christmas Lights Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Retro Text Effects with Illustrator’s Appearance Panel
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Created by: spoongraphics.
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How To Create Typography Illustrations the Easy Way
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Created by: spoongraphics
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How To Create a Comic Style Text Effect
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Created by: spoongraphics
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Quick Tip: How to Make Retro Text with Illustrator Roughen Tool
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Created by: Jenn Coyle.
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The Creation of Monika’s Stylism Demo Artwork
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Created by: Monika Gause.
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3D Text Effect Using the Appearance Panel and Stylism
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Created by: Iaroslav.
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Using Plant Textures to Create a Gritty Text Tee
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Created by: Steve Knerem.
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All the Rage: 3D Style Retro Text Effect Tutorial
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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Wow Your Upscale Crowd with this Simple D-I-Y Ribbon Font Text Effect
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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Turn any Font Into a Sketch Font
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Created by: vectips
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How to Create a Custom Water Font That Will Refresh Your Copy in Less than an Hour
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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How to Create a Donut Font Style That Will Have Your Clients Drooling
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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How to Fire Up Your Designs Using This Awesome Vector Fire Text Effect
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Created by: Mary Winkler.
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How to Create a Gold Text Effect and Graphic Style in Illustrator
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Created by: Iaroslav Lazunov.
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Turn Drab Text Into an Amazing Design Using This Simple USB Vector Text Effect
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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Create a Detailed Concrete Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
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Created by: Andrei Marius.
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10 Comments:
More than a year ago
Do these contain the files needed to make them?
More than a year ago
Can I share them on hackr.
More than a year ago
It's quite a long list. thank you
More than a year ago
Thanks so much for sharing.
More than a year ago
looking forward to test some of this on my own projects
More than a year ago
I like new design for text effects.
More than a year ago
some of this effects are very nice, we will try some in out logo projects
More than a year ago
I am glad to see your eye catching illustrator text effects. Your all text effects collection is very useful to newbie designers. I like new design for text effects. It helped me to increase my designing knowledge. Thanks to share it.
More than a year ago
These are awesome! I love illustrator, well I love Indesign a little more but I can deal. These are fun, i really want to use the watermelon font
More than a year ago
Wow! The types are really wonderful! Though it may be too much to use these onsite - they are just the thing I was looking for fro my presentations! Such titles will surely attract attention!