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Files used in this tutorial

The sketch

Finished vectors

Photoshop file

In this tutorial we go over all the basics of Adobe Illustrator. If you've never used Illustrator or any vector program this is a great place to start. We begin with a sketch and take it all the way to a finished vector drawing. As a bonus we also jump into Photoshop to add some extra effects.

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In the video above I just gloss over a lot of the software and hardware I use to in the making of my thumbnails. Since my Youtube channel usually focuses on that kind of stuff I thought it would be a good idea to list of the resources I use here in a separate post. Also, the Amazon links used on this page are affiliate links, I get a commission from sales made using those links, it's how I support this site and my Youtube channel.

Hardware

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In this corner we have the Surface Pro. The Surface Pro runs Windows 10. Has an optional pen and or keyboard cover. And has been able to grow a mustache since age 16.

In this corner we have the iPad Pro. The iPad runs iPad OS, has optional apple pencil and keyboard cover and has a large bump on his head, not from a fight but because his dad thought it would be cool to put a camera there.

On paper these competitors look pretty similar but are very different. Those...

In a nutshell this is what’s going on. There are laws about what you can and can’t do when advertising to children. One of those laws is called COPPA. For years Youtube claimed that they didn’t allow children under 13 on the platform on their platform so they were exempt. Anyone with half a brain knows that that’s just absurd.

Turns out the FTC, the government organization who enforces those laws has a half a brain and noticed too and they sued Youtube for a whole lot...

Apple has always prided itself on being a step ahead of the market. They weren’t afraid to kill floppy drives on the iMac, cd drives on Macbooks

But over the last couple years this urge to push the industry forward has felt like too much too soon. We didn’t want to give up our headphone jacks. USB-c sounds cool but there everything was still boring ol usb. and That mag safe charger was actually a brilliant idea! And HEY! HEY! The escape key on the keyboard wasn’t obsolete and it never...