Today, we’ll take a look at how to build and animate the spinning “Stargate Wormhole” using Cinema4D, Element 3D, and After Effects.

Using native After Effects effects and a few nifty expressions, you can make cartoon fire in no time!

In this video, I’ll show you how to combine the Loft NURBS and the Boolean NURBS to create a chrome cup with divots. Then I’ll show you how to create multiple steak fries complete with realistic textures.

Many people asked me how I made the viruses in my “Decoding a Virus” animation. So I’ve made a tutorial showing you the basics of how it was built!

Watch the full “Decoding a Virus” animation

In these videos, I’ll show you exactly how the pen tool works and why. I’ll also show you how to take the mystery out of bezier curves, and how to control the pen tool to trace a basic image.

Save valuable time on any drawing project! I’ll show you how to set up and customize an Illustrator template.

In these videos, I’ll walk you through the basics of one of the most important palettes in Illustrator: The Appearance Palette. It gives you precise control over complex-looking objects, resulting in the easiest way to achieve professional-looking graphic styles.

In this video, I’ll show you how to easily align and distribute your artwork. This palette can save you tons of time and effort!

Everything you ever need to know about Illustrator’s versatile Art Brush palette. First we’ll talk about the basic concept, then I’ll demystify the coloring options.

Let’s cover the basics of graphic styles: How to make them, replace them, and save them.

In this video, we’ll take the appearance palette even farther by giving complex appearance to groups, symbols, envelopes, blends and even entire layers. Extremely useful and fun for creating complex artwork.

In this video, I’ll show you 6 different ways to use the Transform Effect to produce some very interesting and useful results, including single and double symmetry, and kaleidoscopic effects.

Let’s explore the advantages of using Envelope Distortion to warp your complex artwork in unique ways.

Here’s a somewhat hidden gem in Illustrator: Transparency Knockout. Knockout lets you use “X-Ray” vision to create holes and other types of transparency within groups. This is a non-obvious function, but it’s definitely a must-have!

Let’s take a look at the uses for clipping masks. They’re a great way to contain artwork within a custom shape, but there are some limitations.

One of the best functions in Illustrator, Opacity Masking lets you fade your artwork’s opacity in any number of ways. All non-destructive.

One of the best functions in Illustrator, Opacity Masking lets you fade your artwork’s opacity in any number of ways. All non-destructive.

Scatter Brushes are a great way to distribute artwork along a path. Just make one object (or group) and Scatter Brush can make hundreds or thousands of copies instantly.

In Part 2, I’ll show you a couple examples of how to quickly use Scatter Brushes to make clouds, grass and bokeh.

I’ll walk you through how blending works in Illustrator. Blending has many uses in everyday drawings and designs, and can be used in lots of different ways to simulate shadows, extrusions, motion trails, particles etc…. Even in ways you might not expect.

This video shows some simple spheres and text extruded in Photoshop’s 3D, and put together on an outer space background

Here’s an oldie but goodie… It’s my first Self-portrait performed entirely in Adobe Illustrator. I think it totaled about 15 hours. My hard drive almost exploded from all the footage I was recording…