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Adobe Illustrator tutorials - how to create vector landscapes in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is no doubt the best software for creating vector-based graphics. Personally, I find them especially useful in Flash movie's where you may want to zoom a background in or out and yet at the same time, keep the quality of the graphic in tact.

Below you'll find a list of hand picked, vector landscape Illustrator tutorials.

1. Craft a Dramatic Vector Landscape Environment

This one is an intermediate Illustrator tutorial on how to create a vector landscape. It's useful if you already have a basic understanding of Illustrator tools before starting the tutorial.

2. Blissful Vector Scene

Create your own vector scene from scratch with this tutorial from Spoon Graphics. Easy to follow for beginners.

3. How to create a textured vector landscape

Tutorial showing how to create a textured vector landscape in Adobe Illustrator. Also offers 3 free textures for download.

4. Create an arctic landscape

In this tutorial you'll learn how to use shapes and gradients to create a vector arctic landscape.

5. Create a tree in Illustrator

This free pdf tutorial will take you through the steps for creating a vector tree from a photograph.

6. Illustrating a summer field landscape

Shows you how to use simple shapes, colors and gradients to draw a summer field landscape. I especially like the tutors comment:

'A pleasing illustration is not always about intricacy, one of the most rudimentary factors is composition.'

7. How to create a landscape wallpaper

Even though this vector tutorial is for creating a desktop wallpaper, it can just as easily be used as a background in a Flash game or movie.

8. How to use color to create depth

In this article, you will see how a simple vector artwork is made interesting by adding depth, via the use of color.