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Deke's Techniques 193: Drawing an ISOTYPE Couple in Love in Illustrator

This week, our universal bathroom symbols fall in love. Again, using nothing but strokes. And I write an inapproriate blog post. See, everyone wins.

Deke's Techniques 161: Creating a Spirograph-Like Pattern in Illustrator

Here's how to make a Spirograph-like pattern that can be made to fit into any design. Without a single clipping mask. And it looks pretty sweet when it's done.

Deke's Techniques 134: Adding a Border to an Image in Illustrator

This is the day that Deke's Techniques amps up from casual to serious. Because this very day, I begin in earnest to kick some seriously vector-based ass.

Deke's Techniques 060: Designing a Magically Updating Pattern

Nothing says "magic" like a dynamically updating pattern in Illustrator. No, I'm not talking about Illustrator's standard tile patterns. I'm talking pure unadulterated magic.