Talented children's book illustrator Ralph Cosentino shares three top tips for using Illustrator brushes, including how to tastefully work in organic textures, and how to save time with blending modes.

Unlike Photoshop brushes, Illustrator brushes are essentially shapes that are stretched and compressed – so it takes a little more finesse to produce amazing results. Here are three pro tips for getting exactly that.

We're total suckers for label and logo design from the '40s and '50s. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through how to create a distressed retro logo in Illustrator and Photoshop – and we'll give you some freebies too.