
Saint Patrick's Day is around the corner! Here are some Adobe Illustrator tutorials and symbols to help you decorate your St. Patrick's Day projects with shamrocks and more.
• St. Patrick's Day Shamrocks Illustrator Tutorial
• Creating Shamrock Brushes in Illustrator
• Free St. Patricks Day & Shamrock Symbols for Adobe Illustrator
With St. Patrick's Day falling in this week, our theme is
Wearing O' the Green. Whether you're whole or part Irish, or maybe just 'Irish for a day', why not join in the celebration and create an image for St. Paddy's day? And keep an eye out for the leprechauns!
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Patterns in Illustrator are easy to use, and they can be applied to fills, strokes, and even resized, rotated, or repositioned within an object. Illustrator comes with a large variety of preset patterns, and you can make your own from symbols or your own artwork. Let's look at applying patterns to an object, and then see how easy it is to resize, reposition, or even rotate the pattern within an object.
• Using Patterns in Illustrator

This Paint Shop Pro tutorial shows you how to create an elf or leprechaun in the extremely popular Manga style of cartoon drawing. Our elf is a Chibi, which is a cute and small version of Manga. Chibi characters are cheerful, adorable, mischievous and a lot of fun to create! You can dress your elf for St. Patrick's Day and send someone a shamrock with your holiday wishes!
• Draw a Chibi Elf or Leprechaun in Paint Shop Pro