Learning Adobe Illustrator

I've been studying some basic Adobe Illustrator techniques for the past few months. It's an interesting and challenging tool used for vector drawing; something that technical illustrators use to design detailed images and illustrators. So far I've been using the Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom In A Book, trying to follow and replicate the exercises given in the book.

But there are a lot of Illustrator training materials available in the internet. I discovered Tony Soh's Learn Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Class on the Vector Diary website. The lessons are short and very informative, with each day focusing on one particular tool or aspect of the Illustrator program.

The Vector Diary website also offers a lot of tutorials for people who want to learn Illustrator. I tried my hand on one of the tutorials and here is the image I created:

I'm supposed to add a picture at the center of the grafitti wallpaper art but I could not find a decent image online. But I'm happy with what I made.