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Are you interested in taking your graphic design or illustration to the next level? Do you want to learn how to draw digital characters? Get started with Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator? Or would you like to learn by having an expert critique your portfolio?

Talk to one of ourTuts+ Expertsto learn a new skill, improve your knowledge, and get help with your project. From $65 an hour.

Meet the Experts

Cheryl Graham

Cheryl hasbeen writing for Tuts+ since 2009. She's posted nearly 150 tutorials and quick tips, mostly on Adobe Illustrator, and produced ten video courses.

She's been an avid Illustrator user for over 15 years and worked as an illustrator, graphic artist and map maker, as well as being active in microstock illustration for ten years.

Ioana Șopov

Ioanais a freelance illustrator and graphic designer currently based in Romania. She's been working in this field for five years, experimenting with both traditional and digital media in every way possible.

She has worked for clients such as Sainsbury's, Avon, Vodafone, Nestle and DATUM Magazin. Her work has been featured in magazines such as NeverLazy Magazine, CAP Design Magazine (Sweden), DPI Magazine Taiwan. She was also selected to be featured in the Adobe Creative Cloud #NewCreatives video and campaign.

Kirk Nelson

Kirk studied at the University of Central Florida and worked on his senior project at Disney Ideas, learning from the masters of their craft! Since then, he has branched out into almost every form of digital media, ranging from web design to photo manipulation to 3D animation to print design.

His work has appeared in acclaimed international trade magazines over 300 times and he's also an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop.

Mary Winkler

Mary is an illustrator and designer who has worked in apparel, packaging, toy design, course and tutorial creation, print design, and more.

She's worked with Disney Consumer Products, Jakks Pacific, Jada Toys, Imagine Publishing (Advanced Photoshop, Digital Artist, and Photoshop Creative magazines), and more as a freelance illustrator and designer. She's a regular contributing author and instructor at Tuts+, covering Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel DRAW, and articles on various topics.

Sharon Milne

Sharon, aka ChewedKandi, is an Illustrator and Author specialising in vector art.

She's from Northumberland in the United Kingdom and is the Design & Illustration Editor forTuts+,as well as being the author of "Adobe Master Class: Illustrator". She's written for several websites includingAdobe.comandSmashing Magazine.

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