Finding Illustrator Templates

Templates are a great way to speed up some design jobs — whether you use them pretty much "as is" or simply as a way to get the creative juices flowing. But if you're like me, sometimes you forget about some of the cool freebies that come with the software you own and instead go looking elsewhere for ideas and templates. In this creativepro.com How-To you can find out how to "Get Your Mitts on Illustrator's Free Templates, Clip Art, and More." I just looked, and sure enough, there was a template that would have been perfect for a project I was working on last week.

• More Free Illustrator Templates
• Templates for Desktop Publishing
• Pros and Cons of Using Templates
• 4 Ways to Personalize a Template
• Adobe Illustrator Page Layout Tutorials

_{Image © J. Bear; one of the templates that comes with Illustrator CS2}