1. Image Trace → to convert raster artwork to vector
2. Image trace → Advanced – to make vector artwork look less digital and more handmade
3. For photographs, use high fidelity photo option in presets of image trace
4. Paste area – grey area outside the artboard
5. Direct selection tool – selects specific parts of a group
6. Object → Live Paint → Make & Release later to recolour artwork quickly
7. Colour guide – gives different colour palettes we can use in the artwork
8. Recolour artwork from colour guide – which recolours the artwork from the colour guide based on the colour harmony selected
9. Use ~ (tilve) to move the pattern inside the shape made
10. Object → Repeat → Grid (to repeat the pattern once)
11. Appearance panel
12. Patterns → Basic Graphics → Textures (in the appearance panel library)
13. Graphic Style – to create a graphic style and then apply it to any other objects, shapes, etc. 
14. Road e.g.
15. Make a graphic a symbol (Windows → Symbol) to be able to use it again from the symbols panel

Blend:

1. Replace Spine

Effect → Transform Effects → Play with settings on a stroke