We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly using the Pencil Tool. This lesson will show you some of the tricks in drawing smooth and fluid lines. Drawing a Line Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw a free hand line drawing.
In this lesson, we will look at how to use the shape tools to draw our basic shapes in illustrator. But before we start, we will look at how to select a basic shape so that you have no problems in selecting and editing shapes in Illustrator. Selection Tools There are 2 types of selection …
If you haven’t gotten your Illustrator, you can download the 30 days trial from Adobe’s download page. After installing, we will run Illustrator for the first time. Create New Document Go File>New Document to create your first document. Type in a Name for the document and click Advanced to select RGB for Color Mode as …
About Adobe Illustrator Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It is often used to draw illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and logos. Unlike bitmap images that stores information in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical equations to draw out the shapes. This makes vector graphics scalable without the loss of resolution. Advantages of Vector Graphics …
Here is a list of Illustrator books and videos I find useful for beginners to pick up Illustrator. The best way to learn is still through Lynda’s video tutorials as you can follow the instructor’s steps.
Here are 7 text shortcuts I find it very useful in Illustrator. It is very handy when you are dealing with typography. The shortcuts help you make slight adjustments to your text very easily. The good news is that most work in Photoshop and Indesign too. So what’s your favourite text shortcuts?
How to Make Rope Brush in Illustrator Making a rope brush can be very tricky if you are creating from scratch. In this tutorial, I will be showing you my secret technique of making a brush rope easily. Step by step, I will show you how to create the pattern for the rope and move …
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Finally, I’m done with migrating my website to Media Temple. The experience at Lunarpages was great until they suspended my account after it was using up too much resources. I needed a new plan, hence I decided to give Media Temple a try after hearing all the hype about it in the design industry. Currently …
You may have noticed my website is down for 2 days. The technical side sent me an email that my server was overloaded and I need to upgrade to support the heavy traffic. At the mean time, I’m planning to move to a new host. So just hang on there for a few days. Here …
