Articles tagged with: adobe illustrator
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Hi all. There is this really cool thing in illustrator called live trace. From this we could built a bacteria kinda living thing from nothing. So here we go.
Step01:
Make a perfect rectangle using a rectangle tool (M), and use a radial gradient to fill it, choose the color from the swatches, I used the R=0 G=104 b =55 and for the center I used R=140 G=198 B=63.
Step02:
Make a new layer on top of it, use any color you want.
go to effect>texture>stained glass. Change the cell size into 35 border thickness …
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Hello, let’s make a bridge in illustrator CS4. It was easy and basically just need a lot copy and paste though. So, let’s get started.
Step 01:
Make a rectangle path using marquee tool (M)
Step 02:
then using ellipse tool (L) make a big circle in the middle of it, then reposition it, until it looks like the image.
Step 03:
Activate both of them, select pathfinder (window>pathfinder or shift+ctrl+F9), click minus front.
Step 04:
copy and paste in front (ctrl+c then ctrl+f) the shape, then resize and recolor it, until it look like the image.
Step 05:
select …
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Hello, this is the tutorial using opacity mask, like the title said. Using this mask, you could have a more complicated mask , and I think this is an awesome trick to learn. Let’s get it done then….
Step01:
Make box using rectangle tool(M), then go to window>swatch library>gradients>sky. Fill it without any stroke. And we just made our base color.
Step02:
Next, go to window>symbol>grime vector pack. Select symbol sprayer tool (shift+S) and then spray it once.
Step03:
Select the sprayed item, go to object>expand. Click ok.
And then recolor it into white. Drag it into …
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Hi, this tutorial purpose is to make a radiance looking font, the use of appearance box in Adobe Illustrator, and in case some of you didn’t know, we could make a gradient like stroke in this tutorial. So, here we go…
Step 01:
Type your text first; in this tutorial I used Bauhaus 93, 110 pt
Step 02:
In the appearance box, click the dropdown icon, then select add new fill, first select white, then do this step again this time with a different fill color.
Step 03:
Select Effect > Path > Offset Path, and …
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Hi all, you know matrix right?? The green color , the falling letter, shiny and everything. Now we want to make one in Adobe Illustrator CS4. In this tutorial I am gonna use the “Omeoo” name though. So let’s get it done, then.
Step01
Type your text, in here I used Franklin Gothic Heavy 120 pt, set the tracking into 75. If you can’t find the tracking, it’s in window>type>character (ctrl+t)
Step02
Make it have no fill color and stroke,
then go to appearance box, select the dropdown menu>add new fill.
Make it green
Step03
Now go to …