To straighten the gradient and make it vertical, place your cursor over one of the ends and pull. When you are near the vertical line, pressShift: This will make it perfectly vertical and perpendicular to the base of the canvas. To straighten a linear gradient, pull from one end, and th...
Drag up or down on the Size and Opacity controls to change the values, and refine your brush in Brush settings. Make changes to attributes such as Roundness, Angle, and Taper, and then start tracing. Tip: You can switch out a default brush with a new one. If you like using a ...
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a vector illustration step by step, proving to you that drawing using Illustrator is not as scary as it may seem!
Now I want to make one that’s more rounded. I use the same process to make a stouter petal shape. Then I return to the first shape I made, to make it into a flower. First, I make a copy of the shape I made and paste it somewhere in the artboard that allows me to work...
Now that you have a custom color palette, you can quickly fill different parts of your drawing with different colors. To make the Fill tool work seamlessly, make sure that there are no gaps between the lines. Export and share That’s it!
If you took the simple approach of setting the position to the first point in the array and then to the second point in the array, your pig would appear to teleport from one waypoint to the next. Have you ever seen a teleporting pig? I’m sure even Captain Kirk can’t make that cla...
3. How to Create the Background Before creating custom vector textures in Illustrator, we'll make a simple background. So make sure you position yourself onto the first layer, and let’s jump straight into it! Advertisement Step1 Using the Rectangle Tool (M), create a 1200 x 600 px rec...
Illustration is a great way to boost many of your skills and to experiment with drawing techniques, colors and composition. In this article, Igor Izhik will show you how these skills will make you a better specialist in any creative field by sharing how
If you took the simple approach of setting the position to the first point in the array and then to the second point in the array, your pig would appear to teleport from one waypoint to the next. Have you ever seen a teleporting pig? I’m sure even Captain Kirk can’t make that cla...
To add color, the vector needs to be turned into a Live Paint object. Select (V) the line work then go toObject>Live Paint>Make. PressKor choose theLive PaintBucketicon on the toolbar. Set your desired color in theBackgroundcolor swatch, then hover the cursor over the space you want...