To make perfect sun-rays we need a perfect line. That's what we're using the circle for. And to make sure we're doing it the right way, we need guides. "Smart-guides" to be honest. Activate the guides either by going through the menu or press "Ctrl+U".
Select your flair, copy and paste the new copy in front (ctrl+c to copy, then ctrl+f to paste in front). Go to 'Object > Transform > Reflect' and select "horizontal" to reflect the shape over the horizontal axis.
Director Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly impressed audiences this summer with a stunning 2D animation style that mixes heavy blacks lines with shapes of solid color to represent a realistic image. After filming the movie live action, we used proprietary vector software to animate directly over live footage, preserving the likeness and performances of the actors - a process called...
One of the problems that beginners face when entering the world of adobe illustrator is proper positioning of the vector control points.
Or you can further refine Dirt1 and 2 layers. If you take a close look at them you'll see that they contain of groups of speckle shapes with applied clipping paths (in a shape of original text). You can Release Clipping Path for each letter, ungroup, and move your speckles by hand, concentrating some of them in a corners of letters. Group and apply clipping path again. A little bit tedious but...
There has been a surge of "grunge" effects lately that have been created using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. So here's one more effect for your arsenal of grunge effects. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a custom brush and use it to create a really cool border mask in Illustrator, allowing you to apply it to a photo or graphic without affecting the original image....
This can be made for Lunar new year occasiom. You will enjoy this tutorial. It is quite easy to be done and fun also. I think it will really help ypu to understand some basics of Adobe Illustrator. This is quite a basic tutorial for beginners.
It's time for another vector freebie, these four women silhouettes have been created with a trendy style similar to the colour blindness tests that make use of a variety of coloured circles to make up an object or shape. Feel free to post up links to examples of how you put these vectors to use in your own work!
New Year is approaching soon and you are still stuck on the New Year greeting design. Here is a quick tutorial to help you create a 2009 Happy New Year card. You will learn how to create realistic vector fireworks in this tutorial. The final fireworks look simple yet elegant, perfect for sending to your clients.
Create new document, size 600 x 400 px, check Show Grid , Smart Guide and Snap to Grid item on View menu. When Snap to Grid item is checked, Smart Guide cant work, u must choose one...use it smartly :) Draw 1 elliptical shape, copy it, fill #ED2324 color, use Pen draw the path like this, then hold Alt and click to the Divide icon on Pathfinder palette, then Ungroup.
With just a circle, a few ovals and the Inner Glow effect, you can create a quick and very useful glass bowl image in Illustrator.And once you master this technique, it can be easily adapted for many different uses.
In this post I will show you how we created the logo. I will skip the drawing parts, yes there were tons of drawings before going to the computer, because when they stole my computer and backups in 2006 they took all my photos of the drawings.This logo is pretty much a bunch of circles, I used a circle for the module and deleted some segments in order to create the characters.
In this tutorial we will make a rough edges like in a logo of Cops TV series. 1. Using Type tool create your text. Make it large enough, like 70 pt. Easier to work with, you can always downscale it later. Select it with Selection tool and convert into outlines (Type > Create Outlines).
Compound path consists of two or more paths that interact with each other. Compound paths are used when you need to show a part of underlying object through a hole in another object. Imagine a flat donut on a plate. Outer edge of the donut is defined by one path, and the donut hole by another path. A transparent hole occurs in the area where paths cross. Through this hole you can see the plate...