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May17
Using a grid to draw in Illustrator can be a useful way of creating stylized artwork, like the pencil shown here. We take you through the steps in our Adobe Illustrator courses. First of all open a new document in Illustrator, from the File menu. Choose a paper size, for example A4. Then go to View > Show Grid. To... Read more...
May5
The Perspective tool in Adobe Illustrator is a great way of creating amazing architectural images or streetscapes in realistic perspective. We show you how in our Illustrator training courses. First create a new document, for example an A4 landscape. Then place a photo or drawing image via File > Place. Make sure you tick Template in order to be able... Read more...
Apr21
Creating a paisley pattern design in Adobe Illustrator is an easy process which we demonstrate in out Illustrator for Textiles courses. The design itself was popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries and utilizes the earlier Persian droplet motif. The main producers of Paisley pattern shawls were the weavers of Paisley in Scotland, between 1800-1850, their hand and... Read more...
Apr5
Creating artboards in Adobe Illustrator is a great way of showcasing your work. We explain how in our Adobe Illustrator courses. Artboards are like pages. To create multiple pages for a Storyboard or Moodboard, you can specify the number of artboards when you first set up the document. This feature was introduced into Illustrator CS4. Alternatively, if you have created... Read more...
Mar22
Creating a triangle pattern in Adobe Illustrator is an easy process, which we explain in full in our Illustrator training courses. The steps involve setting up a repeat grid, then using the Pathfinder functions and adding colours. Then could we convert the shapes into a repeat pattern for later use. First create a new document of size 100 x 100... Read more...
Mar1
Once the basic line work is complete, we would add colour to our Illustrator artwork. There are several methods for doing this, all of which we explore in our Adobe Illustrator training courses. First of all copy the outline twice by pressing Alt (Mac: Option) and moving. You could also go Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste. Then create... Read more...
Feb15
When creating details in an Illustrator drawing, we can speed up the process by working with the brush tool. We demonstrate how in our Illustrator training courses. In drawing patterns for textiles design we can create details like zippers, buttons, stitching, etc using the brushes. These can be downloaded from the the Net, or created and saved for future use.... Read more...
Feb1
Adobe Illustrator is the software of choice for fashion and textiles design. We run a special Illustrator for Textiles course in which we show you the best techniques for creating production artwork for fashion and accessories. The first step in creating a mood board or story board is to create a new drawing with your colour set to RGB or... Read more...
Jan18
For many Illustrator users the final result is a PDF to be sent to a client for approval or to a print company. We take you through the whole workflow from setup to creating PDFs in our Adobe Illustrator courses. There are two methods. Either go to File > Save As > and change the format at bottom to PDF.... Read more...
Jan3
Artwork is often tidied up in Illustrator by creating a clipping path around the artwork. We show you how perform this easy procedure in our Adobe Illustrator courses. As you can see in our finished artwork shown here, the image of the frog and the flight path of the ladybird would extend to the edge of the page. We may... Read more...
