Archive for November, 2007
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
I often see questions about making a "gradient brushstroke," that is, a gradient that will follow a path, rather than fill a shape. If you've tried to make a brush out of a gradient object, you know that it can't be done. But there is a way to acheive the ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Do you like things to have a bit of randomness, an element of surprise? Me too. Start with a simple shape. Go to Effect>Distort & Transform>Transform… Check the preview box and start playing. Here I've used an ellipse, made 12 copies, and adjusted the vertical scale and rotation. I've also changed ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
You can take any photo, or a scan of some scribbles, or other photographic source, and Live Trace it to make vector texture. But here's a way to create textures with no outside source required. Step 1: Draw a rectangle. Fill it with any color, and a stroke of None. Step 2: ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
This is the only time Illustrator has made me laugh out loud: UPDATE: Got this from Mordy Golding:Clipping = masks Roundtrip = when the file is re-saved as SVG Tiny = the version of SVG (SVG for web browsers, SVG-t or SVG Tiny for Mobile phones)Basically, the error is telling you that any ...
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