Adobe Illustrator CS6 How-To Guide
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How I workI like o fill my mind wih anyhing ha could spark an idea. Becoming acively
inspired by lisening o music, reading old books, checking ou mid-cenury
modern designers, or even flipping hrough comic books can inspire me o
hink differenly. I also like o experimen wih differen mediums and exures.
I migh use markers or a pen for one projec and painbrushes for anoher.
Oher projecs migh begin as a pencil skech.A he core of any of my work is he need o find an idea ha will grab he
audience emoionally and inellecually. hen I have o execue i in a way
ha is boh visually ineresing and very relevan o he sory my clien
wans o ell. When hese criical elemens come ogeher, I feel more
confiden ha he final design is boh well crafed and has impac.
Illustration isnt about just throwing downsomething creative on paper. I take a very
intentional approach to every project.
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Geting saredI looked back a images of Boicelli s Birth of Venus and
hey had so much soul o hem; he hand-drawn images
have such a human feel. I waned o creae he samepassionae experience for he viewer using compuer-
generaed graphics.
Te skechFor my projec, I sared ou wih he concep of srong
line work, a limied color palee, and symmery. My
mind is drawn o symmery and balance.
I composed a rough composiion wih images of he
paining, and hen coninued o draw line work over he
image, jus covering one side.
I copied and flipped he line work along he way o see
how i looked.
Wih my line work complee,youll see on he following
pages how I creaed differen
layers o bring in color and
added paerns o reinforce
symmery. I also crafed
elemens o give i he hand-
done feel I experienced looking
a he original Venus images.
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he vecor exures were
applied o a new layer andwere masked o provide
he shapes needed.
I hen furher refined he
line work of he drawing,
using he widh ool o
creae flowing lines of
varying widhs.
Image raceo bring greaer deph o my illusraion, I
placed he exure from Phooshop ino my
new documen, used he new Image race
feaure in Illusraor CS6, and hen warped
he resuling vecorized exure wih he
Envelope Disor feaure in Illusraor.
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Roughen line workOnce I had he basic exure and line variaion ha I waned,
I roughened my line work hroughou he drawing o give i
a more hand-drawn, human feel.
Here I oped o expand he line work and applied he Roughen
Filer, wih he compleed image on he boom righ.
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Inegraing color and paternsUsing he new Paern Creaion feaure in Illusraor CS6,
I creaed a paern for my design.
And as a nex sep, I began o lay ou a second color
in a new layer.
I hen applied he new paern
in he colored layer and
finalized he second color.
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In a new layer, I applied a hird color and se o muliply wih he second
color. Below he second and hird colors can be seen, minus he firs color.
Adobe Illustrator continues to
deliver new features that make
it faster and easier to take
ideas, experiment and refine
them, and create designs that
grab audiences emotionally
and intellectually.
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Bringing i all ogeher
I began o mask each layer o hedesired sizes.
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I coninued o adjus he colors along he way, and evenually added wo more colorsone o
creae more deph, and he las one o simulae he naural paper color wed prin on.
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