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In this tutorial, we will illustrate a flat design – cute boy using Adobe Illustrator. Flat design is designing things with basic shapes, but convey the message the same way as any other form of design. Flat designs are pretty nice to look at and have been my favorite mode of design for a while now.
In this tutorial,
- First we will draw the outlines of the character
- Next, we will choose a color palette based on our idea of how the final piece should look like
- In the end, we will replace our outlines with the chosen colors and make modifications to make sure the character is cute and looks great!
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The tools used in this tutorial:
- The shapes – rectangle, ellipse, rounded rectangle and line segments
- The ‘draw inside’ option
- We will learn to group and ungroup, send to back and send to front features, and editing transparency
- We will be using pathfinder, especially the unite and divide options
- Layers, color palettes will also be covered
Color Palette:
(Save the image and open in Illustrator. Use the Eyedropper tool to pick colors)
You can export the character as a PNG and use on any surface or medium (logos, blog headers etc). You can also add a text underneath the character to create a card for any occasion.
Watch the tutorial on how to illustrate this character here:
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Create cute notepad with Adobe Illustrator + Free Download
Posted on June 25, 2019
Using Adobe Illustrator, let’s learn to create a cute pencil and an eraser and then make a cute notepad using these elements. We will learn how to use the rectangle tool, pen tool, pathfinder and various other tools in this beginner friendly tutorial.
If you don’t want to follow through the tutorial, you can download the free printable here:
Download design 1 Download design 2
We will be creating a document with the following settings:
- Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches
- Color mode: CMYK
- Resolution: 300 ppi
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In today’s tutorial we will learn how to edit a scanned artwork to create transparent background and isolate the elements to create a pattern using Adobe Photoshop. You can use this pattern to upload to print on demand sites like Redbubble, society6 etc.
We will be using photoshop to create the pattern and to do the editing work on our scanned painting. I have scanned the painting in 600 ppi, so that I can increase the image size in the later part of the tutorial. Since I have already published a tutorial on how to edit artwork in photoshop (using a completely different method), and since it covers the topic of ‘how to increase the size of artwork’ and use various other tools to edit the background, I decide to skip it in this tutorial.
You can find these details in this tutorial here.
Creating pattern out of scanned artwork is very difficult, especially when you haven’t created the elements separately. In this tutorial you will learn to use the spot healing brush tool, eraser and clone tool to create elements from your artwork!
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The original painting was painted on watercolor paper and watercolor paints. The image was later edited in photoshop. Here are some screenshots of various products created by this design. You can find my Redbubble store here.
Make a pattern with Photoshop:
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In this tutorial we will learn how to use the twirl tool in Adobe Illustrator and create a seamless pattern with the created design. Twirl tool can be found within the width tool menu. Right click on the Width Tool to access it.
In this tutorial we will first create the base pattern and then apply the ‘make pattern option to create a seamless pattern. The pattern will be created with a transparent background so that you can apply any color to the pattern.
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Colors used:
- Red : #ee5764
- Orange dark : #ef642f
- Orange light : #f0a03b
- Blue : #b6e3e3
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In this Illustrator tutorial we will learn how to create this colorful text. First we learn to convert text to outlines, cut up the text into pieces using the divide option and then color it using the illustrator scripts.
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An important thing is to select a font that is thick enough to create blocks. I have used the following font, feel free to experiment with different fonts:
Ariel Black, size 300 and 400
We will use illustrator scripts to color our artwork. You can individually color them, but it’s very useful to use scripts when the artwork is particularly large. If you haven’t watched my tutorial on using illustrator scripts yet, you can click on the below link and it will lead you to the blogpost.
There are a number of free scripts available on the internet, I have spoken about them in the above linked blog post. The script used in this tutorial is called Randomizer script and is available for download for free from this link:
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/HKSy/LGcHfncwx
Colors used in this tutorial:
- e7edde
- f03c50
- fccb12
- 43b7ca
- 35aebc
If you want to find beautiful color themes, click on this link to learn about Adobe Color and how to get color themes into your Illustrator. Color.Adobe.com was recently updated and looks a bit different from what is shown in this video. Nevertheless, the method to save these themes to Adobe library remains the same.
Adobe Color and how to find color themes
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Let’s learn how to create 3D text in isometric projection in Adobe Illustrator! Text modification is quite fun if done properly, and is quite easy as well. Illustrator is filled with so many options to modify text as we please, and this tutorial talks about one such option. Although we discuss text in this tutorial, you could use the same technique for objects to create unique design pieces.
In this video tutorial you will learn:
- How to use the 3D effect to place the objects/texts in different isometric planes – > the first step in creating 3D text
- And how to use the transform tool to create a depth to your text so that they look 3 dimensional
The colors used for the 3D text and throughout this tutorial
Yellow fccb12
Blue 43b7ca
Pink f03c50
Orange f38154
Font used for 3D text
You can use any font that is thick enough. I have used the following font:
Blockhead Unplugged
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/blockhead
You can get this font from Adobe font for free if you have a creative cloud account.
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Check this to find out how to get awesome color themes from Adobe Color:
Adobe Color and how to find color themes
Adobe color is a website hosted by Adobe, which has a lot of color themes submitted by users. You can use the search button to search for specific color themes or just use the explore tab to check out all the color themes. You can save them to your library and use them in your projects!
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Hello there!
I realized I haven’t been posting Illustrator tutorial on this blog as much as I would like to.
Although I have been making youtube videos on Illustrator tutorials, I haven’t been really posting it here. In today’s tutorial, we will learn how to make a simple colorful icon, which you can use for logos, cover pages or as banners for Etsy, youtube etc!
Is this Illustrator tutorial beginner friendly?
Yes! It is perfect for beginners! I show you step by step process on how to create this icon. This is what you will learn do this tutorial:
- Make a leaf shape with the Ellipse tool
- Use the line segment tool to create the veins of the leaf
- Use Pathfinder > Divide tool to divide the leaf into tiny bits
- Ungroup to ungroup the leaf and color the individual bits with your favorite color theme
- Group them together and use the rotate tool to create a mandala
- Add text in your favorite font
- And we are done!
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If you want to know how to get awesome color themes, check out this tutorial:
Adobe Color and how to find color themes
Adobe color is an awesome website from Adobe where you can find some beautiful color themes. You can save them onto your library and use them in your artwork. If you think you have no eye for color, start here and slowly you will find yourself being able to create color themes that go well together.
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