Adobe Illustrator 10
About Adobe Illustrator
Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It is often used to draw illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and
logos. Unlike bitmap images that stores information in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical equations to
draw out the shapes. This makes vector graphics scalable without the loss of resolution.
Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It is often used to draw illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and
logos. Unlike bitmap images that stores information in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical equations to
draw out the shapes. This makes vector graphics scalable without the loss of resolution.
Advantages of Vector Graphics• Scalable without resolution loss
• Lines are crisp and sharp at any sizes
• Print at high resolution
• Smaller file size
• Good for drawing illustrations
• Lines are crisp and sharp at any sizes
• Print at high resolution
• Smaller file size
• Good for drawing illustrations
Disadvantages of vector graphics
• Drawings tend to look flat and cartoon
• Hard to produce photo realistic drawings
• Drawings tend to look flat and cartoon
• Hard to produce photo realistic drawings
If you liked my previous article onPhotoshop shortcuts, you’ll probably find
this post useful. Here are 26 Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to speed
up productivity. I use most of them (in fact, I can’t work without them). Most
of shortcuts listed in this article aren’t documented in the software, so keep
reading and you’re sure to find at least one new trick to put up your sleeve.
Enjoy
this post useful. Here are 26 Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to speed
up productivity. I use most of them (in fact, I can’t work without them). Most
of shortcuts listed in this article aren’t documented in the software, so keep
reading and you’re sure to find at least one new trick to put up your sleeve.
Enjoy
In this tutorial I hope to illustrate some of the process of logo design using Adobe Illustrator. However, I must stress, this is not so much a tutorial on the use of Adobe Illustrator as it is a way to show you one method of the "process" of refining an image to a corporate identity (logo) or stylized illustration.The basic process here could be applied to any application.
It should be noted that the example provided here was done mostly for this tutorial and I have bypassed a few of the earlier stages of logo design and concepting such as thumbnail sketching, etc. The logo is for a company called stone gecko, so I thought an illustration of a chameleon/gecko type animal would be good. Part of the concept originanlly was to make the gecko"s lines apear blocky or stone like, but the process began to go out of the scope of this tutorial so I opted for a more simplified approach.
This tutorial assumes you have at least a basic working knowledge of Illustrator, for example you should know how to select objects and change their outlines and fills. Being comfortable with the pen tool is also a big plus.
All you need tobegin is an image to use for the reference like the one I have below of the gecko.
Now on to the tutorial
to download this course click here
It should be noted that the example provided here was done mostly for this tutorial and I have bypassed a few of the earlier stages of logo design and concepting such as thumbnail sketching, etc. The logo is for a company called stone gecko, so I thought an illustration of a chameleon/gecko type animal would be good. Part of the concept originanlly was to make the gecko"s lines apear blocky or stone like, but the process began to go out of the scope of this tutorial so I opted for a more simplified approach.
This tutorial assumes you have at least a basic working knowledge of Illustrator, for example you should know how to select objects and change their outlines and fills. Being comfortable with the pen tool is also a big plus.
All you need tobegin is an image to use for the reference like the one I have below of the gecko.
Now on to the tutorial
to download this course click here
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