Combine Envelope Distort with Grids. CSInsider | Design - Illustrator: The Perspective Grid for Rapid Packaging Prototyping. Community Translation Your transcript request has been submitted. Adobe TV does its best to accommodate transcript requests. It can take a few weeks for the transcript to become available in the Community Translation Project, so keep checking back. Join the Community Translation Project Thanks for your interest in translating this episode! To get started, please join the Community Translation Project. Please Confirm Your Interest Thanks for your interest in adding translations to this episode!
An error occurred while processing your request. Another translator has already started to translate this episode. Thanks for Participating! This episode has been assigned to you and you can expect an e-mail shortly containing all the information you need to get started. About This Episode The perspective grid offers great opportunities to take your 2D content into perspective. How to Create a Splash of Colorful Paint Using Adobe Illustrator and Mesh Tormentor – Gradient Mesh Plugin (Preview) - Vectorboom - Vector Tutorials, Freebies, Plug-ins. Final Image Preview Today, I can assure you that Gradient Mesh has become absolutely manageable, it became possible thanks to Mesh Tormentor, which was developed by a great programmer Yemz. This plugin has features that make your work with Gradient Mesh enjoyable and save you much time.
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial we will look at its basic commands: removal of unnecessary knots of the gradient mesh, the creation of the Art Brush of the Gradient Mesh, joining of two or more Gradient Meshes, Gradient Mesh color cloning and master a lot of interesting techniques. It is quite a gift for those who work with Gradient Mesh, because Mesh Tormentor is an absolutely free plug-in. This Adobe Illustrator Tutorial will be published on Vectortuts+. You can download the plugin by clicking the Download button on this page.
The roundup of the work of plug-in you can read here. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS5; Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 2 Hours. Working with shapes :: Design Tips. While drawing a shape try these key shortcuts: Space bar: Allows you to reposition the object while creating it. Shift: Constrains the object’s proportions. Alt: Draws object from the center. Alt+shift: Constrains the object’s proportions from the center. Rounded Rectangle tool Press up and down arrow to increase or decrease the corner radius. Polygon tool Press up or down arrow to increase or decrease the number of vertexes. Star tool Press up or down arrow to increase or decrease the number of vertexes Ctrl- drag: fixes the position of the inner radius. Mesh Tormentor Plugin - Complete Guide - vectorboom.
Today I’m publishing a complete guide to Mesh Tormentor plugin which caused a burst of enthusiastic feedbacks of illustrators from all over the world. This guide is written and illustrated by YemZ, the author of the plugin. You can download the plugin by clicking the Download button on this page. Installation of the plugin is conducted by copying a file to the directory YemZMeshTormentor.aip \ Plug-ins \ Extensions \, located as applicable by Adobe Illustrator (eg C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Illustrator CS2 \ Plug-ins \ Extensions \). At the same time Adobe Illustrator itself should not be running. You can read about work with Mesh Tormentor if you use the following links: Contents Show axis and / or corner nodes of the mesh Move the corner node Convert knots into vertexes Convert vertexes into knots Smooth mesh nodes Mesh colors shift Reflection of mesh colors Mesh colors rotation Color cloning into another mesh Sew meshes together Cut the mesh into two Create mesh grid for Brush Guides 1 / 3.
40 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials. In this roundup we have showcased some of the creative illustrator tutorials from 2011. These include typography, character design, poster design, logo design, portrait design and many more. Enjoy!! Artistic Printing Inspiration in Illustrator and Photoshop Create a Lava Island Scenario in Illustrator Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop Create a Hellboy Poster in Illustrator Create a Jar Illustration and Splashy, Purple Text Effect Create an Adorable Puppy with Negative Space and the Paintbrush Tool How To Create a Grumpy Troll Character in Illustrator Create a Sparkly Female Portrait in Illustrator Create a Vibrant Abstract Vector Design Illustrator How To Create a Retro Badge/Emblem Style Logo How To Create a Colorful Abstract Poster in Illustrator How To Create an Intricate Vector Heart Illustration Create a Chalkboard Type Treatment Create a Vector Chopper with Illustrator CS5 and VectorScribe How to Create a Retro Style Textured Logo Creating an Illustrative Monogram Vintage vector textures.
Text Fx. Effects. Illustration. Use Illustrator and Photoshop to Create a 3D String of Pills – Screencast. Creative Suite Podcast: Designers - 10 Random Illustrator CS5 Tips. Community Translation Your transcript request has been submitted. Adobe TV does its best to accommodate transcript requests. It can take a few weeks for the transcript to become available in the Community Translation Project, so keep checking back.
Join the Community Translation Project Thanks for your interest in translating this episode! To get started, please join the Community Translation Project. Please Confirm Your Interest Thanks for your interest in adding translations to this episode! An error occurred while processing your request. Another translator has already started to translate this episode. Thanks for Participating! This episode has been assigned to you and you can expect an e-mail shortly containing all the information you need to get started. About This Episode In this episode Terry White shares 10 Random Illustrator CS5 tips to make you more productive.
How to Create a Fancy Gift Bow using Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic image of a gift bow using the Mesh Tool. With many uses including greeting cards, designs and even web banners, I'm sure you'll find many uses for this fancy ribbon. You will also learn many helpful tips on how to use the gradient mesh to make conical gradients. Let's get started! First, determine the colors that you're going to use. All the colors will match the numbers, which I will use in screenshots and further description. I use a light red color # 1 (C = 2, M = 83, Y = 73 and K = 0) as the basic one. I used two colors to reproduce the highlights of the bow: pink # 2 (C = 5, M = 64, Y = 52 and K = 0), pale pink # 3 (C = 0, M = 20, Y = 23 and K = 0). Using the Rectangle Tool (M) create the shape of ribbon with a linear gradient fill. Create the upper edge of the ribbon.
Create the shadow from the ribbon. Select the two rectangles and go to Object > Blend > Make. Let us proceed to the bow elements. Create a Smooth Satin Background Using Blends. Upon first seeing this shiny fabric background, you might think "Gradient Mesh. " And if Gradient Mesh intimidates you, you might just click to the next tutorial. In fact, achieving a rich, satin background is deceptively easy.
Illustrator's Blends are the key. Let's get started! Step 1 Choose a color scheme. Note: For the rest of this tutorial, I will refer to the colors numerically, with the lightest being 1, and the darkest, 4. Step 2 Start at the top left of the artboard and draw a triangle, using the Pen tool (P). Step 3 Select both objects and go to Object > Blend > Make. Step 4 Draw a thin rectangular shape that aligns with the bottom of the blend. Carefully position this second blend alongside the first one so that no white shows through. Step 5 Make another blend, this time with a larger, curved quasi-triangle as the base, and an amorphous ellipse for the highlight.
Step 6 At this point, it may be hard to visualize the end result, because of the ragged edges. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10.