Use a text wrap to create a pretty visual effect as part of a layout. If the page lacks colour, you could also use a clipping mask to display some colourful graphics through the outline of a shape. I’ve used a lovely curvy ampersand to show you how I created the image above.
Download the tutorial to do it yourself:
Today I’ve written a tutorial to show you how to use Illustrator’s Pattern making function. It’s beautifully quick and simple – totally pain-free.
There are links to a tutorial to create a recycling symbol as well as a nifty way to make a quick heart.
Today’s tutorial shows you how to make faux postage stamps. They can be printed and made into stickers or used as fun elements on holiday letters and notelets. Make a whole sheet of them 🙂
Download the tutorial here:
These details are taken from the An Post website (https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Sending/Christmas-2019/christmas-2018-postal-dates)
This effect uses Transform & Distort, Live Paint and Pathfinder functions. Change the palette to change the mood and experiment with different effects and change it up to suit yourself. 🙂
Get the pdf tutorial below:
Sometimes you need to be able to define the angle of a circle segment. Trouble is, in Illustrator, circles are not true circles; they are ellipses shaped into circles with bezier curves.
I have written a tutorial detailing the two methods I use to define the angle of a circle segment. Download the tutorial here:
A long time ago I wrote up a tutorial to do the same using Inkscape:
It might be out of date, I haven’t checked, but it’s here just in case it’s still useful. 🙂
Illustrator, unlike Photoshop, doesn’t have dedicated contouring capabilities. This tutorial shows you how to achieve embossing effects without having to open up PSD and rasterizing your work.
You can apply the effects on shapes, including text, and you’ll be pleased to find that even after ’embossing’ your original graphics remain editable.
To finish off, it also shows you how you can save the effects as a graphic style to use in future projects.
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The tutorial is here:
Today ‘s tutorials are quick and easy techniques for filling in Illustrator and Photoshop text with background images.
This screen shot below shows the layer order: Graphics layer above the text layer. The bears are on a separate layer.
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The individually coloured panels are what we’ll be creating in today’s tutorial. It’s a versatile effect that can be used for lots of different applications. I used it for the leafy design below.
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Here’s the tutorial for you:
xoxoxo 🙂
The Spiral Tool in Illustrator decays into an ever tighter and smaller turn and doesn’t work as a text path. It makes text increasingly illegible or clunky as it follows the spiral. This tutorial shows you how to make a concentric spiral text path.
I’ve used concentric circles to create the framework for the infographic above so you can see an example of how the principles can be put to practical use.
*There are other ways to create concentric paths; you could create a circle then go to Offset Path to create perfect concentric circles without a spiral.*
Download the tutorial here:
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