The Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator is an interactive tool for creating complex shapes by merging and erasing of simpler shapes. Here I’ll go through the steps required for you to apply the creating complex shapes with the Shape Builder Tool. So, have fun! Create a New Document in Illustrator Above all, launch your Adobe… Read more »
In the previous guide, I have shown you how to create your own custom art brush in Illustrator. In this guide, we will focus on creating scatter brushes. Scatter brushes refers to disperse copies of an object element along the path. 1. Create a New Document Start by creating a new document with your keyboard… Read more »
It’s always harder than it seems when it comes to creating illustrated cartoon characters in softwares like Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. And so I have created this guide to share with you my method. Step 1: Find A Reference Image All creations start from somewhere and I love to start by first deciding the… Read more »
Previously, I have published a guide on how to create your own custom art brush in Illustrator. In this guide, I am going to show you how to use the custom art brush we had created to create an abstract artwork. So, if you are not sure how to create your own custom art brush,… Read more »
Most of us are very used to sourcing for Photoshop Brushes to be included in our artworks. But do you know that you can also find some very good quality Illustrators Brushes too? In this article, I have put together 18 of the best Illustrator brushes that were created by the community of wonderful designers… Read more »
Find my Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts cheat sheet useful? Here I have created a cheat sheet to the Illustrator keyboard shortcuts for both Mac and Windows users and could be printed out for easy reference. Here’s a preview for the cheat sheet for Mac Keyboard: Here’s a preview for the cheat sheet for Windows Keyboard: Download… Read more »
Artboard refers to the area that contain the printable artwork. An Illustrator document can contains up to 100 artboards. This means that you can create an Illustrator document with up to 100 printable artworks to accommodate your project. So I will go through with you the basic of working with artboards. Here are the subtopics… Read more »
Before I show you how to create your own custom Art brush in Illustrator, let me first introduce to you the types of brushes available in Illustrator. Unlike in previous versions of Illustrators where there are only four types of brushes (Calligraphic, Art, Pattern, and Scatter), in Illustrator CS5 and later, Adobe has added in… Read more »
