Tutorial Adobe Illustrator tutorial

[Mero]

NM's looks great!

...mine would look better if it was spelt right
Nah, that's amazing. Going to have to play around with Illustrator once I get back.

Sorry mate, typo I never realised I'd made.
Here's the new version

 

[Greater Gattsby]

http://www.thedesignplaybook.com/illustrator-tackle-twill/

That took me 2 minutes in Illustrator.
In fact, it took more time to open Photoshop and save the zoomed in screen cap and load it to Photobucket than it did to make it.

In short it's create a Stroke around your shape, then it's
Effect>Distort & Transform>Roughen
Then the zigzag is:
Effect>Distort and Transform>Zig Zag
For settings I would go Size 0, Detail 20 on Roughen and Size 1 and 4 Rides per segment on the ZigZag.
Of course, if you find whatever you do doesn't work, Ctrl-Z and try something else.

Ahh yeah I think you gave this to me before, it seems familiar. I made these some a while back but can't find them

 

[Bacon Warrior]

What's the best way to go about making shorts and socks? Pen tool?

 

[cannavo]

What's the best way to go about making shorts and socks? Pen tool?

Most likely. Perhaps trace over an image of shorts like this:

Then you can adjust the points to your liking

 

[Greater Gattsby]

What's the best way to go about making shorts and socks? Pen tool?

Definitely the pen tool.

I'd also suggest finding some shorts to trace, but it must look like it goes with your template. You will understand what I mean.


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[Bacon Warrior]

Was hoping you two weren't going to say the pen tool. That thing is harder to learn than the Chinese alphabet.

 

[cannavo]

Was hoping you two weren't going to say the pen tool. That thing is harder to learn than the Chinese alphabet.

When I started using the pen tool, I kept clicking around the edges because it looked like I was getting somewhere
What do you have trouble doing when using the pen tool?

 

[Greater Gattsby]

Was hoping you two weren't going to say the pen tool. That thing is harder to learn than the Chinese alphabet.

Look up tutorials on youtube.

Once you learn it, it is so worth it. Best tool in Illustrator and photoshop.

 

[Bacon Warrior]

When I started using the pen tool, I kept clicking around the edges because it looked like I was getting somewhere
What do you have trouble doing when using the pen tool?

This is my best when it comes to pen tooling.

 

[Greater Gattsby]

This is my best when it comes to pen tooling.

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It's a start.

Remember what I told you about making templates(i think and hope it was you)?

Draw half of the object, then copy and flip the other half, and join them up. Symmetry is a good thing.

This is the tutorial that I learnt off:

 

[cannavo]

This is my best when it comes to pen tooling.

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I suggest copying a picture of shorts and putting it in a separate layer and lock it. Drag a guide line from the side ruler and place it in the middle of the shorts (It should be Cyan coloured). If you're clicking at each point but cant fix the lines curve, try Clicking the bezier handle of the last point and drag it until the line fits. Skip to 6:38 of NMs linked video and she's describe the curves

 

[Bacon Warrior]

I suggest copying a picture of shorts and putting it in a separate layer and lock it. Drag a guide line from the side ruler and place it in the middle of the shorts (It should be Cyan coloured). If you're clicking at each point but cant fix the lines curve, try Clicking the bezier handle of the last point and drag it until the line fits. Skip to 6:38 of NMs linked video and she's describe the curves

Yeah just watched parts 1 and two. This will probably take me until the free trial expires haha. Cheers though.

 

[Greater Gattsby]

Yeah just watched parts 1 and two. This will probably take me until the free trial expires haha. Cheers though.

No worries mate

 

[Mero]

Another way to get shorts is to find them in pdf files.
Richmond have a Dreamtime pdf on their website which is a comp to design the 2014 Dreamtime jumper.
If you open that pdf in Illustrator there's shorts and socks in vector format.
You will have to look for them, as they're hidden by a Clipping Mask.

 

[lmach]

Mero

When I copy and paste and image from the web into Illustrator, the colours (usually yellow) appear dull. For example;

Before:

After:

(Apologies for the size)

My working space is in RGB, not CMYK. My RGB colour settings (for lack of a better term) were sRGB IEC61966-2.1, though I changed it to Monitor RGB - Colour LCD Calibrated and it fixed this issue and the colours were how they appeared on the web. However, now when I export as a png or save for web, the colours in my png are dull (like the above image). Any idea how I can fix this issue?

Here are my colour settings before and after changing them;

Before:

After:

Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.

 

[Klim]

Mero

When I copy and paste and image from the web into Illustrator, the colours (usually yellow) appear dull. For example;

Before:

After:

(Apologies for the size)

My working space is in RGB, not CMYK. My RGB colour settings (for lack of a better term) were sRGB IEC61966-2.1, though I changed it to Monitor RGB - Colour LCD Calibrated and it fixed this issue and the colours were how they appeared on the web. However, now when I export as a png or save for web, the colours in my png are dull (like the above image). Any idea how I can fix this issue?

Here are my colour settings before and after changing them;

Before:

After:

Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.

Possibly you're not using vector images from the web?

 

[Andonis1997]

Possibly you're not using vector images from the web?

Surely the great lmach wouldn't make a rookie error such as that?

 

[Klim]

Surely the great lmach wouldn't make a rookie error such as that?

I don't know. That's what I think the problem is.

 

[lmach]

I don't know. That's what I think the problem is.

It's not. I use images from the net to grab colour samples, that image was an example.


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[Mero]

I would have to look that one up.
It sounds more a screen calibration thing than a software issue.
I have had similar problems with getting images online and them being the wrong colours.

What I have done in the past is take the colour I want from another image, even raster and open it in Photoshop.
Then select the colour you want and find the RGB values.
From there, go back to Illustrator and create a new swatch with that RGB setting.
That's all I can think of, because, as mentioned, I know a bit about Illustrator, but from what I understand, the problem you're having seems to be with your monitor.

 

[lmach]

I would have to look that one up.
It sounds more a screen calibration thing than a software issue.
I have had similar problems with getting images online and them being the wrong colours.

What I have done in the past is take the colour I want from another image, even raster and open it in Photoshop.
Then select the colour you want and find the RGB values.
From there, go back to Illustrator and create a new swatch with that RGB setting.
That's all I can think of, because, as mentioned, I know a bit about Illustrator, but from what I understand, the problem you're having seems to be with your monitor.

You were right, it was my monitor, which is strange because I just re-calibrated it a few weeks ago. I just calibrated it with a program called SuperCal and it's perfect now. Thanks for your help.

 

[Cat_Attack !]

Does anyone have a link for templates with updated collars, would be greatly appreciated as I am just starting out in Ai

 

[Klim]

Does anyone have a link for templates with updated collars, would be greatly appreciated as I am just starting out in Ai

Meros? Those are really good.

 

[lmach]

Does anyone have a link for templates with updated collars, would be greatly appreciated as I am just starting out in Ai

Try making one. The first thing I ever did in AI was make a cricket template and it really helps you grasp the basic tools.

 

[Cat_Attack !]

My first ever design on Ai. Feedback and tips would be great.