I’ve finally learned that the Width tool is used to adjust the thickness of the line stroke. You can play with it to see how it works, then if you’re happy with the stroke you can leave it as you like. I also learned the Profile is what functions the different shapes and styles of …
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Al Chapter 6: Arrowheads
I made some updates on this image based on what I’ve just learned. I like the colors and everything except the arrows – There were a lot of dotted lines so I opened the Stroke panel and adjusted the dashed lines. On “Dash” (the one on the very left), I put 35pt. As you can …
Al Chapter 6: make Brushes
I only learned a bit in the section, but there are some unusual things I’ve seen. After opening the “Brushes” from clicking Window above the screen, and putting next to the other panels on the left , I’ll notice there’s a box with a plus sign at the very bottom. When I click it, it …
Al Chapter 6: Strokes
I’ve learned something new about the strokes in Illustrator. When the curves are selected, I can change the style using Align Strokes – whether Align Stroke to Center, Inside, or Outside. I liked the Inside style, but it made the curves too pointy so I chose Center instead. For the heart at the top center …
Al Chapter 4: free Transform and puppet warp
I’ve something interesting in this part. By pressing only just the “E” key, there are a variety of Free Transform tools that can be used. I used the “Perspective Distort” and the “Free Distort” tool. There differences between them – the Perspective Distort changes the selected point of the fish (or any image) into a …
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AI Chapter 4: Transform Each
I’m amazed to know that you can transform all objects at the same time, even through they cannot rotate or change size in the same way. For instance, notice how the images are resized and rotated differently. I selected all the objects and I used the Transform tool to change them. I’m afraid I had …
Al Chapter 4: Transform Again
Until this part of the project I didn’t know you can scale and image to a larger size. It’s not only amazing, but very useful and convenient. I press the “S” and the “Enter” key at the same time to scale a single image. You can change it’s rotation, Uniform and Non-Uniform. If the scaling …
Al Chapter 4: Transform
This part of Illustrator was confusing at first but I understood what the instructor said and I was able to follow the instructions. By pressing the “Enter” key I’ve learned you can change the rotation of the image, including the height and width at the same time.
AI Project: Select Cubes
I hesitated a bit on this project but using my knowledge I changed all the parts in orange into a different color. It refreshed my memory that I could select different objects at the same time by holding the shift key using the Selection tool and the Direct Selection tool.
AI Project: Walkthrough Tent
Here’s what my project looks like from Illustrator. I created a picture resembling the one on the top left, but as you can see the colors are different from it. I made it this way because I wanted the trees to be in a most accurate color. I didn’t want all the the trees to …
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