14 Feb 2013
What is graphic design? – Detailed
What is graphic design? Suppose you want to announce or sell something, amuse or persuade someone, explain a complicated system or demonstrate a process. In other words, you have a message you want to communicate. How do you “send” it? You could tell people one by one or broadcast by radio or loudspeaker. That’s verbal
14 Feb 2013
What is Graphic design ?
Graphic design is a creative process, one most often involving a client and a designer, and traditionally completed in conjunction with producers of form (printers, sign makers, etc.). In the 21st century, however, graphic design may be applied directly to websites, eliminating the need for an intermediary. Graphic design is undertaken to convey a specific
14 Feb 2013
what is drawing ?
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Instruments used include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, and various metals (such as silverpoint). An artist who practices or
14 Feb 2013
Transparency & Graphic Styles in illustrator
Transparency & Graphic Styles Transparency effects open the door for designers to create eye catching effects. You can add transparency to drop shadows or apply blending modes to objects to enhance your illustrations. Adding Transparency You can add transparency in Illustrator by lowering the opacity of objects so that underlying artwork becomes visible. Go
14 Feb 2013
Editing Objects, Layers & Groups in llustrator
Editing Objects, Layers & Groups As you start working on complicated illustrations, layers will start to build up. And you will have to group and arrange them so that you can move and edit the layers easily. I will show you an example of an illustration I did so that you can see
14 Feb 2013
Working with Color and Strokes in illustrator
Working with Color and Strokes Filling Color Using Swatches To fill an object, open up your Swatches Palette. Select your object and pick any color from the swatches. Filling Color Using Color Picker Another way to fill color is by double clicking on the Fill in your Tool Palette. A Color Picker window
14 Feb 2013
Creating Compound Paths in illustrator
Almost all objects in over daily life can be built with basic shapes. By drawing shapes using our basic shape tool, we can use compound path to combine or subtract shapes to create what we need. What is Compound Path? Compound path is made out of at least two objects. You can add, subtract and
14 Feb 2013
Using Brushes in illustrator
Using Brushes Using the Brush Tool, you can add styles to your lines. It can also be used to mimic calligraphy, crayon and brush strokes. This will help you add more life to your line works. Applying Brush Stroke Select the Brush Tool and draw your object. Then go to your Brushes Palette and
14 Feb 2013
Drawing with Pen Tool in illustrator
Drawing with Pen Tool The Path Tool will be the hardest tool to learn in Illustrator. It usually take weeks to learn and beginners always end up in frustration while figuring how it works. So don’t give up and practice it every day and soon you will be able to draw any shape. Drawing
14 Feb 2013
Drawing with Pencil Tool in Illustrator
Drawing with Pencil Tool We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly using the Pencil Tool. This lesson will show you some of the tricks in drawing smooth and fluid lines. Drawing a Line Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw a free hand line drawing. Closing Paths with Pencil Tool To