![]() Using the Clipping Mask tool to hide parts of an objectĬreate a simple shape above the ice hockey player artwork and use that shape as a Clipping Mask. Take multiple objects and distribute them across the artboard (or key object!) 8. Take an object and align to another object by setting that object as the key object. Take multiple objects and align them to the center of the artboard using the Align panel. Utilizing the Align panel to align and distribute objects (Align to Key Object!) ![]() Pathfinder will be one of the most invaluable tools for creating complex shapes from basic shapes with ease. Move the shapes so they overlap a little and start playing with the different Pathfinder options and see what they do. Open the Pathfinder panel by going Window>Pathfinder. Understanding and using the Pathfinder panel to divide and trim shapesĬreate some shapes with any fill you like. Show how to add a gradient with the Gradient panel.īuild and edit a Freeform Gradient in the panel. Show how to add a gradient with the swatches panel. Show how to add a gradient with the toolbar. Load in more patterns via the hamburger menu in the Swatches panel and add a pattern to a couple of the boxes. Show how to change fill/stroke with the toolbar. Applying and editing colors, gradients-and freeform gradients, and patternsĭouble-click into the top white box group so you can select individual boxes to begin playing with fills and strokes. You can open any group to see all of teh individual shapes still retained inside of the groups. Now look at the Layers panel and see how clean it all is. Instead, we can select all of those black shapes once and go Object>Group and now they are in one clickable group. If we wanted to make the shadow color a dark gray instead of black, we’d have to select each shape and change the color. We can quickly make it much easier to control and adjust our artwork by grouping things together. Imagine how complex this will become with larger and large illustrations and designs. Select the fill color and change it to black and use the Move tool and Shift + right arrow and Shift + down arrow to nudge the shadow down and over to the right a little bit.Ĭheck out the Layers panel again and notice all the shapes we now have created. All we need to do is change the fill color. We want this to be pasted “in back” because these boxes will be the shadow of our boxes. In this case, we could use the Smart Guides that we just learned about to click these together again, but it’s far faster to paste the boxes right in place.ĭo this by going Edit>Paste in Front/Back instead of doing the standard Paste function. ![]() Then go Edit>Paste and we will see how the new boxes are dropped anywhere on the artboard. ![]() Select all of the boxes and go Edit>Copy. We can group these selected objects together to make it a little easier to work with them.īefore we do that, let’s copy these boxes and make a little shadow underneath them. Select all of the boxes that have been created and check out the Layers panel to see how many objects are there. Turn on Smart Guides by going View>Smart Guides.Ĭreate a series of squares and Alt/Opt + drag to make copies and show the different ways that the boxes click together and present information immediately. Now go Object>Intertwine and draw circles over the intersecting areas you want to appear intertwined. Select all the shapes by dragging a selection over them with the Selection tool (the black arrow.) ![]()
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