Adventures In Digital Art – Gale Franey

Create Camera – Illustrator CS5 Tutorial

January 29, 2011 at 5:22 pm (computer art, Digital Art, illustrator CS5, Ilustrator, vector art) (Gale Franey, galefra, galefraney, Illustrator CS5, vector graphics)

This tutorial will demonstrate several of Illustrator CS5′s new tools and functionality. The new Shape Builder tool is used along with creating blends, adding multiple fills with Blending Modes such as Soft Light or Overlay onto a single object.  I will demonstrate how to construct complex gradients using the Gradient Panel along with the Gradient annotator.

Video Part 1

The camera strap is created using CS5′s new Width Tool which allows you to easily adjust stroke width on a path.  Dashed strokes are  used to create the stitching on the strap.  The new Draw Inside function and Clipping Masks will also be explored.

Video Part 2

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