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Make A Illo In Adobe Illustrator Part 2

the other method to trace an image

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/make-a-illo-in-adobe-illustrator-part-2 • Posted by michelle G.

here is another way if you think it is looking flat I will be showing how to use gradient mesh in another tut. very soon

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 30

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

here is another way if you think it is looking flat I will be showing how to use gradient mesh in another tut. very soon

Instructions

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    open illustrator and find your image you want to trace file>open

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    in the layers pallet make a new layer and lock the layer with the image on it

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    select the pen tool from the tool bar find a spot on the image and click on the screen

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    start to trace around the image

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    now pick a colour you want and fill in the image

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    using another layer, draw the stalk and leaf

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    your right, the image does look a bit funny, we need to add a pit go to the tools bar and click on the shap button and select the circle. we are going to create a pit for the apple

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    now the circle should not be on top of the stalk click on the part that should be on top and go object>arange>bring to front

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    now over in the layers click on the eye icon on the image layer to make it invisible

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    now you have your apple now save your file file>save as