01 AI Font Design Tutorial – Cartoon Fat Font Design Step 1 First, design the glyphs Step 2 Thicken the outline of the text, ensuring there are no gaps between strokes Step 3 Object – Expand, turning the outline into a fill. Step 4 Add an overlay stroke effect to the text Step 5 Add … Read more
Introduction to AI AI stands for Adobe Illustrator, a software primarily used for print publishing, poster and book layout, professional illustration, multimedia image processing, and web page creation. It provides rich pixel drawing capabilities and smooth, flexible vector graphics editing features. Before learning the AI software, we need to understand the advantages of vector graphics: … Read more
Essential Tools of AI (Illustrator) Shortcuts for AI (Illustrator) Lock selected objects: 【Ctrl】+【2】 Lock unselected objects: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】 +【Shift】+【2】 Unlock all: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【2】 Hide selected objects: 【Ctrl】+【3】 Hide unselected objects: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【Shift】+【3】 Show all hidden objects: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【3】 Join broken paths: 【Ctrl】+【U】 Align path points: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【J】 Blend two objects: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【B】 Cancel blending: 【Ctrl】+【Alt】+【Shift】+【B】 Create a clipping mask for an … Read more
Rectangle Tool 1.Long press or right-click on the rectangle tool to reveal additional tools 2.CTRL+Z to delete the last action 3.Hold the shift key to draw a square 4.Hold the alt key to draw shapes from the center outwards 5.Hold both the shift and alt keys to draw a square from the center Rounded Rectangle … Read more