Adobe Illustrator: Sketching with the Pencil Tool & Blending

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I created a pet rescue image by using the pencil tool and "free" hand drew out the dog.  I used a drop shadow and put some background color to bring out the dog's face.

The next image is of some caladiums that were also drawn out free hand using the pencil tool.  Had a little bit of issues with the stems, but I think they look pretty cool.  Lake Placid, FL is very famous for their caladiums.  They are beautiful plant that only come out once a year and they grow from bulbs.  So the next time you purchase caladiums, they may just come Lake Placid.

Adobe Illustrator: Chapter 19-Create Type

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I created an image using different "type" tools to give the image below.  I used the direction tool to give a square text box a little bit of style.  I used the ellipse tool to make a circle and used the "area" type tool to type inside the circle.

Here are three "Recycling Logos" that I created by following the directions in the book.

Adobe Illustrator: Drawing Straight Lines with the PEN Tool.

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Here is some projects that I created yesterday and today, of course with more to come.

This paper airplane was created by drawing straight lines and connecting them and making triangles.  So this photo and the one below has been created using nothing but triangle.  Used some gradient to give it some "style".  

The image below is of the paper crane.  I changed the size of the image above and copied onto the T-shirt and changed the transparency to look like it is actually on the shirt. 

Adobe Illustrator: Tracing with the PEN Tool

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I traced an image of a Scottish Terrier and placed that image on a T-Shirt.  Used the "Pen Tool" to trace out the dog and copied it and added a text box for "Scotty Tartan Mills".  Please enjoy.

I created this before putting on the T-shirt.

Adobe Illustrator: Vertical-View Diamond Trace

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I took this diamond and traced it and duplicated it.  I used gradients to give it a "diamond look" and added some "stars" to give it some light shine areas.  Once that was created I chose a background of New York City and pasted my diamond onto the background and gave it a somewhat transparent look; which is the second image below.  Then I created a "stamp" with the second image.  Please enjoy!!

Half diamond for which I used to create a full diamond by tracing and duplicating it.  

Poster

Stamp

Adobe Illustrator: Diamond Solitaire Necklace

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I created a diamond necklace using the Polar Grid.  Used gradient to give the effect of light reflecting and used the star tool for the three bright spots.

Here is a variation of the above image. Emerald and diamond ring.  Pretty Cool!!!

Illustrator: Shamrocks Nd Pepper Mill

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I created a shamrock and  made a St. Patrick's Day card.  I used the "heart" template and reduced the size of the image and copied two more and made the stem of the shamrock from two circles and a square.  I used a gradient and this is the results of that creation.

I had a choice whether or not to make a suit of cards or a pepper mill.  I chose to make a pepper mill using circles, squares, and ovals with many different colors and this is the end result:

At first, I thought it would be difficult to create, but I found that it wasn't.