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Remember to Group (Control-G) all the elements. Make the copies darker and move them down and to the right a bit, using the arrow keys of your keyboard. Select both shapes, Copy (Control-C) and Paste in Back (Control-B). Add a 35×6 px rectangle for the guard and make the shapes crisscross. Use the Rectangle Tool (M) to make a 9×275 px narrow rectangle for the blade. Now that the body is finished, let’s create a crusader’s sword. Select all the created shapes and make them perfectly aligned by clicking the Horizontal Align Center button in the Align panel. Adjust its size to make it fit the scale of the trophy. Set the number of Sides to 3 and make a triangle in the bottom of the legs.
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Take the Polygon Tool (you can find it in the same drop-down menu as the Rectangle Tool (M)) and single-click anywhere on the Artboard to open the options menu. Create another ellipse of 55×170 px size and place it over the first ellipse, as shown in the screenshot below. Use the Ellipse Tool (L) to create an 80×165 px yellow oval and attach it to the bottom of the torso.
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Group (Control-G) both arms to keep everything organized. Attach it to the opposite shoulder of our statuette. Flip the shapes over the Vertical Axis and click the Copy button to create a second arm. Select both the arm and its shadow and double-click the Reflect Tool (O) to open its options window. Move the bottom copy a few pixels to the right, using the right arrow key of your keyboard, and make its fill color darker this will place a flat shadow beneath the arm. Select all three pieces of the arm and Unite them in the Pathfinder.Ĭopy (Control-C) the arm and Paste in Back (Control-B). Copy (Control-C) and Paste in Place (Shift-Control-V) and rotate the top copy, bending the arm at the elbow.Īdd a 40×67 px ellipse at the top of the arm for the bicep. Rotate the ellipse 25 degrees and place it by the left side of the torso. Select its top and bottom anchor points with the Direct Selection Tool (A) and move them a few pixels to the right, making the right side of the ellipse slightly wider. Start by making a 70×25 px oval using the Ellipse Tool (L). Make the neck wider using the same technique from the previous step: move the bottom anchor points 5 px in the opposite directions with the help of the Direct Selection Tool (A) and the Move function. Make sure the Align to Artboard parameter is selected in order to make all the elements perfectly centered to the canvas and to each other. Select all three shapes and click Horizontal Align Center in the Align panel. Let’s create the neck by placing a 20×25 px rectangle between the head and the torso.
#SILHOUETTE CONNECT ILLUSTRATOR CC 2015 HOW TO#
Thank you to reader Michelle who suggested this tutorial idea! Knowing how to create clipping masks is a necessity for any designer.Make the shoulders rounded by setting the Corners to 22 px.
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The two tools you’ll learn about in this tutorial are: Also, if you don’t get the mask exactly right, you can always go back and edit the points later. How is it done? Clipping masks.Ĭlipping masks are a super basic tool, but they can be insanely useful! One benefit to using clipping masks is that you don’t actually delete the background, and if you ever want to look at the rest of the picture again, all you have to do is hide the clipping mask. For the most part, photoshop is the preferred medium for image clipping because it has a few more tools for the job, but, if you’re tired of toggling between Photoshop and Illustrator all the time, there is a way you can cut out an image without leaving Illustrator at all. When you think about cutting out images you’re first instinct is probably to go straight to Photoshop. It’s time for another tutorial to beef up your graphic design skills! Today, I’m going to show you how to cut out an image in Illustrator.