Gang! I wanted to show you a bit more of Illustrator Brushes potential. Here is a little demonstration on how simple it is to create amazing shapes with Illustrator Brushes.
The rest is up to your imagination :)
This video was created with one shape from Vector Floral Shapes Illustrator set (there are 30 of them in this package – click here for more info). You can make endless designs just by moving anchors and handles with “Direct Selection Tool” as shown in this video.
So, what I’m saying is: It’s really easy with the NEW …
- Vector Floral Shapes Illustrator Brushes set -
30 brand new Floral Shapes come in:
- 1. .ai (of course Adobe Illustrator brush, all CS versions)
- 2. .eps format
- 3. .cdr (Corel 8.0 up to X4)
- 4. .psd (Photoshop 7.0 up to CS3)
- 5. .png (so you can easily use them in any photo editing software)
- 6. .ai (Vector format for Adobe Illustrator 8 onwards)
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Easy :)
First, draw a circle (using Shift tab) and fill it with radial gradient like this:
Now, copy that circle, paste it on the top of the first one and make it smaller. Rotate the gradient fill in that smaller circle for 180 degree. This will create a “shining” effect.
Make another circle resize it to make it smaller than the one we did just now. Fill it in using simple radial gradient fill.
Now make the fourth (this is the last one) circle that’s smaller than third one and use Pen tool to create a shape that will look like this: (select the bottom anchor point and simply delete it).
Done. Now, that wasn’t difficult, was it?
Here are some sample images derived from this button:
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Let me show you how I created a simple web shop icon (shop trolley). In Illustrator (or similar vector software) make a simplified shop trolley “L” shape (the handle + basis).
Now, we will select the basis line and copy it two more times to get something similar to E shape where the left vertical line end up above the top horizontal line.
Draw one vertical line that will close the shape.
As for the wheels, create two circles below the basis of the trolley. Make one ellipse and then a second one, smaller in the middle of the first one.(Do that using Ellipse tool). Select both ellipses, and subtract them with “Pathfinder -> Subtract from shape area” option. There is our wheel :)
Copy that wheel and position them under the basis.
Now for the background circle follow the same procedure as for the wheels. One small difference is that holding ALT+TAB will make this ellipse a perfect circle. Color it, place it behind the trolley and – voila!
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Simple, innit?
Let me know if you need any help.
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Using bitmap image from tutorial How to create your own custom brush in Photoshop you can easily create your own vector brushes in few steps:
Step 1
Simply place an image (download it here) in Illustrator and use live trace or Silhouette plug-in… you should get a grungy style vector brush like this one:
Step 2
Choose one of the elements with select tool (use “V” – keyboard shortcut for selection tool), ((for instance, you can rotate it 90 degrees.))
Step 3
Open the Brush palette (Window – Brushes) and choose New Brush option. Select the brush type, in this case – Art. Leave other options as they are and rename it. Save.
Voila – try it!
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