Wrapping scrolls around illustrations or images are quite popular designers little trick these days. I’ll show you how to draw a scroll “easy way”.
Step 1
Assuming that you know how the scroll (banner) looks like, draw just one half of it (start left or right from the center). I am using the Wacom tablet and usually I use the “Pen tool”, but I think that drawing with the “Path tool” is easier for those of you who use a mouse.
And now:
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Step 2
You can modify the shape as you wish, just keep in mind that you have to draw a folded part on the side.
Step 3
Now draw the folded part, which will “fly on the wind”.
Step 4
The folded part of the banner must be placed just bellow the main part, now you have to follow the path between the main part and the folded part and draw another folded part between them.
Step 5
That connection should look like this:
Step 6
Now copy+paste these three parts, and mirror them horizontally. Join middle anchors and the banner is finished. Color them as you wish. Add some cracks and you’ll get the “old-world” style.
I’m using banners (scrolls) in my “emblem” designs
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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?
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Use brush on old fashioned, real white paper to make some more or less straight lines. Scan them in gray or B&W mode on 300 pix/inch resolution.
You should get an image that looks like this:
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Take a look at your desktop (the real one – not the screen ;)) It’s there, whatever you see you can, for instance – scan and start from there.
In this example I will show you how to use stuff from your desktop to get compelling illustration.
So, as I sad – scan something that you found on your desk. In this case it’s mobile phone and pencil. Important: Don’t forget to cover copyrighted words or logos.
Place them into Illustrator (or CorelDraw –) and trace it in b&w (2 colors mode. Both Illustrator and CorelDraw –offer built-in tracing feature.)
These “messy” spots and dots are actually very welcomed because we will use them to get some grunge look of the illustration. Place your vectorized stuff around the background.
And after some playing around with dots and spots – voila, the illustration is done!
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