Tutorials entries

Tutorials for customers of the Phantasm CS range of Adobe Illustrator plugins.


How to Create a Template Document with Default Path Settings in Adobe Illustrator

21 Mar
2012
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Template Document with Default Path Settings

If you already have some experience working in Adobe Illustrator, then you probably already have some settings that are often used in daily work. It may be colors, symbols, sets of brushes, graphic styles and path settings. There is no need to add all these resources to each document; you can simply create a template with all the necessary settings and graphics. In this article we will discuss how to do this and look at some of the interesting properties of the Appearance panel. Let’s reduce your design preparatory process down to the minimum…

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Great new DrawScribe two-part tutorial starts over at Vector Tuts+

19 Mar
2012
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Image copyright Envato, 2012

Our friends over at Vector Tuts+ have just started a new two-part tutorial today – which shows how the wonderful fairytale castle artwork (above) was created. And the tools used to create this? Adobe Illustrator with help from the InkScribe (today’s tutorial) and Dynamic Sketch tools — both part of the recently launched DrawScribe plugin for Illustrator.

Now click here to read it…

Updated 20 March 2012

Part 2, covering the Dynamic Sketch tool has now been published!

Now click here to read it…

Thanks to Envato and Iaroslav (also of this parish) for creating this wonderful tutorial!

 

InkScribe Tool Use Tutorial Part 3 – Setting up the Tool (Preferences)

16 Mar
2012
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InkScribe Tool overview

Adobe Illustrator is used in various areas of design — fashion design, technical drawing, web design, art, and more. Each designer should set up the program to cater for their own specific needs, and InkScribe’s extensive options allow for this. I’m sure that very soon InkScribe will become an integral part of your workflow in Adobe Illustrator, so now I want to tell you how to customize the tool to fit your preferences.

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How to Draw Straight Line Segments Using the Dynamic Sketch Tool

15 Mar
2012
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Dynamic Sketch Tool overview

The Dynamic Sketch Tool, part of the DrawScribe plugin, is intended primarily for those who wish to draw more naturally in Illustrator. Especially those who use a graphics tablet, such as a Wacom device, in their work. With the help of the graphics tablet, you can easily create a dynamic path line, but creating straight line segments can be quite a challenge. Fortunately, the Dynamic Sketch Tool has a feature that makes this work simple. In this article I’ll tell you how to create straight-line segments using the Dynamic Sketch Tool.

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InkScribe Tool Use Tutorial Part 2 – Fast and Accurate Work

14 Mar
2012
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InkScribe Tool overview

Today we’ll talk about how using InkScribe allows you to work faster, smarter, more accurately — in other words, more efficiently.

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How to Create a Vector Character Using the Dynamic Sketch Tool and Adobe Illustrator

13 Mar
2012
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Vector Drawing with Dynamic Sketch Tool

Today we will learn a new drawing tool for Adobe Illustrator called the Dynamic Sketch Tool — one of the tools of the new DrawScribe plugin. The Dynamic Sketch Tool has many convenient features that makes your daily creative work much easier. Mastering the new tool should not take you much time as it’s easy to manage and its user-friendly features are quite understandable.

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InkScribe, a Tool for Creating and Controlling Bezier Curves

12 Mar
2012
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InkScribe Tool overview

InkScribe is one of the tools of the new DrawScribe plugin and is designed for fast, accurate, and smart creating and editing of Bezier curves on which the entire vector graphics is based. For the past 25 years, the Pen Tool was used for creating these objects, and you would not believe that for all this time it was not essentially modified at all. I think it’s time to introduce a new tool that is able to work more flexibly and quickly. Today we begin a series of articles that will introduce you to new tools of the DrawScribe plugin and their functions.

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How to Create Watercolor Background using Phantasm CS and Adobe Illustrator

15 Feb
2012
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Vector Watercolor Background

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a vector Watercolor Background in an interesting way. You do not have to get yourself dirty with paint and waste expensive paper. It turns out that all you need is right within your reach, which is the Internet! I will teach you very quickly how to create vector paint brushes sets and re-model the default ones. Today, we will also learn about some of the Phantasm CS features that will make your work faster and more comfortable.

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How to Apply a Duotone Effect to Vector Artwork Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS

9 Feb
2012
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Duotone Effect for a Vector Image

With the help of Phantasm CS, you can apply a Duotone Effect or Filter to both vector artwork and embedded images directly in Adobe Illustrator. It is the equivalent function of Photoshop’s Duotone tool, even with the ability to directly exchange settings.

We will look how to apply this effect to your vector artwork in this article.

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Vector Drawing with a Graphic Tablet (Part 2 – Coloring)

2 Feb
2012
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Vector Drawing with Graphic Tablet, Coloring

There are several ways to color vector images. Here I will describe the most common of them and the tools that are used in this process. All these methods are used by professional illustrators. What are their differences and advantages? Learn more after jump!

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