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El tutorial contempla los días 6 y 7 como de descanso y práctica..

Así que seguimos con el día 8 que enseña a usar pinceles, atentos con esta herramienta muy útil a la hora de diseñar un logo o logotipo, rótulos, etc...

DIA 8

Usando Pinceles

Using the Brush Tool, you can add styles to your lines. It can also be used to mimic calligraphy, crayon and brush strokes. This will help you add more life to your line works.

Applying Brush Stroke

Select the Brush Tool and draw your object. Then go to your Brushes Palette and select the crayon brush to apply the effect.

Calligraphy Brush Stroke

To apply a calligraphy brush stroke, draw your path and select the calligraphy brush. Increase the Stroke to make it thicker.

Calligraphy Brush Options

To make changes to your calligraphy brush, you can double click the Calligraphy Brush to pop up the calligraphic brush options. Drag the brush to change the angle in the thumbnail. Change the Diameter makes it thicker.

Create a Border Pattern

Draw a rectangle and pick the border pattern. This will create a frame for it.

Creating a New Pattern Brush

To crate a new brush. Draw a Star and drag it to the Brushes Palette. A New Brush selection appears. Choose New Pattern Brush for it.

Applying Pattern Brush

Draw a circle and apply our new brush stroke.

Next draw a line path and apply the brush stroke. Double click the star brush from your brushes and set Scale and Spacing to 20% to get the effect below.

Brushes are very good for aligning objects and creating borders. So experiment with it and have fun!

Next Lesson: Creating Compound Paths »

Curso de Illustrator en 30 días Entrega V

DIA 5

Dibujando con la herramienta lapicera

The Path Tool will be the hardest tool to learn in Illustrator. It usually take weeks to learn and beginners always end up in frustration while figuring how it works. So don’t give up and practice it every day and soon you will be able to draw any shape.

Drawing Straight Lines

Select the Pen Tool and click once to add the first anchor point. Move your mouse to the next position and click again to create the second point. The two anchor points will be connected together. Continue doing this to create a W shape as shown.To draw a new line, click the Selection Tool(The Black Arrow Icon) and click back the Pen Tool again.

Closing a Path

To close a path, click back the starting point to close the shape.

Drawing a Curved Line

Click and drag to put out the handles to create a smooth anchor point.

Changing Path Direction

Click and drag to create a smooth anchor point. Without releasing your mouse, hold Alt/Option and drag the handle up to change the path direction.

Drawing a Circular Path

Click and drag to create a smooth anchor point. Continue adding points and click back the starting point to close the path.

Adding Anchor Points

With the Pen Tool selected, go near the path where you want to add a new anchor point. A plus sign will appear next to the pen, click on the path to create a new anchor point.

Removing Anchor Points

To remove point, move your Pen Tool close to an anchor. A minus sign will appear next to the pen. Click on the anchor point to delete it.

Converting Anchor Points

To convert a smooth anchor point to a sharp anchor point, move your Pen Tool near the anchor and hold Alt/Option and your Pen Tool will change to an arrow shape. Click on the smooth anchor to convert it to an anchor point. Click and drag on the anchor point again to change it back to a smooth anchor point.

Moving Anchor Points

Select the Direct Selection Tool and click and on anchor you want to move. Click and drag to change positions.

Changing Anchor Directions

With the Pen Tool, you can quickly change the anchor directions. Hold Ctrl/Command to quickly change the Pen Tool to Direction Selection Tool. Select the anchor point you want to edit. The anchor handle will appear. Now release Ctrl/Command and hold Alt/Option to change it to Convert Anchor Tool. Click and drag the handles to change the direction.

Drawing an Old Key

After learning the concepts of how the Pen Tool works, we will apply what you have learnt to create this ancient old key shape. For the right angles, hold Shift before adding anchor point to constrain it to 90-degree.

Final Illustration

This is the final illustration.

Tips for Using Pen Tool

Use as little anchor points your need to create your shape
Add anchor points where there is a change in direction of the line/curve
Use shortcuts like Alt/Option or Ctrl/Command to quickly swap to other tools to edit your path
Hold shift to lock your path while adding new anchor point for 45-degree increments.

More Training for Pen Tool

I have included more exercises for tracing using Pen Tool. Save it to your desktop and place it in illustrator by going to File>Place. Select the image and make sure Template is ticked. The image will now be faded and placed as a template. Now you can start practicing and don’t give up.

Curso de Illustrator en 30 días Entrega IV

Dia 4

Dibujando con la herramienta lápiz

We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly using the Pencil Tool. This lesson will show you some of the tricks in drawing smooth and fluid lines.

Drawing a Line

Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw a free hand line drawing.

Closing Paths with Pencil Tool

To close a path, hold Alt/Option as your Pencil Tool reaches the start point. A circle icon will appear next to the Pencil Tool to indicate path closure.

Smoothing Jaggy Lines

Normally when you draw with the Pencil Tool, the path looks jaggy. To smoothen the parts that are jaggy, simply hold Alt/Option to turn the Pencil Tool to Smooth Tool. Then draw over the the area of the lines which you would like to smoothen.

Reshaping Path

To reshape a path, make sure your path is selected and use the Pencil Tool to redraw the parts you would like to reshape. Note that the start and end path must be close to the original path to make it work.

Pencil Tool Preferences

You can turn on the Pencil Tool Preferences by double clicking on the Pencil Tool. You can change the fidelity and smoothness to find a combination that works for you.

Fidelity: Determines how close the path is drawn to your mouse movement. Set it at a higher fidelity if your not good at drawing with your mouse.

Smoothness: The higher you set for smoothness, the less anchor point it produces. Thus, producing a smoother line.

Next Lesson: Drawing With Pen Tool »

Curso de Illustator en 30 días Entrega III

DIA 3

In this lesson, we will look at how to use the shape tools to draw our basic shapes in illustrator. But before we start, we will look at how to select a basic shape so that you have no problems in selecting and editing shapes in Illustrator.

Selection Tools

There are 2 types of selection tool in Illustrator used for selection objects.
Selection Tool: Used for selecting and moving a shape. It can also be used to resize a shape.Direct Selection Tool: Selects a single anchor point instead of the whole shape. Used for editing anchor point of a shape. Click once on a point to select and hold Shift to select multiple anchor points.

Shape Tools

Now we will move on to the Shape Tools. When you go to the Tool Palette and hold the Rectangle Tool, a list of shape tools will expand out for you to pick. We will start with the default Rectangle Tool.

Understanding Fill & Stroke

Click and drag out a Rectangle as shown. By default, it has a white fill and black stroke. (Stroke is the border of the shape)

Changing Fill Color

Let’s start changing the fill color for the rectangle. Double click the Fill from the Tool Palette. It will pop up the Color Picker. Drag the slider to blue and select a deep blue color. Click Ok after that.

Removing Stroke

Click the Stroke in the Tool Palette once to swap it above Fill. Click the None icon boxed up in red to set the Stroke to None. The black stroke will disappear.

Constrain Proportions

To draw a perfect square, we will select the Rectangle Tool. Hold Shift and drag to draw a square. Same for the circle, we will select the Ellipse Tool and hold Shift to drag out a circle.

Resizing Shapes

To resize shapes, select the shape using the Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear. Drag the corner anchor point to resize it. To constrain to proportion while resizing, hold Shift as you resize. Also hold Alt/Option if your want to resize from the same position.

Rotating Shapes

Select the shape with the Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear. Move your cursor near the anchor corner and a rotation icon will icon, click and turn it to rotate the square. To snap at 45 degrees increment, hold Shift and turn.

More Options for Shape Tools

Select the Star Tool. Click once on the artboard and an option will pop up. Enter the same values below and click Ok. It will draw a star burst shape. This method can be used to bring out more options for shape tools.

Conclusion

Almost all the objects found in our daily life can be built from combining using the basic shape tools. In Day 9, we will learn about Compound Paths which will help us create more complicated shapes by adding and subtracting from the basic shapes.

Next Lesson: Drawing with Pencil Tool »

Curso de Illustrator en 30 días - Entrega II

DIA 2

Getting started in Illustrator

If you haven’t gotten your Illustrator, you can download the 30 days trial from Adobe’s download page. After installing, we will run Illustrator for the first time.

Create New Document

Go File>New Document to create your first document. Type in a Name for the document and click Advanced to select RGB for Color Mode as we will be working for the screen. Click Ok after that.

Illustrator Workspace

Below is the workspace and some common terms for calling it. If you are using the latest Adobe Illustrator CS3, you will notice to new design for Floating Palette. The rest looks about the same.

Toolbox

This is the handy toolbox which we will use most often. By default, it comes in one single column as shown in the screenshot above. To switch it back to the old 2 columns toolbox, you can simply click the top left mini arrow to toggle it into 2 columns. Some of the tools like Rectangle have more tools hidden. To expand, just click and hold the icon to reveal all the similar tools under that group.

Floating Palette

This is the floating palette which contains properties for our shapes. It is commonly used for changing colors and stroke width.

Saving AI Files

Let’s select the type and click on the artboard and type some text. After that go to File>Save. Select Adobe Illustrator(*.AI) for file type and name it “First Drawing”. Click Ok after that. Leave the rest of the settings at default. You have successfully save your first file. To make any more changes you can simply open the Adobe Illustrator file.

Next Lesson: Drawing Basic Shapes

Curso de Illustrator en 30 días

Bueno aquí les dejo la primer entrega de un super tutorial para aprender Illustrator en 30 días
está en inglés, pero es muy bueno

Saludos!

SEMANA 1

DIA 1

About Adobe Illustrator

Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It is often used to draw illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and logos. Unlike bitmap images that stores information in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical equations to draw out the shapes. This makes vector graphics scalable without the loss of resolution.

Advantages of Vector Graphics

Scalable without resolution loss
Lines are crisp and sharp at any sizes
Print at high resolution
Smaller file size
Good for drawing illustrations

Disadvantages of vector graphics

Drawings tend to look flat and cartoon
Hard to produce photo realistic drawings

Common Uses for Illustrator

1) Designing Logos

2) Drawing Maps

3) Drawing Illustrations

4) Infographics

5) Photorealistic Drawings

6) Packaging Design

This are just a few examples of what Illustrator can do. If you have experience with Photoshop, you can bring your illustrations into Photoshop and enchance it. That’s how professional does it. During the next few days, I will be covering the basics of Illustrator so that you can produce your first vector art!

Next Lesson: Getting Started in Illustrator »

Tutoriales Photoshop I

Si necesitan diseñar logos o logotipos y no dominan harto bien Illustrator o Corel hay una herramienta de Photoshop llamada curva bézier que es muy poderosa para dibujar con vectores.
Aquí les dejo un tutorial que tomé prestao del sitio todo photoshop.
Espero le aprovechen!

Paso 1 : Trazar nodos de la cabeza

Podemos tirar algunos nodos para definir una figura específica, en este caso yo haré un dibujo de pérfil. Usaremos la herramienta Pen Tool .

Muevan los Anchor Points para ajustar su forma deseada, para mover los nodos ó Anchor Points usen la herramienta Direct Selection la cual es la flechita que no está rellena, ya que si usan la Path selection Tool , esta seleccionará todo el conjunto de nodos conocido como Path o Recorrido .

Siempre que usted haga un Path con Nodos de Bezier , éste siempre irá acompañado de una máscara de vector , pero no significa que tengamos el recorrido aún, el color de la máscara siempre se verá del color que estemos usando actualmente.

En este caso el color que usaremos será el blanco, sólo para efecto de no confundirnos.

Y para crear el Path simplemente en la seccion de Paths le damos doble click donde dice Shape Vector Mask y saldrá el siguiente mensaje:

y al aparecer ésto le ponen un nombre al Path y con ésto ya será un Path ó recorrido.

Puedes continuar dibujando nodos desde los cuales puedes cuntinuar a partir de cualquierea de los últimos nodos sueltos, si tiene problemas para ajustar los Anchor Points use la herramienta Convert Point que se encuentra dentro de la de los nodos de Bezier.

Seguimos y seguimos añadiendo curvas Bezier y ajustando Anchor Point para dar forma a nuestro dibujo.







Si necesita más, solo agregue Anchors Points y recuerde que si le pone más Anchors Points , podrá detallar más la forma de su dibujo.






Como ven casi está hecha la cabeza, solo falta ajustar detalles, esos detalles pueden ser a su gusto.







Si necesitas agregar mas Anchor Points , sólo elige la herramienta Add Anchor Points, recuerde que entre mas puntos de control tenga, mayor será la exactitud de las líneas.




Esta es la forma final, la cual yo hice para éste recuerden que es cuestión de gustos hacer la figura que ustedes quieran, no se sientan mal por que no les salió como querían, solo siguen practicando.

Esto es solo el perfil de la cabeza en los siguientes pasos le pondremos ojos, cabello y otras cosas