Illustrator CS5 Swirls Width Chat
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Vintage Laura, but still relevant! How to use the Illustrator CS5 Stroke Panel and Width Tool to enhance swirls and decorative art. Laura Coyle uses the artwork from a class to demonstrate Variable Width strokes in Illustrator CS5.
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Than you so much !!! there are such a practical and wonderful tips. Sometimes creativity is much "having fun" has you have mentioned. Then, everything should come as magic. I am glad ...so glad to have met your and have enjoyed from your visual presence and your so nice voice.
Such a sweetie....I'm currently doing replace a letter with a picture in topography in school now, but I will be sure to use this tutorial in the future.
Thank you Laura. After fifteen years using Photoshop I am finally playing in Illustrator. Your videos makes sense and I appreciate the effort you put into it.
Bundle of thanks Laura Teacher.....! God Bless You.
You are a nice person and your tutorials are clear and usefull!
I really needed that intro to certain tools, such as the width tool.
Thanks. You are adorable.
Be Well.
I also made those with the pen tool. You can start with a small circle, zoom way in, then create another filled shape on top to add the teardrop-style point. Select both shapes and merge them into a single path using the Shape Builder tool.
Im here for tutorials. And found out that i've already learned this stuffs. But still watching it. :) They're right. Laura is pretty cute.
Laura, thank you! I totally forgot about these options in my stroke panel. PS If you are the same Laura Coyle the jazz vocalist, you are amazing.
Hello,
I like the Tutorial the way you have explained. thanks again.
i am Web designer and to do a creative website with the good effect this is really very useful to me. And please continue posting something interesting like this
Thanks
Very helpful Laura. Had to make some swirls for vintage songsheets and your explanation got the job done. Thanks.
Great Tutorial...
The best is the bottom-right corner...!!!
What a great video with some useful tips that I never would have come up with on my own. You are also a great teacher, right to the point. Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome!
Not exactly, since they came about in version CS5. However, you could try to achieve something similar using brushes. Select a stroke and then "apply" a brushstroke to it by clicking an Art Brush in the brushes panel. Search the library for brushes with tapered ends. Cut the stokes like I showed in the part of the video with the frames. It's different than the CS5 way, but I hope that helps!
Awesome Laura. Loved it. Thank u so much. I love swirls and don't knw how to create one. Ur video helps a lot
Glad it was helpful. Yes, I sing jazz when I'm not working in Illustrator. :-) Thanks.
Yes, I teach all the steps for creating the original art in my Swirl Shop class.
Very nice teaching style.
Thanks for liking
Keep on, So well described
thank you very much. this was so well done and extraordinarily helpful.
I learned a lot of tricks from this. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
You could try to achieve something similar using brushes. Select a stroke and then "apply" a brushstroke to it by clicking an Art Brush in the brushes panel. Search the library for brushes with tapered ends. Cut the stokes like I showed in the part of the video with the frames. It's different than the CS5 way, but I hope that helps!
Good tutorial and good choice of chairs. Eames makes the best.
awesome tutorial thank you
Dynamic face with Brilliant tutorial... Thanks a lot
I don't think there is anything easier than using a font. Drawing lettering with the Pen Tool (or other drawing tools in Illustrator) is very time consuming, but the advantage in Illustrator is that you get editable paths. You can also scan in a hand drawing and Image Trace it - faster, but a little less editable.
I love your class for CZcams. :)
Awesome! Thanks.
amazing!!
Command/control with the spacebar will get you the zoom tool and then drag it to marquee the area you want to zoom in on. Not sure if that's "spyglass" but it's a zoom-in - let me know! :-)
This. Is. Awesome! Thank you!
Great ! Thanks for your tutorial. Keep it up
I keep coming back to this tutorial for inspiration, it's fantastic and really helpful. I was wondering if you had any advice on actually designing these flourishes and decorative patterns though, since the tutorial starts with complete designs already I find it quite overwhelming to come up with my own patterns at times and I'm not quite sure what tools to use. Thanks in advance!
Awesome... you have one more subscriber!
Best tutorial always! Keep it up! :)
So nice so artstic .. :)
Thank you for good tutorial, it was helpful :)
wow I never used the scissors tool, cool
Thx...!! I love ur tutorial..!! I subscribed :x
This is osm! :) Great tutorial!
You're a sweet distraction to great tutorial. I didn't learn a thing but I'll watch again. Do you teach this in Corel or Ps?
Sounds cute when you say swirls... kind of sound like squirrels... :-)
Hey Laura Love u Girl ... thank you so much ... ur teaching is so wonderful... so simple ... that is why u r simply wonderful... u r my guru... i always worked on photoshop nvr really tried illustrator... and there was a huge gap in my creative skills ... i m inspired to go deeper in illustrator.. specialy swirls and vines... i will chk your website... thanks a million.
Démonstration pratique!..Merci
muchas bendiciones!! me encanto
Very helpful . Thanks
nice and good tutorial
thanks!
Thanks a lot ...
Thanks a lot that's was very helpful ....
Really couldn't achieve anything even similar to that :) And cutting the stroke didn't change the look of it. Also tried changing the angle but it didn't help. I'll keep trying, thx for reply!
Thanks! it was helpful
Nice
Hermosa!
This is really helpful~~~ Thanks Q :)
Nice tutorial..... Thanks.
Thanks a lot ... it's so helpful tips!
awesome thanks alot
Thank you for the excellent video. The video mentions a swirl class where the demonstration material is formed. It appears to be no longer available. It's been 10 years though, was it superseded by other videos that are available? - Thank you!
Yes, sorry to say that course is no longer online. But so glad to hear you liked the demo!
nice tutor...
I haven't used Corel in many years, and I am a perpetual Photoshop student, far from being able to teach it. :-)
just to clarify, the original artwork came from a 20$ class on that swirlshop thing she mentions, right?
Hi Laura, me again. May I ask your advice on a related subject? Is there a favorite font you like to use as a starting base for curvy, stylized type? Manly men designers like me, ha ha, are good with the big, bold, grungy stuff, but just terrible when it comes to flowing curves. I need something that will hold up as logo type, so I guess it shouldn't be too delicate. Thoughts? Thanks!
laura i love you
Thanks Laura/
nice
Thank you..I learned alot :)
Great tutorial, thank you.
Does anyone know how to do a spyglass zoom-in?
This was really helpful but can you explain to me how you connected the swirls end to end? I tried aligning them but there are still bumps and looks unnatural. I feel like there is an easier way to do this
Hot for teacher, thank you very much that was very helpfull
I teach that in my class, Swirl Shop - info in the video and link is on my channel page.
How did you make those beads at the end of the swirls?
I like Aphrodite Slim, a nice swirly typeface
Appreciate it honey
could you make a tutorial on how to make cursive text with this method? or do you know an easier way than using a font?
Cool...!
cool.........
Laura Coyle do you have a video that teaches how to get the swirls and spirals so perfect?? My spyrals always look a little odd, or distorted.
Marcelo dos Santos Visit my website illustratoring.com - the Swirl Shop class there describes it in detail.
Any ideas how to make that looking stroke in AI 4?
thank you. ;)
Thanks for the lovely lesson! I, too, am struggling with only one thing, though - creating the initial shapes. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for that?
Thanks Luke! The class where I teach how to make the initial shapes is available on my website here: www.illustratoring.com/illustrator-pen-tool-swirl-shop/
How do you do the frames?
Hi Laura. How do I access your Illustrator CS5 Swirls? I know that the classes are already closed but is there any alternative in accessing this class?
Yes, there will be - please go to my website illustratoring (linked in the video description) and sign up for my email list. The class is not currently available, but it will be soon and you'll receive an email announcement and access.
Hi Laura, brilliant tutorial, is it possible to have a repeated shape on the swirls, kinda like a ribbon with a pattern on it instead of a solid color? Kinda like a blend of a shape along the swirl but with variable thicknesses along the swirl?
You could use a pattern brush for this. Select the path, apply the pattern brush to the path. Then, if you want to use the width tool to make parts of the design wider or narrower, you can do that after the pattern is applied to the path.
Brilliant, Thanks, ill try that.
Hello I know this may be a strange question but can you help me get the link to where I can purchase the software of this program so that I can also continue to learn from you while using this program?
I currently have the training cd's but I don't have the one that will allow me to down load the use of the program so that I can use it to draw what I want
Adobe Illustrator download requires that you sign up for an Adobe Creative Cloud account.
creative.adobe.com/products/download/illustrator
I haven't been there, but assume you can purchase older versions of Adobe Illustrator and upgrade later if needed.
Antoinette Slade Eric is right, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial at the link he provided. Illustrator CC is a subscription-based software.
The last of the "boxed" versions in Illustrator CS6 which is available at Adobe here: www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html
Eric Miller Thanks for the link Eric!
Laura, when will your next online class session be?
My classes are self-paced, so you can start them at any time. However, we are having a big December sale with 50% off all classes until December 31st, 2013 so this is a great time to enroll! Please visit reneepearson dot com for details!
Yes, but it's not necessary with the Width Tool like it is with brushes.
Hi @laura,
Can u advice me how u created the line with a dot (black dot) at the ends of the line?
+Supian Mustapa the full class (with those instructions) is available on my website here: www.illustratoring.com/illustrator-pen-tool-swirl-shop/
Hi, Laura your tutorials are nice, I have doubt in Illustrator cs6 how to round one corner in a square please share. and I have another doubt in Indesign cs6 if you solve Illustrator then next. Please
No way to do this automatically in Ai without a plugin (see Astute Graphics) but you can make 2 squares, one rounded, one not, and edit paths to make them into one, cutting and joining. Sorry, can't answer InDesign questions.
Hello Laura, thank for this amazing and helpful tutorial. I'm using a CS4 illustrator and I have a doubt when I create my own brushes they look pixelated and yours not. I've check the Anti-aliasing but nothing work. I have made some questions in other places but nobody has the answer. I thought it was my screen but is not because I have compared my brushes with clip arts that I bought and use the same brush art and they're perfect. Please could you help me. I feel frustrated ;( because I have not found the answer. Thank you in advance ;)
Isa L. It's hard to know from what you are describing, I would have suggested checking Anti-Aliasing in Preferences, but since that is not the problem... if you are using a brush with any Effects applied, it could be the document effects settings. If you go to Effects> Document Effects Settings and increase the resolution, you won't see the pixels in the effects you are using.
Laura Coyle No, I'm sorry that does not work. my lines look pixelated, I reset all my preferences, I've check and unchecked the anti aliasing, The pixelated looks more in the rounded areas. I really feel frustrated, I just want my draws look clean and clear as others.
Isa L. Are you in Pixel Preview? View Menu > Pixel Preview.
so nice Laura .. but can you advice me how I can to be good or the best in Illustrator .... :(
its really not that hard. just play around with it. it took me about 2 weeks to learn
+a monem Refai Keep working at it, the more you work in the program, the better you get! Check out my website for more instruction: www.illustratoring.com
You are beatiful💐❤
You are!
Nicole Kidman doing Illustrator tutorials. Cool. :)
Laura is pretty cute. More incentive to listen to what she's talking about ;)
in spanish pleaseeeee
*typography*