I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share with you the tutorials on the design of New Year's pictures.
Tutorial sharing:
1. Open Illustrator CS and press CTRL + N to create a blank file in RGB mode. (Figure F-1)
2. Execute File/Place (File/placement) and Place a pre-drawn outline scan sketch. Double-click the layer where the sketch is placed, name the layer, and select the Template option to change the current layer to a translucent Template layer. (Figure F-2)
3. Create a new layer boy and add a child layer head. Press the P key to switch to the pen tool, set the fill color to colorless, and the outline color to black. On the head child layer, use the pen tool to describe the closed path of the head according to the template layer below. (Figure F-3)
4. Add a details sub-layer and use the pen tool to complete other path details on the face. (Figure F-4)
5. Select the head path, select Window/Brush Libraries/Artistic_Chalk Charcoal Pencer (Window/Brush Library/artist-chalk Charcoal Pencil), select the Charcoal-Tapered Brush, and apply the Brush effect to the path. (Figure F-5)
6. Apply a brush to other contour paths in the header, and adjust the Stroke values of the path for some parts. For some path shapes that require solid color filling, adjust the path nodes again and set the fill color respectively. (Figure F-6)
7. Select the blue path for filling in Denim. (Figure F-7)
8. Execute Effect/Blur/Gaussian Blur (effects/Blur/Gaussian Blur) on the selected path and set the appropriate values in the filter dialog box. (Figure F-8)
9. Select other paths to be blurred, and press SHIFT + CTRL + E to repeatedly execute the Gaussian blur filter. The Effect filter in Effect appears on the Appearance (Appearance panel) as an Appearance style. Double-click the Gaussian blur entry to open the Gaussian blur filter dialog box again, set the fuzzy parameters again. (Figure F-9)
10. Press the L key to switch to the elliptic tool, and select the Va Voom Red color as the fill, draw a Red elliptic, and the contour color is colorless. (Figure F-10)
11. Perform the Gaussian blur filter on the red elliptical path and set the opacity to 70%. To form a natural dizzy effect. Hold down the ALT key and drag it to quickly copy the object to form a left-side symmetric cheek red. (Figure F-11)
12. Lock the boy layer, create a new layer fish, and add a child layer body. Use the pen tool to draw the outer contour paths of the fish based on the basemap, select these paths, and use Charcoal-Tapered's brush effect. (Figure F-12)
13. Lock the body sub-layer, create a new colorize layer, use the pen tool to draw an approximate Stroke path, and use the same Stroke style to add a rough outline width to the Stroke panel. Set the contour color to red, and execute a Gaussian blur filter on the paint brush object to make the appearance of the pen stroke dizzy. (Figure F-13)
14. Use the pen tool to create several path shapes as the color fill for the fish, and perform Gaussian blur filter for softening. (Figure F-14)
15. Draw a rectangle on the largest red shape and select it with the red shape. In the Transparency panel, select the Make Opacity Mask command. (Figure F-15)
16. Click the mask thumbnail to enter the mask operation. Press G to switch to the gradient tool and pull the black-and-white linear gradient on the selected mask rectangle. The principle of transparent mask in Illustrator is the same as that in photoshop. The black color on the mask represents the transparent area, and the white color represents the opacity. The gray color varies with the degree of transparency. Here we use transparent masks for the red path shape to produce a color gradient effect. (Figure F-16)
17. Click the path shape thumbnail in the Transparency panel to return to the normal layer state. Lock related layers, create a new brush storkes sub-layer in the fish layer, use the pen tool to draw the fish scale path, and then use the white contour color and brush effect, and set the appropriate brush width. (Figure F-17)
18. Create a new hand layer, draw the path of the character's hand with a pen, and apply the paint effect. (Figure F-18)
19. Hide the template layer and create a new background layer to draw a white circle and a red rectangular substrate respectively. Apply the paint effect to the white circle and set the attributes of the contour color. (Figure F-19)
20. Create a new layer, add text on the screen using vertical text tools, and set the appropriate color. Finally, adjust the position and transparency of each layer to complete the entire creation. (Figure F-20)
All right, the above information is all the content that I will share with you through the detailed design course of the New Year's pictures for the users of Illustrator's software, users now see that the method of drawing is very clear here, so everyone will follow the tutorials shared by Xiaobian to draw their own pictures of the year.
