I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share with you the tutorials on creating exquisite texture icons.
Tutorial sharing:
The software used in the tutorial mainly includes Adobe Illustrator CS/Adobe Photoshop/axi?icon-workshop
1. Press AdobeIllustrator CS, select the rounded rectangle tool on the toolbar, and click any position on the canvas to set the rounded corner curvature in the displayed window. (If the length and width of the first rounded corner rectangle are not suitable, you can delete the rectangle and drag it to get the proper size)
2. Select the Effect/3D/Rotate command to bring up the 3D rotation settings window to generate 3D pivoting images (this function is available only in the latest Illustrator CS version)
3. adjust to a proper angle (for example, if you have made a set of icons, remember to keep the setting parameters to apply them to the whole set of icons and keep the style consistent) when Preview is selected, you can view the application effects of the graphics in the canvas.
4. You can view the applied 3D Rotate effect on the Appearance Cotton Board, and double-click the 3D Rotate window to adjust it at any time.
5. Adjust to the appropriate angle and use the Expand Appearance command under the object menu to "scatter" the image of the application effect: that is, it no longer has the attribute of Appearance.
6. Select the white arrow in the toolbar to extract the image we need using Ctrl + c (copy) Ctrl + v (paste), and delete other useless images.
7. then we use Gradient color to color the image, use the Gradient panel to design the Gradient color, and use the Swatch panel to adjust the color. Here we use a linear Gradient, assuming that the light source comes from the upper left corner, this will be the basis for coloring all the following icons.
8. Copy the image, arrange it in the graph, select two images at the same time, call the Pathfinder panel, and use Subtract form sharp area to create the three-dimensional thickness of the image. Click Expand to Expand the merged image.
9 then we will color this image, and also make the G radient panel. Here I use the circular gradient mode.
10. In this step, we are going to add some highlights to the panel. Copy the same image to fill it in white and place it under the panel.
11. Then copy the same image and place it above the "Panel". Scale it down and fill it with a linear gradient between black and white colors.
12. Select the black-and-white gradient image and the "panel" image below at the same time, open the Transparncy panel, and click the small arrow at the bottom right of the panel to Make Opacity Mask in the pop-up menu.
13. at the same time, cancel the Clip selection status and check the Invert Mask option. In this way, we add a transparent cane Mask for this "panel" image. In this status, the black and white gradient (which has been used as an image in Opacity Mask) indicates the transparent part of the masked object (panel, so the white images of the same size that we just added to the lower part of the "panel" are designed to ensure that the background is colored or other objects are displayed from the transparent "panel. To edit an object in Opacity Mask, click the Opacity Mask area in the Transparency panel to edit the object.
14. Add a screen for this panel. Copy an image and place it above the "Panel". The size of the image also uses a linear gradient because of the illumination direction. Pay attention to the dark and light colors and the "panel" aspect: Here we make a groove effect.
15. if you understand the principle of the transparent mask, this step is very simple for you. Just like adding a highlight to the panel, first copy the white background and blue panel, then, a transparent mask effect is created with a black and white gradient Image. The layers of the image are shown in the figure.
16. Fill in the color of the blue panel with a circle, as shown in the figure.
17. next we will add more details to this basic tablet, the left-side figure, and the three recesses on the right. Here we need to note that I have copied all the images twice, the following figure is filled with white and shifted several pixels to the lower right to reflect the highlights of the groove.
18. Let's create the button above the groove. Although the area is small, it also needs to show the gradient of the highlight. Here I use a Blend hybrid to create two buttons. Double-click the Blend Tool icon to bring up the Blend hybrid parameter panel. Select the Blend Tool in the Tool column, click the first image of the hybrid image, and then click the second image to complete the hybrid operation.
19. Use a pen tool and a combination of various standard images to combine the following images into other elements on the computer (green buttons are also mixed with Blend)
20. In this way, the creation of the icon is completed, and the output is then made. Draw a square line of 128X128 (unit: pixel). Precise graphic adjustment can be completed in the Transform panel, followed by the Opacity value adjusted to 0% in the Transparency panel
21. Use the Save for web command under the Flie menu and select PNG for output in the pop-up window (select transparent output: Transparency)
22. Then open the PNG file that was just output in Photoshop, and fill in a new layer under it with white to make it easy to see the effect when the icon is added to the Shadow)
23. Double-click the icon Layer to add a shadow effect to the Layer Style. To enhance the recognition rate on the desktop of various colors after the icon is generated.
24. Then, remove the white secondary layer. The effect is as follows.
25. Create a new layer to connect it to the icon layer. Use Ctrl + E to merge the connection layers and apply the effect to the icon. Then save the PNG file.
26. Use ICONWORKSHOP to open this PNG file, and use the Save Icon Form Image button to convert the PNG Image to an ICO file.
27. Select the file type of the ICO you want to output.
28. You can directly browse the stored ICO files through the Window or third-party icon management software (Microangelo is recommended ).
All right, the above information is the detailed design exquisite texture icon painting tutorial for the users of this software of Illustrator, you can see that the user here, Xiaobian believes that you are very clear about the drawing method, then everyone will go to follow the Xiaobian above tutorial to draw a beautiful texture icon.
