I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share the tutorial on creating a free path.
Tutorial sharing:
(1) run Illustrator CS5 and run "file" & rarr; "open" to open "characters. Ai material file.
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(2) create a new layer and use the pen tool to determine the starting anchor of the path on the page.
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(3) draw a straight line path.
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(4) determine that the ending anchor of the straight line path is editable and draw the curve path.
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(5) adjust the direction line during the drawing process.
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(6) refer to the above method to continue to draw the path and close it.
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(7) run the "effect" & rarr; "distortion and transformation" & rarr; "transformation" command.
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(8) execute the "effect" & rarr; "distortion and transformation" & rarr; "transformation" command again.
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(9) run the "object" & rarr; "extended appearance" command.
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(10) set fill gradient and cancel stroke.
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(11) run the "effect" & rarr; "Path Finder" & rarr; "add" command.
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(12) refer to the above method to create other path shapes.
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(13) open "flowers. Ai "material, drag it to this instance document.
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(14) select the drawn graph and the floral graph to group it.
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(15) run the "effect" & rarr; "stylized" & rarr; "projection" command to add a projection effect to the flower image.
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(16) copy multiple flowers and adjust their sizes and positions.
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(17) select the flower chart to group it.
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(18) create a layer, add the group image on the right to the new layer, and adjust the order of the layers.
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(19) select "Layer 2" and use the "pen" tool to draw an open curve path.
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(20) use the "width" tool to adjust the width of the curve path.
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(21) run the "edit" & rarr; "extend appearance" command to expand the path and fill it with gradient.
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(22) select the pencil tool in the toolbox and open the pencil option dialog box.
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(23) draw a path on the page.
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(24) continue painting on the path drawn in the previous step.
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(25) close the drawn path.
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(26) use the pencil tool to change the path shape.
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(27) adjust the path and fill it with gradient.
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(28) continue to use the pencil tool to draw the details of the leaves and fill in the gradient.
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(29) set the blending mode and opacity in the opacity palette.
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(30) execute the "effect" & rarr; "stylized" & rarr; "projection" command for the graphic Group.
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(31) refer to the above method to continue drawing the leaf chart and adjust the chart sequence.
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(32) use the "rectangle" tool to draw a rectangle with the same background color as the page outside the position of the page, and mask parts outside the page to complete the creation of this instance.
All right, the above information is the detailed tutorial on creating a free path for the users of Illustrator's software, you can see that the user here, Xiaobian believes that everyone is very clear about the drawing method, so you can try to draw it according to the tutorial above.
