r/AdobeIllustrator

I'm trying to create the effect of dripping paint to add onto an existing doodle I made simply with the brush tool, however it seems impossible to get it completely flat at the top of the droplet so that it blends in with the non-3d drawings

I have tried making it with a black and white gradient and then overlaying an orange graphic after I inflated it, but it's still not completely flat at the top and looks terrible

I've tried looking on YouTube but every tutorial just seems to be for flat, dripping text. If anyone could help me out here I'd be eternally grateful

I have been using adobe for nearly 2 decades and I have never felt the frustration I feel now about the lack of consistency across these apps.

Explain why the alignment tools between illustrator and indesign are so vastly different from each other. How the actual F can you decide one tool needs certain tools more than the other? Why can we not make them the exact same?

Why do you decide to add this fancy vertical and horizontal center alignment tool to illustrator, leave it out of indesign, and STILL not add an alignment tool for bleed to illustrator. I normally wouldn’t care about little things like this but more than half of the time smart guides don’t even seem to recognize the bleed or it doesn’t snap to the edges.

Adobe I love you and I have been by your side for 18 years, but ffs you are making this harder and harder every year.

If I am just blatantly ignoring an easy solution for this, then I apologize but I still think the actual UI for these tools absolutely needs to match across each application.

Apologies this is my first post.

This is a personal project I've made for a Swiss inspired Cafe.

The logo is inspired by Latte art in combination with the Swiss cross.

I have been working in Illustrator for past 6-7 years, version after versions, the random color assignment to the layers has annoyed me the most specially when working with lot of layers.

Few months back, I started looking for a solution on internet but got none, even UserVoice posts complaining about the issue had no response for devs. Somehow, AI ends up choosing the worst color with the worst contrast for the layers.

I have been working on a plugin for AI for quite a while. It checks your scene real-time, read colors, fill paths, neighbors and switches the layer colors to best possible candidate with the best possible contrast. It helps you to see the layer bounding boxes and anchors clearly. Its a big win for my workflow. I have been testing it for few days and I think its ready to ship.

With GenAI models flooding the internet with soulless designs, this is a small trubute to the artists and illustrators who remain true to their craft. I won't be putting a price tag on the plugin. The working early release remain free and accessible to the Illustrators. It goes live on Gum road on Monday. Will keep you guys updated.

Hope it will be useful to other users too.

Thanks and Cheers! Attaching a short glimpse in the video.

Sharing the post again, earlier post was removed by Mods without any explanation.

But not yet finish, draft for now.

i'm still going to transfer the objects to the 3D program.

first scene wireframe second solid and third illustrator's render but not enough

i want to be able to draw using the pen tool and turn my curved likes into straight lines that visually imply a curve in illustrator.

The first image is a piece that I did using the polygon lasso tool in PS and i want to be able to work faster and more efficiently using illustrator.

the second image is an example of what effect I’m looking for.

I know someone posted something similar a while back and they were suggested to use the simply tool but that didn’t create as accurate effect as I was looking for.

Lots of clicking and some creative brushwork make for a unique - trademark ready graphic ❤️

Hey everyone! Today I want to show you a vector artwork I created for a T-shirt design.

It was part of a small series, and honestly, I don’t even know if the T-shirt is still being produced. So I’m not sharing this as an advertisement, since I don’t even know where you could buy it now.

I just wanted to show another direction for vector artwork. Maybe it’ll inspire someone to create some cool merch of their own.

Come to the dark side of vector art… we have cookies. 😈 Vector rules! :)

⛔0% AI, 100% Original

Going back into my comic series after a long hiatus so I decided to start with something simpler which are quick spooky space facts. Working on facts 2 and 3 since I'm behind by 2 days lol.