it's Tom here and welcome back to
digital graffiti letters part two digital
art tutorial in Adobe Illustrator this
is the second part as promised of the
digital graffiti tutorial if you missed
part one and be sure to check it out by
clicking the link in the description for
the card in the corner last time we
created the outline of a graffiti letter
and then built up a shadow layer and the
first gradient layer we're going to
continue with the artistic details so
let's jump right into it
we're going to start making highlights
for this you must imagine some light
coming from a specific direction how
that would highlight the graffiti letter
or shape then select either white or
shaded very close to white in the color
palette select the pen tool and switch
the color two-stroke i would imagine the
light source for mine is coming from the
upper left so firstly i will create a
shape along the left side vertically
with the pen tool you can adjust it with
the white arrow selection tool
afterwards
once you're happy with the shape
highlight it and switch it from a stroke
to a color feel like so we can leave it
like this and that might be the look
you're going for but personally i'm
going to add a blur effect i like the
shape again and go up to affect blur
Gaussian blur to the settings that apply
to your design
ok
I forgot to add the second gradient
layer which is no problem we can go
ahead and do that right now I like the
upper layer and then hold down out until
you see this icon appear then click and
drag to duplicate face it back over the
top
exactly in place to make sure the
highlight we've made before is above me
be the first gradient layer was quite at
the top and invisible the bottom but we
will flip this so it's invisible and up
top and dark blue at the bottom you
could make this in one gradient layer
with the way to the top and the blue the
bottom but i find it blends a lot better
get separated into two gradient layers
with invisible strikes used quick tip
hold down the spacebar and click to move
around easily
now select the pencil enjoy yourself in
shape where you would imagine to see
some shadow or shading so for me the
light is coming from the upper left
making this part under the cross-section
being Emily lit doesn't matter right now
what color the path is that your drawing
but we want to put it in apt there
when you have the shape make sure you
fill it with a gradient like this
because it is a shadow I want to make
the gradient background color again play
around the degrees of the angle and keep
one side invisible it blends nicely
we can clean it up with the white
selection to after we have the gradient
set
ok
to speed up this tutorial i would go
ahead and use the same technique of
creating highlights and shading on my
graffiti let it use the pen tool to
create your shapes as shown in either
use the Gaussian blur for the gradient
felt I was really happy with that
remember you can go back and edit your
work anytime we're nearly at the
finishing line people you will now make
a dripping paint effect select the pet
tool here and highlight the shadow layer
we want the pain to be the same color
then with the ellipse tool make a circle
shape
they see where you want and then with
the pencil create a drip shape
it would be best to send the shapes to
the back by highlighting them and going
up object sender back again i will go
ahead and create all of my paint drips
you right back after as you can see also
outline the path with the pen tool
around the shape flip the path to fill
and then go up to object and centre-back
i'm going to add a layer to the
background giving the design more depth
you can have anything you want just be
created and let your imagination run
wild but remember save your work I find
a design is finished let me know what
you think and how you always came out i
really hope this tutorial helped you
understanding designing your own
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