today I have five quick top tips for working in Adobe Illustrator some of
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the first quick tip in adobe illustrator will allow you to use mathematical
equations on scaling objects so head into the transform window with a shape
selected and then for example use the slash symbol to divide the width and the
height of an object now this is a great way to be 100% precise with your scaling
of objects we can also use the asterisk symbol to multiply a measurement as well
as other mathematical equations to
the second quick tip today will help you with symbols on your design work so for
example on this business card design here I would maybe want to add an email
or even a phone icon if you download an icon font you can insert specific icons
into your text by using the glyphs panel
now this is a quick and easy way to add relevant icons to your artwork and I
find it saved a lot of time too you can find icon fonts with a Google search
within a matter of seconds
did on this business card design here when we use the arrow keys to move an
object around the design it might move too far or maybe doesn't move far enough
head into the general settings and change the keyboard increment values
this number is going to totally depend on the size of your current design or
your project so always change it up to match your design the fourth illustrator
quick tip is again going to save you some time but in this instance when
coloring artwork before you start a project generate plenty of squares off
of the artboard somewhere much like how a painter will have a box of paints for
the watercolor artwork then add color swatches to each of these squares and
choose colors that you might want to use for your design or your artwork you
could of course just use the swatch libraries but by using the squares here
instead you can also add a stroke values
now this is good because when you go to use the eyedropper with eye on your
keyboard you can sample the color of the squares which will actually use the fill
and the stroke color
finally another Adobe Illustrator tip for coloring artwork however this time
it relates to coloring the artwork after has been designed so if you're not
entirely satisfied with the color scheme of your design simply head into edit and
recolor artwork here you're going to be able to change every single aspect of
your design and see the changes in real time this is useful and more efficient
than changing one color at a time in the color palette also you can have access
to things such as color harmony settings which will help suggest what colors that
you need to use for your design
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