today here in satori graphics you're going to learn how to make a flat poster
design in Adobe Illustrator in the description below is a link to the final
poster design and a mock-up then you can use for your very own flat poster design
also there's a quick Illustrated tip at the very end of the video in relation to
illustrator brushes
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design tutorial I would like to ask you guys if you think it's a good idea to
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said the final design is linked in the description below for you to download
but for a flat poster design we're going to be using a three document with a
three millimeter bleed and of course it needs to be CMYK for print
I'm using a light blue for my background but you can use whatever color you want
for your flat face or design using the rectangle tool create a shape that
covers the entire canvas we can then lock it in place what is move around
throughout the entire flat poster design tutorial
choose a shade a very dark blue that is close enough to black but not quite jet
black and then take the rounded rectangle tool click once on the canvas
and then type in seven millimeters with the corners repeat this once again but
with a white rectangle and lay over the top then you need to take the prepare
tool and sample the background color
make a third rounded rectangle for this time with a smaller round corners and
then place in position like so
at this juncture select the y-shaped and press command or control C to copy er
then select all three shapes and then align them like so to make sure they're
positioned perfectly
open the Pathfinder window and hold down shift and click both the blue shape and
the white shape and then use this function here in the Pathfinder panel if
you then press command or control f you will paste the shape back into the
correct place and insulate both the black shape and the blue shape and
repeat the process finally send the blank sheet backwards once now your tape
cassette shape has the mid section cut out
just to demonstrate something quickly I've made this midsection too wide even
though it's been cut into the shape we can still use direct selection tool to
edit the shape hold down shift and then select multiple anchor points at once
and ultimately with the arrow keys on your keyboard
the appearance panel and user prepare tool to sample the background color once
again we are now making the tape section for our flat poster design make a
perfect circle with the ellipse tool and then in the appearance panel add a new
stroke drag the stroke to the bottom of the layers and add a white color I'm
going to use 20 as a stroke thickness add a second stroke and make it black
but increase the stroke away quite a bit
then hold down the alt option key and duplicate the circle and adjust a black
stroke so it gives an illusion of a tape inside the cursor for a flat poster
design
select all of the shapes on the actual canvas and bring them to the front of
all the layers then we need to align the circles along horizontal plane and place
them within the cutout section
select the blank shape and then select offer there we want a slightly lighter
shade of dark gray blue so that we can create a small rectangle with the
rectangle tool
using direct selection tool we can then nudge the top anchor points over like
I'm doing here we then need to place the shape over the cassette tape perfectly
in place by holding down shift select both circles and then group them
together with command or control g select everything on your flat poster
design and then line them like so we're almost finished with today's tutorial on
how to make a flat poster design so stick around for the finishing touches
and then at the very end of the video an illustrated bonus tip based around
brushes
with the dough shade of black create a circle in the top-left of the cassette
and then duplicate it with the alt/option key we then need to make two
more circles and then add a yellow color to them
using shift-select all full circles group them together then duplicate the
group and reflect them by placing them in the perfect position on your flat
poster design
this next step is a bit of fiddly but it's fairly simple making yellow
rectangle like so and then duplicate it and turn that second rectangle to black
take your time to make sure that they're perfectly aligned right up to the edge
of the bisection we need the Pathfinder window open for the next pyre
we need to slide the white shape and copy with command or ctrl C select the
white shape and the yellow rectangle and use the intersect function in the
pathfinder press command or ctrl F to paste the shape back and then send it
back one layer repeat the process with the back
rectangle and then send the worksheet back twice
there is a shortcut keyboard for this function PC here
you had now had a shadow to our flat poster design so group every single
element on the cassette tape together and in place exactly where you want it
on your poster design using the pen tool make a line from the bottom-left of the
tape to the bottom route of the canvas
click off of the path and then make another line from the top right of the
tape downwards flick the pathway go to a fill and then bring a cassette tape to
the front now this pie is entirely up to you but you can add a gradient and lower
the opacity of that gradient where you can simply lower the opacity of the
shape without the gradient whatever you think looks best for your flat poster
design
to save time I've gone ahead and added the typographic elements on a design and
to be honest this section of the tutorial should be up to you so get
creative with your typography I do have the design linked in description below
for you to download as well as a mock-up for Photoshop next a quick but cool tip
on illustrator brushes
there are some really really neat and cool brushes by default in a deputy
strate er so you put up the brush libraries like so and then choose from a
nice selection
if you then double-click a brush you can edit there you can change the pressure
in the style the direction and other various factors they're actually quite a
decent amount of free brushes here are standard in David is right there
you can then go ahead and add them to your design you can outline this trick
off the brush and they have a fully customizable vector brush on your design
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