Adobe Illustrator Glow Effect Tutorial in today's satori graphics tutorial I'm going to show you how to make an adobe
illustrator glow effect remember to subscribe if you're new to my channel
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Illustrator I saw a design similar to this on
Instagram so I don't claim this design as mine I'm simply here showing you guys
how to make a design in this style today we're going to be working on a three
canvas in a portrait style
we're going to make a background first for our graphic design so take the
rectangle tool and click and drag to make a rectangle across the entire
canvas we then need to add a gradient fill like so I have presets for you all
to set up your gradient firstly it must be a radial gradient and then change the
aspect ratio to 130 degrees in the first color on the left double click it and
then select CMYK in the top right corner then had seen waking values of 185 5 and
0
in a second color section type in 100 125 and 81
lastly pull the location slider down to around 45 this would be our background
Adobe Illustrator for the glorified tutorial but lastly lock it in place so
it isn't me around now we need a triangle for our glow effect design so
go ahead and grab the polygon tool from the tool bar and then select a stroke in
the color palette
then double-click the converse and in the pop-up window type in the three
sides and then here okay holding down the shift and alt option key at the same
time click and drag to resize it then by holding just the alt/option key until
you see this icon up here click and drag to duplicate the triangle we will need
this copy later in the adobe illustrator tutorial with the original triangle
change the stroke way to something thick as we need a good strong shape for our
glow design
if you want to recite a triangle you must resize both of them in the same
time because they need to be the same size so how down shift and select both
of them and then resize with the main triangle herbs object an
outline stroke which will convert the stroke into a shape
now with the pen tool we're going to cut out a part of the triangle quite easily
so carefully draw a line like I'm doing here and connect the path and then click
both shapes by holding them shift
we need the Pathfinder window open and insulate the - for an option
we can out a the direct selection tool and tidy of the car that we've just made
as well as move the anchor points over a bear your design should look something
similar to mine here at this point in today's industry to clarify tutorial
change the shape fill color to a shade of blue slightly lighter than the
background take the copy triangle and bring it over to the front of all the
objects and then place in the correct position
this is where we need to take the scissors tool the cut a piece in the
bottom left and in the liter
I'm going to lower the stroke way on the line as well
select the thin line and lock it in place it doesn't move around we're now
going to draw a white line from the top point to the very top of the design add
this stroke style here to the line so it goes from thick to thin color the stroke
away if you want to but go ahead and add these lines anywhere in your design you
think fits so here's my design in the moment now click over everything and
lock it in place we're going to add a glow effect now to the design by using
bloom effects and the transparency window choose a very light blue color in
the color palette now with the pen tool draw a line like I'm doing here
boost a stroke way up to something like 20 and add this stroke style here you
can also use a width tool to adjust the thickness of the line anywhere on the
path but for me personally I'm going to keep it just as it is but the way it's
tool is there if you want to use it with the line selected choose add Gaussian
blur and then click preview to see before you okay
you can lower the opacity in the effects window so it's not so striking using the
alt/option key you can duplicate the line and then reposition it direct
selection tool
go ahead and add this effect anywhere along your design that you see fear
so now we're going to add a glow effects to our design but this time using
colored glow effects as before lock everything in place beforehand I'm going
to use a purple paint kind of hue I think will agree of this design there
are many ways to do this but I'm going to use the ellipse tool to create a
shape then with direct selection tool we will move the anchor points and
manipulate it into place
the new pond of the transparency window and you can play around with the blend
mode settings the settings that work best are overlay soft lights hard lights
and color dodge but you can experiment to see well as best
keep using direct selection tool to arrange the shape of your lower fat
design in today's tutorial
go ahead and add shapes like this all over your design using various colors
and styles we have one last effect add to our design today unlock everything
and then lock the background layer only
you can resize a triangle but be careful because the global effect may become
distorted if you'e size it too greatly
select the label ooh triangle only not outer glow
we'll be using a black color and then the blend mode should be normal again
play around the settings and use the preview option
and there you have it a graphic design in Adobe Illustrator I think some text
beneath looks pretty cool as well
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