in today's tutorial we're going to learn how to make this cool and neat HD vector
background using Adobe Illustrator this hasty vector background is perfect for
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in Illustrator the first thing we need to do for a HD vector background is to
make a hasty document so take note of the pixel measurements that I'm using
and we're also going to be working RGB and with a 72 PPI setting this is
because our design is meant for web-based use the very first thing we
need to do in today's background tutorial is to select the gradient fill
and make a box off to the side with the rectangle tool the shortcut being M on
your keyboard we're going to want to choose a grayscale gradient much like
I'm using here and we want to leave this box here to refer back to any stage
because this gradient style is going to be the original star we use throughout
this is an example of non-destructive workflow then press P for the pen tool
and draw a shape like mine here
we're going to build up a hasty vector background with random shapes like this
and don't worry if your pencil curve isn't smooth a perfect because I have a
quick solution for that next connect the path of the pen tool and then take the
smooth tool here this is going to allow you to smoothen out the curves set of
fluid and natural
once happy with the shave apply a drop shadow like I'm doing here
and for this hasty document these are the settings that I'm using for the drop
shadow as you can see that as either Dan ice drop shadow effects on my shape you
need to build up your background with multiple shapes of this nature and next
I'm going to show you how to overlay a perfect color gradient with a neat
little trick if you're enjoying today's HT vector background tutorial and you're
finding it useful let me know in the comment section below so here is my
background so far and it looks a little messy but that's fine because we're
going to clean it up soon but first remember you can take the smooth tool at
any time to iron out the curves and make them more fluid press M for the
rectangle tool and carefully do around the entire canvas exactly on the edge
having the smart guides activated illustrator will help with this the
color of the rectangle should be the same as the gradient of use throughout
the entire tutorial and then send it to the very back
press command or control C to copy the rectangle and it might be wise to lock
it down in place with his move around
then press command or control F to duplicate the rectangle exactly in
position and then make sure it's at the very front now click and drag to select
everything and then ctrl or right-click the selection and choose a clipping mask
this is going to cut everything below the rectangle into the shape of the
rectangle but everything is linked together so to separate the shapes go in
to the Pathfinder window and choose the trim option then grouped object and
ungroup
you can now edit each individual shape before your HD back to background so
finally we're going to add some color to our design and to do this first press
command or control F which is going to paste a rectangle from earlier to add
some color open up the gradient window and simply changed the two fellows
obviously you can use whatever colors you want to but try and make them blend
in harmony
now the key step here is to open up the transparency window and then experiment
different blend modes I found that for my design using hard lights was the most
fitting setting and then I lowered the opacity to allow the vector background
to show through in a more prominent manner
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