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I'm actually working in an RGB document today and you're going to need two base

colors and then one pale version of each color so essentially a monochrome

version of the original we need an isometric grid for our design today and

to make that locate the rectangular grid tool below the line tool in the tools

panel and then just click the artboard one time now you can use the same

measurements as I'm using on mine but just make sure that the vertical and the

horizontal numbers are the same values now on my last isometric tutorial a

viewer suggested creating an automated action to perform the next step and I

did try that but the problem is that the transform values do not equate to a

percent value they follow a set number of Heights instead of percentage so

we're going to need to first rotate this grid by 45 degrees

and then come into the transform window

and alter the heights to fifty seven point two seven four percent exactly it

would be great if it astray to cuddle to make this function but like I said it is

straighter does not remember this action as a percent rather fixed heights now

besides your grid the holding number the alt/option key and shift at the same

time

send the grid to the very back of all layers and then lock their grid and also

the colors down by pressing command or control 2 on your keyboard so we're not

ready to start the isometric design of a house in today's Illustrated tutorial

press I for the eyedropper tool sample one of your darker colors and then press

P for the pen tool I begin to draw out a shape just as I'm doing here simply

follow your isometric grid and also make sure to keep the vertical lines at the

same size so my design is going to be 5 grid squares in height

I've also pressed the caps lock key so that my pencil icon turns into an X and

it just makes things more precise and easier when drawing with the pen tool

and you're going to need to toggle the smart guides on and off throughout

today's tutorial depending on what you're doing and you can do that by

pressing command or control you now as you can see the smart guides will help

me align the vertical lines on the right hand side

once you've drawn your shape and pressed V to select off of the path and then

press Shift + X to flick the stroke over to a filled shape and that's the first

design component for the isometric house in today's video you can never size your

shape but just make sure that you hold down shift when you resize it to scale

it use the eyedropper tool to sample the lighter version of your color and again

use the pen tool to draw the top of the ledge on your house like I'm doing here

repeat the same process of pressing V to select off the path when you're finished

and then select the lighter version of your second color we're now going to

draw the front edge of the isometric house which again is just a matter of

using the grid to follow along with in an isometric style so when finished

again press Shift + X to change the stroke over to a fill our isometric

house is starting to take place I've gone ahead and added the block shape for

the second floor of the house but also I have to drill one square at the top so

drew a larger one first and then the innermost smaller one after when

completes select both of the squares now flick the strokes over to a fill by

pressing Shift + X and then use the minus front option in the Pathfinder

window now it's very very simple to make the bare essentials for the structure of

the house using the isometric grid and the pen tool and I'm gonna fast forward

to save time today in the video but pause the video to see which colors I've

used and which shapes make up the house also take note the shadow here this is a

black shape of 25 percent opacity and this is going to be crucial for the

final effect in today's tutorial now I'm going to use this shadow technique on

the lower floor of the house firstly I'm gonna change the fill of the shapes over

two strokes with shift an X so I can see the grid below to use as a guide

so what does I draw in the shape to represent the shadow on the bottom floor

of the house using the black color with 25% opacity now it's complete is then

time to flip the stroke back over to a fill and as you can see that looks

pretty awesome the next step in today's isometric tutorial is to drawing through

steps I've gone ahead and done that using the grids but of course they're

way too large obviously so what I'm going to do here is to select the shapes

that make up the steps and then go into the transform window I can simply change

the height and the width values to 50% exactly which will scale down the stairs

by 50% in total 1 scaled down and place the steps against the edge of the house

and then adjust as you see fit today's tutorial is pretty straightforward

actually if you follow the isometric grid finally for the stairs

select the shadow to sample its color and opacity and then drew in a shape as

I'm doing here to represent more shadow for this use the pen tool of course

it's now time to add some details to the isometry design so follow along a nest

add some detail to the house I'm now working off of the artboards and i'm

going to make an oval using the ellipse tool but you can locate by pressing L on

your keyboard once you've made the ellipse flip the Phil over to a stroke

and then hold down the alt option key and click and drag to duplicate it below

bring the original circle to the front of all layers and the locates the add

Anchor Point tool in the toolbar menu carefully add an anchor point as I'm

going to do here and then press a the direct selection tool and move the

anchor point up this is basically just going to create the illusion of a 3d

table for your design today flick the strokes and back to fills and then make

sure the lower oval is a darker grey compared to the upper one now it might

be handy to select both of the ovals and then press command or control key to

group everything together and then move the object onto your isometric design

bring the shadow to the front of all layers to complete the effects at this

stage now we're going to finish the table so locate the rectangle tool and

draw a small rectangle like so now I'm working in illustrator CC and if you're

doing that as well you can use the live corners by selecting the direct

selection tool but if you don't have CC and you're using something like CS then

you can have to use the round corner effects under the top drop down menu of

effects now bring the tabletop and the shadow to the front wall layers and then

add a gradient to the lower parts

now I wish I would have organized my layers in the layers window for this

design and I suggest that you do that for your workflow because it is easier

and more organized so finally for the table

flick the floor over to a stroke with Shift + X and then draw an isometric

Square using the grid finally scale down the square you can

also add extra parts below to finish up the 3d illusion of your table now we've

nearly finished to isometric house in today's video and as you can see here on

the front of the ground-floor I've had it a green rectangle and also a

rectangle of black 25 percent opacity this gives an illusion of a glass panel

on the front of a modern house and at the top I've also made a deckchair using

the isometric grid and it's very straightforward to do if you follow the

grids for your design so finally let's make a neat window to the isometric

house have a white stroke 2 rectangle here following the isometric grid and as

before it helps to change the fills over to a stroke so you can see the grid

below use the correct colors from your palettes and then draw the lower ledge

with the windowsill

then also finish up the side ledge using the pen tool for every shape that I drew

I select the white frame and then bring it to the front of all layers

finally I'm going to add a dark dark green to show the inside of the window

now of course you need some glass for a window and I'm gonna represent the

window as being half open using my light green color in the color palette I can

quickly draw in the glass panel and then lower the opacity to finish the effect

remember to bring the white frame to the front of all layers and then flick the

pink shape of the side of the house over to a fill and there you have it guys

one isometric house made in a day really straighter feel free to experiment with

details and layouts but just remember to utilize the isometric grid throughout

the entire design and I also suggest that you use the layers window and label

your layers so you can hide them easily I totally left that out of my work

clothes today and I do regret it but yeah let me know what you think of

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