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Illustrator Strokes & Fills

1. Illustrator: Creating brushes
   this site explains how you can make a specific petal shape then tells you to play with the strokes and colors until you are content. then the site goes on to tell you how to make this pattern into a brush. it also tells you how to change the brush options and to add different styles to it. you can put it in a pattern or just paint with it! Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: northlite. This link was submitted by: scully, posted on 11/3/2003
2. Adobe Illustrator filling and Stroking
   This site give very in depth directions to using and getting started with Illustrator. The filling and stroking section is in part two of the tutorial and consists of a lot of very helpful information and examples of how the tools work and what are some possiblilties that the artist can use when with filling and stroking. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Graeme Bennett. This link was submitted by: McGinley, posted on 11/3/2003
3. 5 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
   This tutorial is almost a crash course in using Illustrator itself. This tutorial consists of 5 lessons, lesson 1 teaching the basics to lesson 5 talking about advanced topics. Lesson 2 talks about the basics/special topics of stroking and filling. What's good about this lesson is that it gives you a list of finger dances that you should remember when doing strokes and fills. Also, it gives you a list of do's and don't's. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Graeme Bennett. This link was submitted by: Sadiarin, posted on 11/3/2003
4. Illustrator: Stroking
   This site is awesome. Not only does it touch on the stoking effect but it basically goes step by steo through all of illustrator. It tells you what to do and then it shows pictures and examples of what it would or is supposed to turn out like......It even helps you with the pixels and tool bar...pretty much just covers it all..... Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Graeme Bennett. This link was submitted by: stroudk, posted on 11/3/2003
5. Vectoring tutorial
   this site tells a little bit about vectoring and filling designs in Illustrator 10. It has step-by-step how the artist filled in a picture using illustrator. The print is kind of small, but if you copy and paste it to a word processing program, you can read it. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Resources Report and -- Site content author: Hope R. Larson. This link was submitted by: cabrian, posted on 11/3/2003
6. Masks: Paths
   I just want to begin by saying it is difficult to find a site with what we are looking for. Most of the sites I found were ads to taking an Illustrator lesson or it was a syllabus for a college course. This page doesnt have much but it explained what stroking and filling were and how they apply to paths. For example, the stroke width can be set from the dialogue box. Also, filling in a foreground is the same to filling in with a pattern simply by using the palette menu. Stroking is much more difficult than filling so there are many tools to use for those who arent experts with the mouse. As far as dots and dashes are concerned, they can be created with the path box and typing in and adjusting the values. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Eye/Design. This link was submitted by: Aldrich, posted on 11/3/2003
7. Illustrator How-To: Create Surreal Flowers
   This site shows how to make a flower. Whether you are printing or creating for a web site, you select the appropriate color mode (CMYK or RGB). Then go to your swatch libraries and select the earthtones, harmonies and pastels palettes. Next get the spiral tool and make two different sized spirals, adjusting the stroke weight and no fill. Get the blend tool and with the two selected colors, click on the spirals. A gradient blend will automatically fill the two spirals. Create leaves using the arc tool. Assemble all the parts together. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Creativepro.com. This link was submitted by: Ostrom, posted on 11/3/2003
8. The Anatomy of a Vector Illustration
   This illustrator tutorial goes through four step of using vector line and recreating the the bird and showing the names of the curves. It goes over the control handles and how to pull to create the curves. theis website it like an overview of what you already know, to help clear up questions and to refresh!! Departments/Topics: Illustrator Resources Report and -- Site content author: Mike. This link was submitted by: Stroud, posted on 11/3/2003
9. Transforming Shapes
   This tutorial is about transforming shapes. To me, it is similar to the transform tool from Photoshop. The only difference is that it has a transform palette. This transform palette enables to change the shape by changing the x and y values. The website is very easy to follow. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: n/a. This link was submitted by: Sadiarin, posted on 11/3/2003
10. Illustrator tips and tricks
    This cite has a huge selection of illustrator techiques to use in its side bar window. Anything from text, to shapes, to crop brush and layers. You click on the target of interest on the side and ytour tutorial is displayed on the right of the screen. Along with illustrator it has great tips for photoshop, dreamweaver, and freehand. A very good site for tips and tricks when using these programs. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Vecpix.com. This link was submitted by: Whitford, posted on 11/3/2003
11. Using illustrator tips (PDF)
    this site uses making a graph to explain concepts in illustrator. it breaks down the basics for the tool bar. it goes over scale, fills and strokes. the site is very articulate and can help with any project. Departments/Topics: Illustrator Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: john d winter. This link was submitted by: naomi scully, posted on 11/3/2003

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