I have started to get much better at using Adobe Illustrator, and I am now at a similar skill level to my ability in Adobe Photoshop. I wanted to research more ways to practice and improve in Illustrator. Something I researched was how to get better at being creative and having more appealing ideas. To have more creative ideas, you can try drawing ideas on paper first. You can also look at other types of media, such as books or digital images for inspiration. Another thing I learned about was the Clipping Mask Tool. This is similar to the vector mask in Photoshop, and allows you to put the texture of something onto a defined shape. I used this tool in creating one of my playlist covers, which I included below. I used a clipping mask to put the galaxy texture onto the could shape in Illustrator.
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My skills in Adobe Illustrator have improved over the last few weeks, and now I am able to make better art overall and I want to learn how to use new tools to improve my skills even more. The two tools I researched were the Rotate Tool and the Perspective Grid. The Rotate Tool can be accessed with 'R' on the keyboard, and it is an easy tool to use. Simply select what you are trying to rotate first, select the Rotate Tool, and click and drag to rotate your object, like you are using the Group Selection Tool. The next tool, the Perspective Grid, is another simple tool. The keyboard shortcut for this tool is Shift+P. This tool brings up lines over your art that help you draw with perspective. You can click and drag to move the lines around and you can use other tools without accidentally selecting the perspective lines. To turn off the Perspective Grid, you can click the 'X' on the icon that will appear once it is turned on.
helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/perspective-drawing.html After using Adobe Illustrator for more art and getting more experience with it, I have grown to like Adobe Illustrator more, but I still prefer Adobe Photoshop. I decided to research ways to improve my skills in Adobe Illustrator to improve my skills and hopefully boost my interest in vector graphics. The first thing I learned about was new keyboard shortcuts. For example, to use the pen tool, you can press 'P'. You can also use the direct selection tool with 'A'. Another thing I learned was that one of the most important things you should to do get better at using Illustrator is practice using the pen tool and the Bezier tool. Both of these tools will help greatly to create smooth curves and make exactly what you want in Illustrator. The last thing I learned was to use the Symbols tool to easily make editable copies for your image. You can put a certain shape into the symbols panel to save it as a shape and drag it out onto your image
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html I recently began using Adobe Illustrator. I have noticed many differences between it and Adobe Photoshop, and I am not sure which I prefer more to use. The main difference between Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop is the graphics they use. Photoshop uses bitmap graphics, which is editing specific points on an image with a set resolution. Illustrator uses vector graphics, which uses paths and anchor points and has no set resolution, rather it uses equations to keep an image the same resolution no matter how zoomed in or out you are. In Adobe Photoshop, when you are trying to make something or edit something that is there, you select whatever you need and can manipulate it using different tools. In Adobe Illustrator however, you have to edit anchor points, which
change the path between them, editing the shape or line. Adobe Illustrator is better for making digital art, such as logos or designs for a website. Adobe Photoshop is better for photographs and editing things that already exist, and less for making new art than Illustrator.
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