The ones highlighted below are the most useful when working with grunge splatters. Click the Symbol Sprayer Tool icon on the tool palette and hold it down to see the additional tools. What's really great about working with symbols are the additional tools that are available for editing them. To begin using the symbol, you can grab the Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift + S) and click on the canvas.Įach click with the sprayer tool creates a new instance of the symbol, or you can click and hold the mouse button to "spray" several symbols at once. Now with our new symbol created you can delete the original art. You can ignore the rest of the options as those pertain to exporting for Flash. The Symbols Options Window appears where you can name the new symbol you are creating. To create a symbol from this art, simply open the symbols panel (Window | Symbols) then drag and drop the artwork onto the panel.
Lets take a closer look.įirst I have an Illustrator document open with an ink splatter that I scanned and vectorized. Not only are symbols incredibly flexible they can also reduce the file size dramatically over using standard vector graphics repeated over a design. A separate panel appears with retro symbols included in it.If you're used to creating grungy splatters in Photoshop because you're not familiar with the flexibility of vector symbols in Illustrator, this article may change your workflow dramatically. There are only a few symbols included in the Symbols panel by default, but many more that you can access in the library.Ģ Click on the panel menu in the upper-right of the Symbols panel and select Open Symbol Library > Retro. In this lesson you use an existing symbol to add the retro bus to the illustration.ġ Choose Window > Symbols, the Symbols panel appears. Symbols can also be used to store frequently used artwork, such as logos, or clip art. If you edit the symbol, all instances are updated. Every time you use the snowflake, it is referred to as an instance. For example, you can create a snowflake and use it over 100 times in the illustration. Symbols offers you the ability to create artwork that can be used dynamically throughout your illustration. ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIAL: ADDING A SYMBOL TO YOUR ARTWORK
For more Adobe Illustrator training options, visit AGI’s Illustrator Classes. It is the first lesson in the Adobe Illustrator CS6 Digital Classroom book. This tutorial provides you with a foundation for working with Adobe Illustrator symbols.
What you’ll learn in this Illustrator Tutorial:
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