Make a Logo with Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
In this lesson from Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book, author Brian Wood works through creating captivating designs as you dive into the art of shaping, mastering Live Shapes, adding rounded corners, navigating drawing modes, harnessing the power of the Place command, unleashing your creativity with Image Trace, and simplifying intricate paths. Unleash your imagination and become a skilled artist within Adobe Illustrator with this immersive learning experience.
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
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Basic shapes are essential to creating Illustrator artwork. In this lesson, you’ll create a new document and then use the shape tools to create and edit a series of shapes for a logo.
Starting the lesson
In this lesson, you’ll explore the different methods for creating artwork by using the shape tools and other methods to create a logo.
To ensure that the tools function and the defaults are set exactly as described in this lesson, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” in the “Getting Started” section at the beginning of the book.
Start Adobe Illustrator.
Choose File > Open. Locate the file named L3_end.ai, which is in the Lessons > Lesson03 folder that you copied onto your hard disk, and click Open.
This file contains the finished illustrations that you’ll create in this lesson.
Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window; leave the file open for reference, or choose File > Close.