Also change the Blend Mode of the layer to Screen.ĭuplicate the layer and resize it, make it a bit smaller, like the image below.Īgain duplicate the layer and resize it, make it a bit smaller than the previous layer. For the Shadow Mode use Color Burn in Black and 15% Opacity. For the Highlight Mode use Color Dodge in white and 100% opacity. Use Inner Bevel for the Style, 1% Depth, Direction Up, Size 1px and soften 0px. Go to Layer>Layer Style>Bevel and Emboss. Position the flower at the bottom of the document like the image below. Just an experiment trying to create a typeface, my cousin said it looks like a caterpillar, so I named it catypellar.Ĭopy the flower from Illustrator and paste it in a new document in Photoshop as Smart Object. Below you can se some of the Blends I tested. Change the Opacity to 75% and play with the Blend Modes. Then select all elements and go to Window>Transparency. Ungroup the objects, go to Object>Ungroup. Delete them because they are duplicated from the blend. Then with the Direct Select Tool (A) select the red, yellow, green, and blue shapes. Also send ir to back, go to Object>Arrange>Send it to Back.ĭuplicate one object one more time and close the flower using blue and red. Also replace the colors to yellow and green and send ir to back, go to Object>Arrange>Send it to Back.ĭuplicate the blend object, rotate, and align it again, now with the second blend object. You will notice that the Blend Tool will create the tone colors from red to yellow.ĭuplicate the blend object, rotate, and align it with the first blend object. The go again to the Blend Options and increase the number of steps. Use the image below for reference.Ĭhange the color of the 2 shapes you used for the blend. So double click on the Blend Object to edit the Blend and rotate the 2 shapes. You will have to rotate the 2 shapes because the Blend Options will automatic rotate the shapes. Also for the Orientation use Align to Path. Change the Spacing to Specified Steps and use the number of steps you want. To edit the Blend Object just double click on the Blend Tool icon or go to Object>Blend>Blend Options. That command will replace the line SPINE, that is the Blend Object default path with any path you want. Select the path of the Blend Object and the arc you created and go to Object>Blend>Replace Spine. Then with the Direct Select Tool (A) delete 3 segments of the circle. After that with the Ellipse Tool (L) create a ellipse holding shift. Click on one shape then on the other one to create the blend. Repeat the same thing for the 2 bottom vertices and you will have a nice shape.ĭuplicate the shape and rotate it 90º. With the Direct Select Tool (A) select the to 2 top vertices and Join them, go to Object>Path>Join. Duplicate the arc and rotate it to create a sort of leaf. Open Illustrator and create a new document, then with the Arc Tool create an arc.
ILLUSTRATOR BLENDING MODES HOW TO
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a abstract sort of flower using the Blend Tool in Illustrator then playing with it in Photoshop to produce a very colorful wallpaper. I don't even know if he uses Illustrator but some of his artwork can be done with the Adobe vector app mixing with a bit of Adobe Photoshop. Also I try to learn how the real masters like Andy Gilmore create those fantastic pieces. There are so many things we can do with the blend tool, mixing shapes, replacing the Spine path to create crazy forms. To the right I’ve separated the standard gradients that make-up the the base colours and the blends that sit over this to make up the highlights and shadows to give an idea of how this effect is brought together.One of the best tools in Illustrator in my opinion is the Blend Tool. Each blend uses opacity as well as colour to achieve the right shading along with object blending modes like Multiply and Screen. In the example below there are 4 blends that make up the ball with a 5th added in for the shadow beneath it. With careful choice of colours, shapes, opacity and position of your blends it’s possible to get quite convincing effects. Using 0% opacity for the outer part of a blend, as in the flame example above, allows you to position the blend anywhere on the page – this is great for adding highlights.Ĭonsider using several blends to achieve the desired outcome.
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Opacity can be used for highlight and shadow blends so they fade seamlessly into background colours. With the combination of traditional gradients and blends you can achieve very precise colour and shading effects.