February 7, 2013
In this series of three artist interviews, we’ll be speaking with several of the Adobe Illustrator artists who are featured in my new book Adobe Master Class: Illustrator. This book showcases the work of 31 talented, innovative vector artists, giving us insight into their workflows and creative inspirations. Eleven of these artists share their design process via tutorials. Today we talk with one of these artists, Cristiano Siqueira, and also let you know how you can get a 35% discount on a copy of the book! So let’s get to know Mr. Siqueira…
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April 13, 2012
Introduction
Today is the third part in our series of Vector Art from around the world, and we’re focusing in on Mexico. I’d like to introduce you to two friends, Rafael Aguilar and Beto Garza. Both have an abstract and somewhat surreal edge, yet their rendering techniques are different. They are both passionate vector artists and fellow fans of Adobe Illustrator.
In addition to getting to know them better and featuring their work, we’ll also gain unique insight into the detailed workings and processes behind Rafael’s work, as he’s kindly shared with us some work-in-progress screenshots!
Beto Garza aka Helbetico
Beto Garza uses simple, minimal palettes to create his vector work. Using geometric shapes and patterns, his work has a childlike, playful edge, yet still maintains a sophisticated, abstract look. This is partly due to the shapes and minimal palettes he uses, and he pulls it off very well.
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March 28, 2012
Introduction
In today’s “Vector Art from…” article, we’re going to look at a collection of vector artists from Indonesia.
Please let me introduce Samuel Sinaga, Aedel Fakhrie, and Jimmy Balia, three friends from Indonesia with a shared passion for vector art, all with contrasting styles. Having known them for years, it’s been great to watch their styles develop and change over time, and it’s an absolute pleasure to share with you their thoughts on vector design and their amazing work.
February 26, 2012
Introduction
In today’s “Vector Art from…” article, we’re looking at vector art from France with Adobe Illustrator users Nastasia Peters and Dhella Rouat, two talented female illustrators. We’ll learn more about the artists behind the work and their processes, and, in addition, Nastasia has shared some great insight into the process for creating one of her fantasy inspired pieces that is line art oriented. So let’s get to it and meet the girls.
May 20, 2010
Based on PostScript model, Illustrator’s artboard position was defined in the first quadrant. This means that the rulers originated from the bottom left of the artboard. In Illustrator CS4, we introduced multiple artboards, but ruler-origin remained the same – at bottom left of the first artboard.
In Illustrator CS5, there has been a significant functional update in ruler. Illustrator CS5 now has a new kind of rulers, called the Artboard Rulers. The origin of these new rulers are at the top-left of ‘each‘ artboard. Which means that each artboard can have its own custom ruler-origin.
If usage of rulers is common in your design process in Illustrator, here are a few things of interest in AiCS5:
- With this update positive vertical increment happen in the Y-axis when going from top to bottom, similar to other applications like InDesign and Photoshop.
- When changing the ruler origin, pattern fills used to get re-tiled and their appearance changed. With Artboard Rulers, ruler-origin changes do not affect pattern fills.
- For those using scripts, the existing scripts from older versions would continue to work the same way. They need not be modified to updated coordinates.
Here a great video on Adobe TV by Mordy Golding that explains this.
Contributed by Neeraj Nandkeolyar, Illustrator Workflow Team
