You may change the colors, the path, add shapes and images and so on. Edit the symbol as you would a normal Illustrator object. To edit a symbol, simply double click on the symbol to send it into isolation mode. By layering symbols, brushes, and gradients you can quickly create complex images in Adobe Illustrator CS 4. My final vector file size will be reduced because I'm simply repeating the same symbol versus copying and pasting multiple copies of my original vector trace.The following video art lesson illustrates how to edit symbols in Adobe Illustrator to create interesting effects. It this tutorial, I will show you how you can use symbols to create interesting backgrounds or non-objective designs. I created this splatter pattern using a single symbol and only the sizer and spinner tools. 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.
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.
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