deke.com posts about Illustrator

Drawing a Cubical Gobstopper in Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator as his candy factory and creates a sweet, precise gobstopper shape.

Welcome to My Seamlessly Repeating Summer

Deke introduces his summer of seamlessly repeating patterns drawn in Adobe Illustrator.

Illustrator CC 2019 One-on-One Advances, Too

Illustrator CC 2019 One-on-One: Advanced, the second course in Deke's LinkedIn Learning series, has been updated for the latest changes in Adobe Illustrator.

Creating a Gradient Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke takes his repeating pattern from previous week's and adds a color gradient.

Making Your Star a Repeating Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke takes last week's shape and turns it into a repeating star pattern in Adobe Illustrator.

Drawing a 24-Sided Star in Negative Space (in Adobe Illustrator)

Deke sees something of questionable beauty in a hotel room and turns it into a stellar shape in Adobe Illustrator.

Freeform Gradients: Points versus Lines

Deke uses Illustrator CC 2019’s new freeform gradient ability to create lines to volumetrically fill his vegetal outlines.

Freeform Gradients in Illustrator CC 2019

Deke uses the new freeform gradient ability in Illustrator 2019 to make a custom color backdrop for some peppery produce.

Applying Global Edits in Illustrator CC 2019

Deke shows you how to scale or recolor similar objects in your illustration all at once using Illustrator's new Global Edit capability.

Illustrator CC 2019 New Preview Modes

Deke comes at you fast and trim with Illustrator CC 2019’s new Trim View option for previewing your illustration.

Combining a Tile Pattern (from Illustrator) with a Photograph (in Photoshop)

Deke applies the pattern he created in Illustrator to a photographic portrait in Photoshop.

Expressing Pentagons as Proper Tile Patterns

Deke sets up one of his pentagon patterns to repeat automatically, then he uses it on a cow.