Drawing a Pool Cue in Illustrator
Deke finishes up his "pool hall pool themed" clock in Adobe Illustrator by making the cues that will become the hands.
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Rotate versus Transform Each in Adobe Illustrator (as Applied to Billiard Balls)
Deke clicks another hour closer to finishing his imaginary pool-themed clock by using Adobe Illustrator's Rotate and Transform Each command to get the hour balls in place and upright.
Turning a Sphere into a Colorful Pool Ball in Adobe Illustrator
Deke makes progress on his pool hall clock in Adobe Illustrator this week, by turning the cue ball into a 6 by applying color and text.
Drawing a Gradient Sphere as a 2D Shape in Adobe Illustrator (aka "The Cue Ball)
Deke begins his imaginary pool hall–themed clock by drawing a cue ball for the center in Adobe Illustrator
Creating a Metadata Template in Bridge
Deke uses a text editor to fix some gotchas in the standard metadata template process in Adobe Bridge.
Drawing a 3D Metal Star in Adobe Illustrator
Deke draws an impossible interwoven 3D star in Adobe Illustrator which he then declares the flag of his own Antarctic nation.
Recolor a Freeform Gradient in Adobe Illustrator
Deke uses an older feature in Adobe Illustrator (Recolor Artwork) to change up colors from a new feature (Freeform Gradient).
Another Illustrator Sample: The "Painting" Chapter, aka "The Blob" (Brush)
Enjoy some free samples of Deke's latest Illustrator One-on-One: Fundamentals course, and learn about the Blob brush
Sampling from Illustrator 2020 One-on-One Fundamentals: Lines
A few free samples from Deke's newly updated course, Illustrator 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals while you're stuck inside your own bounding box.
The Improved Simplify Command in Illustrator 2020
Deke uses the new improved Simplify command in Adobe Illustrator to rid himself of excessive anchor points in a few simple clicks.
Vector Brushes in Adobe Fresco
Deke explores the scalable, editable, colorable power of vector brushes in Adobe Fresco.
Drawing an Impossible Hex Object in Adobe Illustrator
Deke not only creates an impossible shape, but turns it into something even more impossible. Hold on to your brain.