deke.com posts about Illustrator

Filling in the Gaps in a Repeating Pattern

Deke troubleshoots his "ball of arrows" project by giving his arrows hair, as one does.

Drawing 3D Isometric Arrows in Adobe Illustrator

Deke creates the basic pieces of a 3D ball of interlocking arrows in Adobe Illustrator.

Carving Cubical Holes into Cubical Objects

Deke uses his cubular creation to cut holes in itself in Adobe Illustrator.

Blending Line Textures in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator's Blend tool in order to make striped surfaces on his imaginary object.

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.