deke.com posts about Illustrator

New Ways to Scale Type in Adobe Illustrator 2021

Deke explores the new feature in Illustrator 2021 that allows you to set the height of your fonts based on things like x-height or Cap height.

Illustrator on the iPad: Gradients and Repeats

Deke returns to Illustrator on the iPad one more time in order to build the sun of hope and civility with the Freeform Gradient tool and Repeat feature.

Illustrator on the iPad: The Drawing Tools

Deke explores the fun and distraction of Illustrator on the iPad, including the Pencil tool, the Pen tool, and the not-too-blobbety Blob brush.

Introducing Illustrator on the iPad

Deke celebrates the new year and his 10th season with a look at the actually fun and useful Adobe Illustrator for the iPad

A New Way to Unlock Stuff in Adobe Illustrator

Deke shows you how to use the new contextual Unlock feature in Adobe Illustrator 2021, such as it is.

Clearing the Illustrator Home Screen

Deke shows you how to hide "recent" thumbnails on the Adobe Illustrator home screen.

Turning Your Cat's Eye Into a Dragon's Eye (Changing Colors in Illustrator)

Deke finally finishes his cat eye project in Adobe Illustrator, only to find out, through the help of Global Swatches, it was a dragon all along!

Blending Reptile-Like Scales in Illustrator (revisited, now that most of the votes are counted)

Let's revisit this thing I couldn't face earlier this week: Deke creates the scales of our (fictional) reptile overlords in Adobe Illustrator

Blending Reptile-Like Scales in Illustrator (Election Day Edition)

Deke blends the scales on what once a simple deranged robot cat and now may or may not be the pawn of our lizard overlords.

Halftone Pattern and Zig Zag in Adobe Illustrator

Deke finishes his Halloween cat eye project with some substantial help from Adobe Illustrator's dynamic effects and Appearance panel.

Creating a Halloween Cat's Eye in Adobe Illustrator

Deke actually digs this year's Halloween project out of an old creaky hard drive, resulting in a cool vector based cat's eye in Adobe Illustrator.

Using the Dynamic Free Distort Filter in Adobe Illustrator

Deke finishes up his triangle-based city-stalking creature with some help from an old filter in Adobe Illustrator and some dynamic effects.