Note you will need to have an active layer for this to Use Symbols Palette (Window > Symbols) and click the second icon from the left To add a symbol to the canvas there are two options. Incidentally I’m using symbols for theĬlouds too. I’ve created aīackground of some clouds, sky and grass. Now you have the flower in your symbols you can start to use it.
Creating a flower Adding an illustration as a symbol Using symbols ¶ Now drag the flower into the symbols panel. Once I am happy with itĪdding it to the symbol library is straightforward.
I’ve used the pen,Įlipse and rotate tools to create a simple flower. Drawing your illustration ¶įirstly we will draw our illustration in the standard way. In the example below we are going to imagine that we are producingĪ simple illustration for a client. This can be a huge timesaver when a client asks you to change something at the The symbol in one place and for all occurrences of that symbol to be updated. Symbols in illustrator allow you to save objects and illustrations so they canīe used again and again in your illustrations. Here’s what we are going to end up with: Symbols in Illustrator What symbols do ¶
Why not download the illustrator file so you can work through this too? If you are not already using them here is why you should. Symbols are an extremely powerful aspect of Illustrator allowing you to create illustrations more rapidly, build a library and respond quickly to client amends and changes.
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