Illustration & Visual Narrative- Week 10 Create and Edit Patterns

 

Week 10

 Low Li Vern/ 0362678

Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

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Class Summary

Tool: Patterns, Drawing Modes and the Width Tool
Mr Hafiz send us the practice file in Microsoft Teams and video for us to learn. We watch the video and try ourself in Adobe Illustrator. Our task today is to create and edit patterns using shapes and tools.

1.Create and edit patterns

For the first practice is to draw a polygon shape and click > transform > scale and turn the uniform into 80 percent. After that, go to object > pattern > make, and it will turn into patterns for us to use in future.

Fig 10.1 Polygon Patterns

After trying the polygon patterns, Mr Hafiz teach us to change the size of the patterns. We can change the size by changing the uniform size in scale, and tick the box transform object.

I have a try on changing the patterns in the star shape and I reduce the size and make it more crowded.

Fig 10.2 Patterns

2. Apply patterns in line

Fig 10.3 Snake Pattern

We use the brush to draw out a line with a thick stroke and apply the pattern in it. Before applying the pattern in the line we use the width tool to make it thick and round, and we can change the size of the shape into a snake by using the tool. And to add the pattern on the snake we need to use object > expand appearance to make the patterns inside the shape and not outside the shape.

3. Blob Brush Tool

 There are three option to use for this tool to use. For the first tool of the blob brush tool is for the use of plain brush. And for the second one is the brush will be at the back of the shape. And for the last option is the colour of the brush be in the shape as the sample below.

Fig 10.4 Blob brush tool option

I draw out a circle and use the blob brush tool to draw out the shadow of it using the third option of the blob brush tool. After adding the shadow, I added the patterns that I make in the circle.

Fig 10.4 Circle Patterns

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