From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
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Drawing the divider - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
Drawing the divider
- [Instructor] Let's go to our Layers panel, and we can click the visibility icons here for all of the layers apart from the sketch, just to take a look at where we're going. So the first thing we're going to need is this dividing line down here that puts the balance slightly off, or at least you would think so. But if you look, the weight of the two shapes there is more or less equal. It does have a slight bias towards the right-hand side being slightly heavier, but there are elements there that will bring that in. But the key here is in setting our divider in the right place. So we can turn the viability on for those layers now. And with Layer 4 here, we can rename this to Divider like so. Okay, and then you can tape the backslash key on your keyboard. Now, if you can't find that, don't worry. Just come over to the toolbox. You can see what the icon for the Line Segment Tool, that's what we're going to be using…
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Adding the print area3m 22s
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Creating a modular grid3m 47s
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Creating a color theme3m 43s
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Drawing the divider5m 2s
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Choosing fonts2m 47s
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Using area type4m 28s
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Create type hierarchies5m 5s
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Rotating and scaling area text3m 14s
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Challenge: Type1m 48s
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Adding images4m 38s
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Using Image Trace5m 21s
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Recoloring artwork1m 51s
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Changing the blending1m 58s
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Create a clip group2m 53s
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Placing an Illustrator file1m 51s
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Creating custom shapes7m 9s
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Challenge: Tweak the layout2m 6s
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