illustrator shading
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- joec0
gradient mesh tool.
kinda difficult to grasp the concept at first, but it becomes easier - and its the best way to get natural looking shading in illustrator.
can be very useful for you!!
hope this helps
peace
- joe.c
- oculasm0
Im playing around with it at the moment.. its quite tricky ;)
- platinum0
oculasm if you want to send me the file then I'll have a go at it and see what I can do. I'm bored right now and I have nothing better to do.
- oculasm0
cheers.. on its way..
- platinum0
almost done I'll send it shortly
- lemon7140
just keep playing with illy everything is pretty self explanitory and fun to use.and if you ever need a tracing or illustration on the fly hit me with an email.
- oculasm0
very cool, theres a lotta talent in the illustration field..
- lemon7140
looks good
- oculasm0
cheers, Im having an issue with gradients though.. how do I increase the step size?
I can see lines in some of my gradients..
- lemon7140
is this for print or for web because the preview you gave looks like butta.
- oculasm0
for print actually..
- platinum0
e-mail is sent
- lemon7140
play with the sliders in the gradient panel bringing the colors closer to each other and if it darkens it too much bump down the colors
- platinum0
oculasm, what do you think?
Is that what you were looking for.
- oculasm0
just got the picture platinum.. wow, I owe you one..emailed you as well. thanks.
- oculasm0
sorry I was gone for a while.. there was some charity worker at the door! :)
- dopepope0
the person you want to talk with is Brooke. lifeinvector.com. The work there is beyond exceptional.
- oculasm0
I'm familiar with Brooke's work..her gradient shading on transfatty's belly is exceptional.. :)