Adobe Illustrator gives you a lot of possibilities not only for processing photos, but also for drawing from scratch. Today you will learn how to draw a voluminous and beautiful heart in Illustrator, which can be used for collages, photomontages, gift cards and holiday greetings to your family and friends.
It is necessary
Adobe Illustrator program
Instructions
Step 1
Create a new 800x600 document in Illustrator with white fill and RGB color scheme.
Step 2
Take the Elliptical Tool from the Toolbox and draw a simple circle with no fill. To get a circle, not an oval - hold Shift while stretching the shape.
Step 3
Now your task is to transform the circle shape into a heart shape. To do this, select the Convert Point Tool, which will allow you to edit the image vectors, as well as the Direct Selection Tool.
Step 4
Transform the lines of the shape by changing the vectors so as to narrow the bottom of the circle and make a sharp notch at the top - in short, to make a heart shape.
Step 5
Click on the shape of the heart with the right mouse button and click on the Make Selection button, specifying the blur radius equal to zero.
Step 6
Select the fill tool and fill the selection with red. Then copy and cut the selection onto a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + J). After this operation, you will have three layers in the list of layers - you need to work on the one you just created.
Step 7
Open the color and style control panel (Colors, Swatches, Styles). With the help of one of the styles, you will add volume to your heart. Find Blue Glass (Button) in the list of styles - this style is what you need. The heart will become more voluminous, natural highlights and shadows will appear, but now you need to perform the following operation on the drawing - after applying the new style, the red color you specified could have changed.
Step 8
Correct the color distortion. Go to the style effects section - to the right of your layer name, double-click the icon with the letter f. Open Color Overlay and choose the appropriate shade of red that you originally wanted.
Step 9
Open the Inner Glow tab and reduce the Opacity to 30%, and then move the Shading sliders in the Bevel and Emboss tab until the level of volume and the appearance of the heart suits you completely.
Step 10
Experiment with different styles, applying them to the drawn heart - and you will get many different original images for cards and greetings.
