Make sure that your black shape is still selected and make a copy in front ( Control-C > Control-F). Reselect it and go to Object > Path > Outline Stroke. In the end your rectangle should look like in the following image. Set the Weight at 10px and check the Align Stroke to Inside. Keep focusing on your stroke and simply click on the " Stroke" piece of text to open the Stroke fly-out panel. Make sure that there is no color set for the fill then select the stroke and set the color at black ( R=0 G=0 B=0). Make sure that this new shape stays selected and focus on the Appearance panel ( Window > Appearance). Pick the Rectangle Tool (M) and simply create a 280 x 360px shape, the Snap to Grid will ease your work. All these options will significantly increase your work speed. Do not forget to set the unit of measurement to pixels from Edit > Preferences > Units > General. You should also open the Info panel ( Window > Info) for a live preview with the size and position of your shapes. For starters you will need a grid every 10px, so simply go to Edit > Preferences > Guides > Grid, enter 10 in the Gridline every box and 1 in the Subdivisions box. Select RGB, Screen (72ppi) and make sure that the Align New Objects to Pixel Grid box is unchecked before you click OK.Įnable the Grid ( View > Show Grid) and the Snap to Grid ( View > Snap to Grid).
Select Pixels from the Units drop-down menu, enter 600 in the width box and 700 in the height box then click on the Advanced button. Finally, you will create the brick wall background using simple rectangles, some raster effects, built-in art brushes, subtle Drop Shadow effects and two Transform effects.
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Next, you will learn how to add some subtle shading using the Appearance panel, the Inner Glow effect and basic blending techniques. In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple poster frame with a grungy brick wall background in Adobe Illustrator.įor starters you will learn how to setup a simple grid and how to create the main two frames using simple tools and effects along with the Pathfinder panel and some basic masking techniques.
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