Creating Diagrams in Illustrator

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: textbox, type tool, paragraph styles, paths, appearances Results: Diagram based on a model by Bitner (1992). Bitner. (1992). Servicescapes: The Impact of Physical Surroundings on Customers and Employees. Journal of Marketing, 56(2), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224299205600205 Step 1 – Creating the document Open Adobe Illustrator. To create a…

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10 Tips When Starting in Illustrator

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: 1) File Formats These file formats are called native formats meaning that all Illustrator data is preserved when the file is saved. To save a document as any of these four formats, go to File > Save As… and change the Save Type To to its respective file type. AI .AI…

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Visualising Data in Illustrator

NOTE: Click on each screenshot to enlarge them. In each set of images, the first screenshot will be from Windows 10, the latter in macOS Big Sur. Interchange Ctrl/Cmd (⌘) keys for shortcuts depending on your operating system. Any further differences will be noted Configuring Your Artboard Once you open…

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Tracing Technical Drawings

Traditionally, archaeologists would digitise illustrations of artifacts by scanning them as high-resolution images. However, a flaw to this method is the loss of detail when the pixel-based image is scaled. A more modern process has been digitising illustrations into vector graphics instead. Using this method, archaeologists can preserve the details…

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Earth Day Poster

Difficulty: Basic – Medium What you will learn: Basics of shapes, layers, tools and text in Illustrator. Result: Step 1 – Setup file and background Select ‘Art & Illustration’ then select ‘Poster’ in blank document presets that appear when you open Illustrator. Can also make a new file with File >…

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