Illustrator tagged articles
HowTo: Add and Edit Custom Fills in Illustrator
Or, how to make even prettier pie charts
Following on from the previous pie chart tutorial, in this tutorial we’ll cover exactly how to add and manipulate custom pattern fills in Illustrator – a very powerful technique that allows for some very fancy effects. We’re only scratching the surface of what this sort of thing can be used for, but it you’re after an effect similar to that used in the Demographics of Digg post, then this is all you need to know. [read more...]
HowTo: Make Pretty Pie Charts
Using Adobe Illustrator CS2
If you remember the post about the Demographics of Digg I wrote back in early December, one of the general themes of the associated Digg comments was the overwhelming niceness of the pie charts. Being the generous sort that I am, I thought I'd do a comprehensive tutorial of how to achieve the same effect - I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS2, but the tips should apply to most of the more recent versions. [read more...]
Modern Life is no longer updated.
After a long hiatus due to increased working commitment, lack of inspiration, and unclear goals: I've decided not to rekindle this blog but to start anew in more fertile soil. Modern Life will remain online as-is for the forseeable future.
I'm now posting at my new blog, User Interfaced.
