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| caykroyd:
I'm trying to draw an outline of my T-shaped control panel in Illustrator. I tried making a rectangle then adding some points in the top corner so I can "collapse the top two corners (to make it t-shaped). I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it. When I try to move these lines around, how do I keep them vertical and horizontal? And is there a way to snap to grid? After this "simple"task then I get to tackle making 4-way and 8-way directionals. Thanks for the help. A tutorial for simple lines and shapes kind of like Frostillicus' for character drawing would be a great idea. |
| Frostillicus:
do you not have the help files, too? I'd try there. or look for some basic drawing tutorials on the web. |
| Smittydc:
In general, holding down the shift key when moving or resizing a selection will constrain it to horizontal and vertical. For a T-shaped object, I'd probably draw it with the pen tool, or group together 2 rectangle shapes. I'd really recommend picking up one of those "Illustrator Bible" or similar books and browsing through the chapters. You'll find working with Illustrator is actually fun afterwards, versus near constant frustration before. |
| caykroyd:
thanks for the advice smitty. On the book front. Does anyone have any recommendations on which book(s) to buy? |
| caykroyd:
Found an online tutorial that might be of some help to fellow Illustrator novices. http://www.sketchpad.net/illustrator.htm |
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