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How to Draw a Rainbow in Adobe Illustrator

Hello! New useful trick for Adobe Illustrator is ready. See all tips and tricks by this link → CLICK HERE Do you know how to make a rainbow in Adobe Illustrator? It's easy! Just apply a Gradient to a Stroke and rainbow is ready. 1. Make the ellipse. 2. Cut in half with Scissors Tool (C) . 3. Apply the Linear Gradient to a stroke with rainbow colors. You should make the stroke thicker. And you can use Width Tool (Shift+W) to get the perspective rainbow. You can change order of the colors with Reverse Gradient by the way. If you like this article, please leave a comment here or share! You may also thank me using referral links → CLICK HERE [Ru]

Create a Security Guilloche Vector Ornament in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a security Guilloche ornament. This decorative engraving technique that is typically used in banknote design and other documents to prevent them from being forged. We will use simple trick to create the Guilloche. And you will get intricate ornament fast and easy. You can find all Illustrator tutorials from my blog here → Ai tutorials First of all you need to download mirror templates: Magic Wheel or Live Mirror. There are a lot of AIT files. Open one of them - Live-Mirror-Template-24 . You can see a lot of sectors with sample text. Delete this text and draw something. You will get a copy in each sector. So you should draw a circle in the center for our Guilloche. You will get a copy of the smaller circle. Next go to the menu Effect > Distort & Trunsform > Pucker & Bloat . And you will get the circular ornament. Guilloche is ready! But you can experiment. Move the circle to the side a little bit. An

How to Draw Oblivion Drone in Adobe Illustrator

Hello! In today’s tutorial, we will draw Oblivion Drone in Adobe Illustrator. Flat style and long shadows are very dramatic. Have you watched the movie Oblivion by the way? You can find all Ai tutorials from my blog here → Adobe Illustrator tutorials Create the body of the drone Take the Ellipse Tool(L) and draw the circle. Then draw three vertical lines by the Line Segment Tool (\) . Select middle line and turn it to the Guide . Go to the menu View > Guides > Make Guides (Ctrl+5) . Select the circle and vertical lateral lines and use the Divide function of the Pathfinder panel to cut the circle. Ungroup all and move pieces a little bit. Add four circles to your drone. Use the Reflect Tool(O) and the middle Guide to reflect some circles. Use the Line Segment Tool (\) to draw the cross. You can turn on the Smart Guides (Ctrl+U) for convenience. Increase the Weight of the stroke in these lines. Next go Object > Expand and use Shift+X to swap