Trendy Graffiti Text Tutorial by Faeriedreamer

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Trendy Graffiti Text Tutorial by Faeriedreamer

My first tutorial! I Hope you find it useful. There aren't many Illustrator tutorials out there. (Compared to Photoshop)

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Comments and questions are welcome.
Arista font from Dafont [link]

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Update: Edited for spelling

AsiaMajor Featured By Owner Dec 20, 2011 Professional General Artist

I found this tutorial so helpful! I made a picture inspired by my brothers' obsession with the guitar, and this text style was perfect

thanks!

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Dec 21, 2011

nexroman1337 Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2009

I love it! and i cannot whait until you upload a new tut in illustrator.
But i'm wondering what is the name of the font you used to write everything else?

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Dec 25, 2009

Fonts are:
"Complete in Him" from Dafont [link]
"5 Cent" from graffitifonts.com [link]

Yaujte Featured By Owner Aug 25, 2009

Hey man, you got a tut on making those rays in the bg?

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Aug 26, 2009

They're not hard to make. You can either make an elongated triangle and use the rotate tool + copy/duplicate, or you can download a pre-made vector shape from a free vector website. I have a pre-made one that I use over and over again.

Yaujte Featured By Owner Aug 26, 2009

Thanks. Good tutorial anyway.

DesertViper Featured By Owner Jun 10, 2008

Thats cool! 1: never knew there was a 3D option in Illustrator 2: I agree, there isn't much Illustrator resource & tutorials here... yet

Great help, thanks!

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Jun 10, 2008

Oh yes, Illustrator can do quite a bit in 3D! Play with the 3D options, it's loads of fun. I plan on adding more vector tutorials in the future.

DesertViper Featured By Owner Jun 10, 2008

sweet, looking forward to seeing them

sledgehammer-venable Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2008

you're right, compared to photoshop, there aren't many illustrator tutorials. didn't think of that until you mentioned it. There's tools in illustrator I need to start using.lol. Thanks for making the tut.!

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2008

No prob! This tutorial might be tricky if you're -just- starting Illustrator. I almost only use Illustrator now for things like making posters and web-graphics. I like the idea of no resolution. Also, the pen tool isn't the same as Photoshop and it's a lot more intuitive. The text tool is a dream in Illustrator. I guarantee you'll never add text with Photoshop again!

My next tutorial will be on how to make patterns. However making complicated patterns I'd say is an advanced tutorial.

sledgehammer-venable Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2008

Vectors are amazing.lol. That's why I use it more so I can incorporate more stuff in Flash. I only use Photoshop for coloring nowadays.

Yeah, the pen tool is definitely different, being I like Illustrator's better.lol. A LOT better.

Sweet. :c) Patterns. As in template patterns or patterns to use within a whole document tantamount to Photoshop's?

Faeriedreamer Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2008

Illustrator has a patterns swatch pallet. You use patterns to fill shapes or even strokes. It's a heck of a lot easier to create a seamless pattern in Illustrator. It's immensely useful. You can import them into Photoshop.