K4RL http://k4rl.com The personal blog of Karl Keefer Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Pathfinder - Boolean Shapes http://k4rl.com/pathfinder-boolean-shapes/ http://k4rl.com/pathfinder-boolean-shapes/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:39:02 +0000 K4RL http://k4rl.com/pathfinder-boolean-shapes/ This is a short article to bring attention to greatly underused feature of Adobe Illustrator: Pathfinder.

This palette is not even initially visible in the standard Illustrator layout, which is a shame, since it is probably one of the most-used features in my workflow. The dialog looks like this:Pathfinder Interface

and can help you create lots of cool effects. The following example was made super easily using the pathfinder. Boolean Background

To use the pathfinder (more…)

]]> http://k4rl.com/pathfinder-boolean-shapes/feed/ Vector Self Portrait http://k4rl.com/vector-self-portrait/ http://k4rl.com/vector-self-portrait/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:47:40 +0000 K4RL http://k4rl.com/vector-self-portrait/ This is the result of my first serious foray into Adobe Illustrator, and I’m definitely satisfied with the results. It took several hours of tweaking to get something that satisfied me.

Vector Portrait of Karl Keefer

My process went something like this… (more…)

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