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Spiral Symbols (Shapes) for Illustrator
Spiral Illustrator symbols work with: Windows 7 + Vista + XP + MAC OS X (All versions)(Intel/PPC) G4 G5 Adobe Illustrator CS5 CS4 CS3 CS2 CS 10 (All Creative Suites) - all the symbols are Commercial use license, royalty-free, all spiral symbols by Andrew Buckle ( graphicxtras)
Spiral Illustrator symbol shapesHow to combine spiral symbols in Illustrator ?The spiral decorative symbol designs can be combined either by expanding the design (object menu) or by going into the isolation mode (double click the logo) and you can then add elements to the path as well as other additional shape designs. On exiting the isolation mode the artwork is re-defined in the document's palette.
If you wish to create a new item, I would suggest duplicating the item before you start modifying it. How to use graphic styles with Illustrator spiral symbols ?The spiral designs can be used with many effects such as 3D extrude or scribble graphic styles, also you can modify the design even further by using the appearances palette and perhaps adding new fills as well as new strokes to the path. Certain combinations might not work and will require some re-ordering and grouping of the various fills / strokes in the appearance palette.
The modified Illustrator style can then, of course, be saved for future use as can the modified design.
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Replacing Illustrator symbols with new symbols tutorialA useful feature if symbols, spirals or otherwise, is that if you use a symbol and then change your mind (or you are required to change the symbol) you can simply select the symbol and then go to the symbol palette and select a different symbol and use the replace command (found in the palette's menu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPLdGbQ31lk Applying live effects to symbols tutorialSymbols can be used as is but you can apply blurs, 3D effects, roughen filter as well as third party plugin effects to the symbols and they will still remain 'live' effects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9nPbI5TxE Modifying the color of Illustrator symbols tutorialHow to change the color of the symbols ? The symbols all come with their default color (colors as they might be made up of multiple paths) but you can always change the color, here are a few of the ways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYSIImAt2x0 Illustrator symbols: distress effect tutorialIllustrator symbols can look super clean but sometimes you just want to mess them up, make them dirty. |