How To Make An Illo In Adobe Illustrator

simple method

Posted by michelle G.

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first I will show you the live trace method

its seems tricky at first, but becomes easier with practice.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Images
  • Computer
  • Illustrator Computer Program

Steps (8 steps, 20 minutes)

  1. 1

    first choose an image on your computer

    I'm using a apple because of its simple shape

  2. 2

    and open it in illustrator

  3. 3

    now using the black arrow button

    -click on the black arrow in the tools bar located on the side

    -then holding the mouse draw a square around the image

    -a blue line should appear around the image

  4. 4

    now go

    object>live trace>tracing options

  5. 5

    in options choose colour and hit set default

  6. 6

    then you will get a traced image

    on the top of the screen hit the expand button

    now you probly just want a cleaner image, without all that stuff around it

  7. 7

    now hit

    shift.>command>G

    this will hightlight and unlock the image so you can take off the items you don't want

    now you are left with just the apple

  8. 8

    to save.

    just hit

    file>save as>adobe illustrator file

    or

    file>save as>adobe PDF