How To Draw An Album Cover In Illustrator

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In today's Adobe Illustrator tutorial, we'll use the near advanced engineering science in the world of vector graphics. The methods described here will allow you to work faster and more efficiently. I bet in this tutorial yous volition discover information which you have not heard of before!

Step 1

To create a CD Comprehend Design, I'll use a standard template of Adobe Illustrator which is designed for these purposes. Start Adobe Illustrator and select the option From Template… in the Commencement Window.

If the awarding is already open, become to File > New From Template… and open up the CD Print Items.ait file (Templates > Blank Templates).

Using a template allows us quick access to the outline shape and dimensions of CD and cover, as all the shapes already exist in the template as guides.

I'yard not certain that all versions of Adobe Illustrator have similar templates, and if you cannot find it, follow this link illustrator-templates. Hither you lot can find a diversity of templates in PDF, not just for CD Embrace Design, but also for posters, envelopes, flyers, etc.

Footstep ii

Now we need an idea. I think it would be squeamish if the comprehend design will exist somehow connected with the design of the CD. After some idea I decided to design a cover every bit a record player, and create CD as a vinyl record. Allow's continue to creating the cover design. Turn on the Smart Guides mode (Cmd / Ctrl + U), accept the Rectangle Tool (K) and create a rectangle based on the template guides.

At the first pace, I e'er create basic objects and make full them with unlike colors in order to place them in the correct sequence. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create a few circles. The centers of these circles must coincide.

Pace 3

Take the Scissors Tool (C) and cut the lesser of the large circle at points A and D. Remove the right side of the circumvolve, have the Pen Tool (P) and proceed path creating straight-line segments AB, BC and CD.