Enter an 8 px Radius and then click that OK button. Make sure that it's selected and go to Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners. Using the same tool and color attributes, create a 48 x 16 px shape and place it as shown in the following image. Lower its Opacity to about 50% and then go to Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners. Create a 16 x 50 px shape and place it as shown in the following image. Pick the Rectangle Tool (M) and hit Shift-X to invert the existing fill and stroke attributes. Increase the Weight to 16 px and then check the Align Stroke to Inside button. Keep focusing on the Appearance panel and this time click that Stroke piece of text to open the Stroke fly-out panel. Make sure that this new shape stays selected and open the Appearance panel ( Window > Appearance).įirst, click that Opacity piece of text to open the Transparency fly-out panel and lower the Opacity to about 50%. Move to your artboard and simply create a 76 px circle-the grid and the Snap to Grid should make this easier. Remove the color from the fill and then select the stroke and set its color to R=255 G=0 B=0. Pick the Ellipse Tool (L) and focus on your Toolbar.
EDITING ICONS IN ADOBE ROBOHELP 12 HOW TO
How to Create the Male and Female Symbol Icons Step 1 All these options will significantly increase your work speed. Don't forget to set the unit of measurement to pixels from Edit > Preferences > Units.
You should also open the Info panel ( Window > Info) for a live preview with the size and position of your shapes. You can learn more about Illustrator's grid system in this short tutorial from Andrei Stefan: Understanding Adobe Illustrator's Grid System. Try not to get discouraged by all that grid-it will make your work easier, and keep in mind that you can easily enable or disable it using the Control-" keyboard shortcut. You will need a grid every 1 px, so simply go to Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid, and enter 1 in the Gridline every box and 1 in the Subdivisions box. Select RGB for the Color Mode, set the Raster Effects to Screen (72 ppi), and then click that Create Document button.Įnable the Grid ( View > Show Grid) and the Snap to Grid ( View > Snap to Grid). Select Pixels from the Units drop-down menu, enter 850 in the width box and 1730 in the height box, and then click that More Settings button.
How to Create a New Document and Set Up a Grid Finally, you will learn how to add some subtle shading and highlights.įor more inspiration on how to adjust or improve your final icons, you can find plenty of resources at GraphicRiver. Using these two icons and the Rotate Tool, you will learn how to create the remaining ten icons. In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple set of sexuality icons in Adobe Illustrator.įor starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create the male and female symbols using basic tools and vector shape building techniques along with the Rounded Corners effect.
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