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Creating and applying graph designs

Creating and applying graph designs - Illustrator Tutorial

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Creating and applying graph designs

In this exercise, I'm going to show you how to create a custom pictograph using what Illustrator calls graph designs. And to give you a sense of what a pictograph is, I've gone ahead and opened this Moku Ka'alikai.ai file, that's found inside the 27_graphs folder. I've zoomed in on that charting element on the left side of the illustration. You can see that instead of representing the data using fairly boring rectangles, I've switched out the rectangles for these custom, sort of hummingbird-in-flight elements. Each one of them features a differently colored hummingbird silhouette atop of gradient that is scaled according to this sliding adjustment factor, and you'll see how that works shortly. But in the meantime, I'm going to show you how to create the most basic design element, which is just the hummingbird silhouette itself. I've saved my progress as Designer graph.ai, again found inside that 27_graphs folder. If you scroll over to the right side of the artboard, you'll find a…

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