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Creating with the eraser tool

Creating with the eraser tool - Illustrator Tutorial

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Creating with the eraser tool

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- Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory. In this movie we're going to create our vector art in a somewhat unorthodox way by drawing with the blob brush and specifically the eraser tool. That may seem a little strange to those who are watching this but it's kind of unique. I kind of stumbled upon this. I've used the eraser tool a few times over the years. Its one of those tools I don't touch a whole lot. And then one day I just, once again, experimenting and I go, ya know what? There is an aesthetic you could pull of really well and that's what I'm going to attempt to do in this movie. So lets go ahead and jump into this. The beauty about this kind of style and this is what I would refer to in proper illustration terminology, as a naive style, meaning its simplistic, it doesn't have to be precise, it doesn't have to be realistically proportioned for example But in terms of my drawing, I don't worry about it being perfect or straight or precision. Its just to guide my efforts…

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