From the course: Illustrator: Drawing without the Pen Tool
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Mirroring art for speed and accuracy - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator: Drawing without the Pen Tool
Mirroring art for speed and accuracy
Earlier in this chapter, we spoke about different kinds of transformations and how they can help us work inside of Illustrator. Well, let's focus on one technique specifically which is actually reflecting or mirroring your artwork. And this could be great because when you are trying to get precise artwork done and you have a shape that you can actually just draw one-half of, it's much easier to simply copy or duplicate that other half to complete your drawing. For example, let's look at Mister Zee's head right here. You have two eyes, you have ears, you have stripes that are on one side of his face, you have nostril, right, you have the actual shape of his head. So if we just draw one side of his head, we can do half the work and then just simply flip the other side and create a mirror effect and complete the face. So not only does it take us half the time to draw the artwork, it also gives us a much more precise version of artwork as well. Now in the case the head here, let me share…
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To sketch or not to sketch?2m 32s
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Setting up a template layer for your sketch3m 37s
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Optimizing default settings for drawing5m 27s
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Using the primitive shapes tools5m 7s
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Mastering the modifier keys2m 8s
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Mastering the transform tools6m 37s
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Creating curves with the Reshape tool6m 44s
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Using the Smooth tool3m 35s
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Using Simplify to create smooth paths3m 2s
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Recording an action for the Simplify command5m 2s
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Mirroring art for speed and accuracy4m
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