By default, you select the Gradient tool, set the gradient type to freeform, and click inside a selected path or other object to set independent points of color. But you can also go up to the control panel and switch the draw option from points to lines, which allows you to connect points of color using the equivalent of the Curvature tool. You can draw outlines around objects, or even craft freeform radial gradients.
- Hey gang!…This is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques!…Now this week, we're still inside Illustrator CC 2019…working with freeform gradients,…which by default allow you to position…independent points of color inside of an object.…But now, we're going to connect those points with line segments…in order to create organic color transitions.…And specifically, we're going to take this artwork right here…with this pepper and its stem over here…on the left hand side and we're going to turn them into these…beautifully, sculpted shapes right here.…
Here, let me show you exactly how it works!…Alright, here's the final version of the artwork…just so you can see it onscreen…and at the risk of repeating myself,…this guy right here is the product of a gradient mesh…in advanced maneuver achieved in part using the mesh tool.…And this guy is the product of the new freeform gradients…here inside Illustrator CC 2019 and I presume going forward.…Alright, so I'll go ahead and switch to this base document…and I'll select that foremost pepper shape…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
1/19/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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