Wouldn’t it be great if Illustrator let you create gradient patterns whose colors change the course of a shape? Well, actually, it does. The trick is to bring up the Appearance panel, add a second fill, set that fill to any gradient you like, and change the blend mode of that fill. Great blend modes to try out are Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Hue, and Color.
over the course of a shape like this right here? … And then I thought, wait, you can totally do that. … Here, let me show you exactly. … So simple how it works. … And I'll go up to the Window menu … and choose the Appearance command … to bring up the Appearance panel over here. … And then notice right now we have no selection. … I'll go ahead and click on this big rectangle, … and I can now see that I've selected a path … and that it has that pattern fill. … Go ahead and click on the fill to select it, … and then click on a little page icon … at the bottom of the panel in order to duplicate it. … Now, obviously we don't need two identical pattern fills, … so we're going to change this guy to a gradient. … By going up to the Window menu … and choosing the Gradient command, … which is going to bring up the Gradient panel. … Now, depending on which version … of the software you're using, … you may have to click on this little double arrow icon … a few times in order to expand the panel. …
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
6/2/2020Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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