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#Create banner effect illustrator blending how to#

If you liked this tutorial, make sure to check out our other Illustrator tutorials such as creating ribbon text and using the pathfinder tool.In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create a set of medical icons and make them into three banners. You have now created 3 different style banners! This is a really easy and effective way of amending any designs, you can also add text to these banners (I have used the font Cottage Sketch from Font Bundles), or even use these settings without the banner to create different typographic designs. Again, your Blend setting will determine the strength of the wave in the banner flag. Within your Warp options ensure Preview is still selected to view your new settings. FlagĬopy and paste your banner then with your new banner selected, select Effect > Warp > Flag. Your Blend setting will determine the height of the arc in the banner. Within your Warp settings, select Preview to see how your settings change the format of your banner so that you can choose the best settings for your desired finish. Step 6 - Banner effects ArcĬopy and paste your banner then with your new banner selected, select Effect > Warp > Arc. Now that you have completed your banner, select all of your shapes and select Object > Group. You can now reposition your Shape 3, ensuring it lines up with shape 2 and if needs be, right click and select Arrange > Send to Back.

Within the Reflect settings, choose your Axis to be Vertical and select OK. Select Shape 3 and select Option > Transform > Reflect. Now that you have drawn the left side of your banner, select all of Shape 2 and hold Alt + Shift + drag the shape to the right (or copy and paste). The press Esc to finish using the Pen Tool. When you are happy with the positioning and banner shapes, select the Pen Tool and draw a line from the bottom left point of shape 1 to the bottom right of shape 2.

You can now see the main shape of your banner, you can tweak the length and positions of your shapes to achieve your desired finish. Now that you have drawn the edge of the banner, select your new shape and right click to reveal your menu, then select Arrange > Send to Back. Click on the left center path of the rectangle, then using the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) hold shift and pull your new node to the right. To create the triangle edge of the banner, select your Add Anchor Point Tool which can be found when holding down on the Pen Tool. Position your rectangle so that it overlaps the bottom left corner of your original rectangle. Copy and paste your rectangle onto your artboard and then using the Selection Tool (black arrow), shorten the rectangle so it is almost square.

Now you have the main body of the ribbon, you need to create the folded edge of the banner. This rectangle needs to be fairly wide as it will be the center of the banner.

Select the rectangle tool from the shapes menu and draw a rectangle within your artboard. Step 1 - Draw a rectangleįirstly, you need to draw a rectangle. In this tutorial you are going to learn the quick and easy way to make a ribbon banner in Illustrator, I am then going to show you the settings you can change to create an arched and a wavy flag banner too.

#Create banner effect illustrator blending how to#