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    Illustrator Tutorial: Stamp: Tony Soh

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    This Illustrator tutorial shows how to create a vector stamp in 3 easy steps: 1. Draw rectangles and use the Pathfinder tool to subtract shapes and create the stamp's dotted border. 2. Offset one rectangle to create an inner graphic area and add colors and textures like a drop shadow. 3. Draw circles and lines to represent a mail icon, then use effects like Wiggle Transform and expand appearance to texture the lines like charcoal. The finished stamp can then be placed over the graphic inside.

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    Illustrator Tutorial: Stamp: Tony Soh

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    This Illustrator tutorial shows how to create a vector stamp in 3 easy steps: 1. Draw rectangles and use the Pathfinder tool to subtract shapes and create the stamp's dotted border. 2. Offset one rectangle to create an inner graphic area and add colors and textures like a drop shadow. 3. Draw circles and lines to represent a mail icon, then use effects like Wiggle Transform and expand appearance to texture the lines like charcoal. The finished stamp can then be placed over the graphic inside.

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    This Illustrator tutorial shows how to create a vector stamp in 3 easy steps: 1. Draw rectangles and use the Pathfinder tool to subtract shapes and create the stamp's dotted border. 2. Offset one rectangle to create an inner graphic area and add colors and textures like a drop shadow. 3. Draw circles and lines to represent a mail icon, then use effects like Wiggle Transform and expand appearance to texture the lines like charcoal. The finished stamp can then be placed over the graphic inside.

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    Illustrator Tutorial: Stamp: Tony Soh

    Uploaded by

    khairulhifzanbaba
    This Illustrator tutorial shows how to create a vector stamp in 3 easy steps: 1. Draw rectangles and use the Pathfinder tool to subtract shapes and create the stamp's dotted border. 2. Offset one rectangle to create an inner graphic area and add colors and textures like a drop shadow. 3. Draw circles and lines to represent a mail icon, then use effects like Wiggle Transform and expand appearance to texture the lines like charcoal. The finished stamp can then be placed over the graphic inside.

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    Illustrator Tutorial: Stamp

    By Tony Soh
    Let me show you how to draw a nice vector stamp in this Illustrator tutorial. We have seen how
    others draw circles and blend to specified steps to create the dotted lines and subtract it from a
    rectangle. But I find it too much of a hassle and work. So why am I rewriting on this since theres
    so many tutorials written on it !os Im showing you my unorthodo" way of creating a stamp
    easily. So lets get the ball rolling#
    1. Creating the stamp edges
    Lets begin by drawing a rectangle with your $ectangle Tool. %e"t copy the rectangle by
    pressing !trl&!ommand'! and duplicate ( copies of the rectangle by pressing !trl&!ommand')
    twice. *o to your Layers +alette and hide one of the rectangles as we will offset it later to create
    the inner edge of the stamp. %ow, heres the trick, we will need to create round dotted lines
    around the stamp. -pen up you Stroke +alette and select the topmost rectangle. !opy the settings
    below. .ake sure dash is kept at /pt and gap is larger than the Weight. 01d2ust your gap settings
    if you find the dotted lines overlap3 1lso select $ound !aps for the Stroke as bo"ed in red.
    %ow we will need to e"pand the dotted lines.*o -b2ect4)latten Transparency. .ake sure it is set
    to 5//6 vector as shown below. !lick ok when done.
    Select the e"panded dotted lines and the rectangle below. -pen up your +athfinder +alette and
    hold 1lt&-ption and select Subtract from shape area. This will give you the sawtooth edges of a
    stamp.
    2. Drawing the stamp graphic
    *o to you Layers +alette and show the hidden layer of our original rectangle. *o
    -b2ect4+ath4-ffset +ath. 7nter a negative value. This will create the inner edge of our graphic
    area. %ow I will start filling my stamp with different colors. %otice that the stamp has a slight
    drop shadow. What I did was I duplicate the background and give it a dark grey and I nudge it
    right and down by 5 pi"el using the keyboard arrow keys. With the stamp template done, you can
    start drawing your stamp graphic.
    8ou notice that I have a star burst effect behind the dove. To create this effect go and select your
    )lare tool and draw a sun flare. I then hide it behind the dove. 1 little 9uick trick of mine.
    %ow we will need to mask away the protruding shapes. Select the blue background and copy it
    by pressing !trl&!ommand'!. I then group the graphics of my stamp together 0stars, dove, blue
    trail and sun flare3 by pressing !trl&!ommand'*. %ow paste the blue background by pressing
    !trl&!ommand'). Selected the grouped ob2ect and the pasted shape and go -b2ect4!lipping
    .ask4.ake to hide away the protruding shapes.
    4. Creating the mail stamp
    Lets move on to the final step of creating the mail stamp. :raw a circle using !ircle Tool and
    holding Shift as you draw. :raw a smaller circle inside it. %e"t draw a line with the Line
    Segment Tool by holding Shift and drag. Select the Line and hold 1lt&-ption and drag down to
    duplicate a new line. 1fter you have created ; rows of lines, nudge the lines to the left so that it
    doesnt overlap the circle.
    Select the ; rows of lines and go 7ffect4:istort < Transform4=ig =ag. 7nter the values below
    and click -k. *o -b2ect47"pand 1ppearance after that.
    -pen up your Brushes +alette 0Window4Brushes3. !lick the arrow icon at the top right and
    choose -pen Brush Library41rtistic>!halk!harcoal+encil. Select your mail stamp and select a
    thin charcoal brush to give make it a te"tured line. )inally we will move our mail stamp over our
    stamp graphic and we are done.

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