This is doing my head in! I want to expand some text, so the halftone doesnt expand/move as i upsize and resize the graphic.

Here are my steps:
Radial Blur > Rasterise (Greyscale, white background) > Halftone

I have tried Screenshoting then Image Tracing but its just not as clean as I want it.

Please help me expand this, I'm desperate!

Okay, I know how to draw (like drawing on pen and paper) but whenever I translate it digitally, it doesn't look good for logos and/or mascots, for some reason it just looks really... off? Beginner-looking?

Like for example there's a restaurant that wants to have a mascot as their logo, but every studies I make just translates to childish, for kids, etc. instead of getting the vibe that it's an approachable brand.

I dont know how to describe it, maybe it's a style issue. I've previously taught myself how to draw cartoon or anime. Maybe you guys could help me pinpoint how to draw logos as mascots err... professionally? Or what makes a good mascot logo? Thanks!

Why is my document window so tiny? I worked in this file a couple months ago with no issues - the document window filled the entire workspace and I can zoom in and out of the artboard no problem. When I opened it today, the document window was tiny and I'm only able to work in the upper left hand corner that I've marked in red. I've tried the following fixes with no luck:

- changing the UI scaling settings to Large

- changed the high DPI settings --> scaling override behavior changed to System (enhanced)

- changing the Windows Display settings to the default

- reset the zoom level

- window > arrange > consolidate all windows

For reference, I'm running Windows 11 pro. It is up to date. My display resolution is 3456 x 2160. Scale is set to the recommended 250%. HDR is turned on.

Any thoughts?

TY!

Please help me fix this, i want to make an offset and i wantnto fit the setterscope in between and make an offset to "O".

This is driving me SO crazy. I know there are some objects in my file (they are invisible, no fill no stroke - I guess) and even though they Appear in the exported PDF, in both Preview and Acrobat as thick is grey lines I cannot find them to delete them. When I hover over the shape it does highlight but won't select. Help! I'm on a deadline.....

• Are visible in Illustrator’s Outline mode (⌘Y), but invisible in normal Preview mode.
• Can’t be selected with Command+A.
• Aren’t resolved by copying the artwork into a new document.
• Don’t appear to be hidden or locked using Illustrator’s usual commands.

I’m trying to colour parts of the red circle as seen on the right. I’m on iPad and I’ve tried everything I’ve been trying to use pathfinder and I’m still figuring it out, im pretty new to illustrator.
Tried minus front but it doesn’t separate the circle at all it just gets rid of the lines and leaves behind the red circle in tact. So yeah im at a loss I’ve seen people on pc have no problem with separating the circle into parts, it’s just on iPad I’m clearly missing something and its pmo.

If anyone knows how I can turn the red circle into what I’ve got on the right it would be really appreciated.

Title: Illustrator saves PDFs with corrupted text (copy/paste gives garbage characters), but only for PDFs from Word and LibreOffice and some specifics fonts. Arial for example.

Hi all, I'm stuck on a problem I haven't been able to solve.

I work on an official gazette and receive finished PDFs from other people. I open them in Illustrator for adjustments and save them as PDF again. With some files, the PDF Illustrator writes has corrupted text: if I select and copy the text in a PDF viewer, strange characters appear instead of letters.

The page looks fine visually, and the problem only shows up when copying or searching the text. When I try to copy, I get tab symbols and small dots instead of letters.

To isolate the cause, I ran a test with a short sentence in Arial, written in four different programs and exported to PDF:

Word: corrupted after going through Illustrator.

LibreOffice Writer: corrupted as well.

Google Docs: comes out correct.

Inkscape: I opened the Word PDF in Inkscape, exported it again, and took that to Illustrator. It came out correct.

Some details that may help:

I use File > Open. The text is selectable, the font shows as ArialMT Regular, and there is no missing-font warning.

If I copy the text inside Illustrator and paste it elsewhere, it comes out right. The error only appears in the PDF it saves.

The same thing happens on other computers. I also tried File > Place, which didn't help.

The defect only shows up with certain files and certain fonts, not all of them.

The source PDFs are fine: the text copies normally when they are opened in any other viewer.

When saving, I use "Save as PDF with default options".

I examined the internal structure of the test PDFs and found a difference that might be a clue. In the Google Docs and Inkscape files, the embedded font has a Unicode character table (cmap 3,1) with the real letter values. In the Word files, the embedded font has no cmap at all, with renumbered glyphs (1, 2, 3…). In the LibreOffice files, it only has a Macintosh-type cmap (1,0) with arbitrary codes. In both cases the text exists only in the PDF's ToUnicode mapping, which is present and correct. It looks like Illustrator doesn't make use of it when rewriting the file.

This explanation doesn't fully hold up: the PDF that Illustrator itself writes from the good file also has no cmap in the font and works. So I'm not sure the missing cmap is the cause. I think it's a useful clue, but not a conclusive one.

Has anyone seen this before? Is there an import or export setting that makes Illustrator preserve the text of these PDFs without going through Inkscape? I can't convert files one by one, because there are too many and they arrive already finished.

EDIT 1: I work for a "municipal official gazette"—a mandatory digital publication for municipal governments. In reality, no changes are made to these PDFs; they are simply inserted into templates that include a header and a footer.

I'll try to explain this as best as possible: Part of the black stroke is underneath the red square. I don't want that there. I want to be able to remove part of the stroke with the black square. I've tried removing it with the shape builder tool. Clicking on the square/dragging it just deletes the square's fill, and holding Alt while clicking on it just removes the square completely. In both instances, the stroke still appears. I'm assuming this is a problem with trying to use this tool with a stroke, but I could be wrong. Is there anyway to delete the part of the stroke where the square overlaps?

Original art created by me using Adobe Illustrator

Client sent me a dieline, everything is a single spot color from rectangles with zero difference between cuts and creases.Should I do anything with the creasing/folding lines or should I just leave the entire dieline untouched as it is? Also, how should I handle the bleeds for the outer edges since there are no bleed lines provided?

I made an object shaped like a cat head in illustrator for a logo, and I need to add dimension to it. I wanted to add a gradient and then bitmap the gradient so it had a textured effect. however I can’t get it to work. I applied mesh to the object so I could add the gradient to specific points, however now the gradient tool won’t do anything. usually the bar in the tool has the gradient in it, but it’s just all white, even though the opposite point is set to black. I’ve tried adjusting position and size but nothing shows up. I’ve tried all three types of gradients. i tried clearing the appearance and then trying again but still nothing. I am concerned the mesh is a problem, but I can’t remove it and I wanted to have the gradient from certain points in it anyway, so I’m not sure what to do. right clicking the object offers the option to undo gradients, so I think it must be doing something, but they aren’t actually visible at all. I would appreciate any help bc the fixes I’ve found online haven’t worked :(

Apologies if the question does not make sense and/or is dumb (I'm typically an AE user, and fairly new to Illustrator), but I'm using Art Brush 6, and I want to make these lines look different, but use the same brush. Is this possible? Many thanks

Now that it’s been over a month since MacOS27 has released, how is it for everyone? Is everything running smoothly? I heard Wacom Tablet drivers were causing some issues before Wacom released a patch, but is everything else working?

Hey! "Cthulhu" artwork, originally created as a T-shirt design in Illustrator. But, as often happens, the idea evolved into something different.

I adapted the artwork into a car wrap design, and the result is this cute little car cruising around the streets. It’s also been featured at a few car shows, so some of you might have even seen it in person!

Come to the dark side of vector art… we have cookies. 😈 Vector rules! :)

⛔0% AI, 100% Original

Designed these using illustrator, had a few issues but came out great imo.
Backstory: school used generative Ai to make posters when there’s a Digital art and design class upstairs(the first one is pointing up because it’s for the posters on the first floor, the other one is a fist for posters on the same floor), which i am in, so i’m making stickers to remind them we exist and definitely not to vandalize any of the generative Ai posters.

Made this while it was raining all day. The yellow on dark green felt nice. Any feedback?

Hello all, does anyone know how to make the display colors and the laptop screen color the same or even the closest to each other,

The display is Asus pro art PA328QV

The laptop is Lenovo legion 5 with OLED screen

They both working on the same color profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1

EDIT: EDIT: Reddit may automitcally remove a link to gumroad (although I could still see it)

livetools (dot) gumroad (dot) com

Hey, thanks to everyone who go Live Spiral! Hope its working well for you. I have a new tool out - Live Wave, borne out of my want for a good Sine wave and coil in illustrator. Niche right? But it turns out when you add other waveforms and some fit to path magic, even a randomiser - you can generate quite a variety of useful assets. Separately, I added another tool (actually my first tool) which is a trim paths tool (inspired by after effects. I'll pop a link in comments.

Hi,
How can i achieve something like this in illustrator desktop app (this screen recording is from VectorCraft ipad app and a custom brush code)

I'm using a wacom tablet.

i thought when i drag this handle, the opposite side stays put? did it switch a wrong button in the settings?