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  1. how would i do this??...speckled flake look

    If you want to do this in Illustrator, you can make a "Scatter Brush" in the "Brushes" pallet. You can make a small polygon or shape and create the brush from that, you can set the scaling, the rotation, the spacing and spread, and set the color choices to "Tint". That color choice lets the...
  2. Illustrator wont let me stretch

    It may have been something simple like having the anchor points/nodes "hidden" which lets you select an object or anchor points without them being shown or "highlighted". This is handy for working on small or detailed pieces without your view being obstructed by the handles or anchor points. On...
  3. can illy users explain this to me

    Actually, Illustrator creates or lets the user create beautiful curves, and yes they can be exported. What's being described sound like it was either a document that was created in a CAD program, or more likely, it was created using an autotrace program. Most autotrace programs don't...
  4. What's the best way

    I've been using Illustrator since it's second version, and while I took classes many years later, I learned the most by picking a project and forcing myself to do it all in Illustrator. When I have down time, I tend to play with the tools, filters, etc. with an object to see what the various...
  5. need help with this font please!

    Having only the three letters shown makes this a guess, but it's a start. You might look at Steelwolf Medium. It comes in both an Italic's and gothic/upright version and it's a freeware/shareware font. Generally, the more you can show us of a sign or sample the better and faster the match...
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