Pick the Ellipse Tool (L) from your Toolbar and focus on the color settings. Now that you're set, let's learn how to design for T-shirts in Illustrator. All these options will significantly increase your work speed. Don't forget to set the unit of measurement to pixels from Edit > Preferences > Units. You should also open the Info panel ( Window > Info) for a live preview with the size and position of your shapes. You can learn more about Illustrator's grid system in this short tutorial from Andrei Stefan: Understanding Adobe Illustrator's Grid System. Try not to get discouraged by all that grid-it will make your work easier, and keep in mind that you can easily enable or disable it using the Control-' keyboard shortcut. To start off, you will need a grid every 10 px, so go to Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid, enter 10 in the Gridline every box and 1 in the Subdivisions box.

Select RGB for the Color Mode, set the Raster Effects to Screen (72 ppi), and then click Create Document.Įnable the Grid ( View > Show Grid) and the Snap to Grid ( View > Snap to Grid).

Select Pixels from the Units drop-down menu, set both Width and Height to 850, and then click that More Settings button. How to Create a New Document and Set Up a Grid

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