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Views and modes

Views and modes - Illustrator Tutorial

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Views and modes

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In Illustrator we use layers and groups to organize our illustrations and make them easier to work with and in case of this illustration for instance I have a group created for the skateboard. If I click on this and start moving it around you can see how it can be easily accessed and that's because once again it is a separate group within the illustration layer. While groups can be used to organize multiple objects into a single unit layers can be used to separate more complex details for instance keeping all the shading details on a separate layer like in this case we can see all of those textured shading details I have on this separate layer and also all the lines those white lines I have yet again on another separate layer and I even have the original sketch that I used on this layer on top which is set up as a template. If I double click on this layer we can see the template option here I can turn this off and that way we will be able to see the illustration or that sketch more…

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