How to Draw a Certificate in Illustrator

In this tutorial, I will be teaching you how to make a certificate pattern just using lines. You will learn how to blend lines and the process of making it tile seamlessly. I will also be proving a template for drawing your pattern and cover how to do the tricky corner. Beginners can attempt to try this tutorial if you have mastered your Pen Tool.

Once you have learnt this new technique, you can start designing your own custom awards and certificate.

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Tables are often used when you are designing brochures or company profiles. However, drawing a table can be quite tedious in Illustrator as there is no proper tool to draw tables. I will illustrate some workarounds to this problem and its pros and cons.
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It has been close to a year since my blog started and now the current blog theme feels dry to me. I think it needs to be more exciting with a more professional look since my RSS readership has grown to more than a 1,000. If you have any suggestions or features to help improve Vectordiary, I will wish to hear.

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This is a common trick to produce abstract colorful waves in illustrator. First you draw a curve line using the Pen Tool and drag a copy of it by holding Alt/Option. Select the Blend Tool and click the first line and hold ALt/Option while you click the second line to show the Blend Options. Change Spacing to Specified Steps and set it to 5.
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By default when you resize an object, the stroke weight remains the same. At times, you may wish to scale the stroke weight with proportion to the shape. This can be achieved by turning on Scaling Strokes & Effects. This can be found under Edit>Preferences>General. Check Scaling Strokes & Effects to turn on scaling strokes.

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