Quick Tip: How to Create a Blueprint Illustration
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Quick Tip: How to Create a Blueprint Illustration

on Jan 23rd 2012 with 14 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program Illustrator CS5
  • Difficulty Intermediate
  • Length 7:13

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

Have you always wanted to be an architect, but really just because you want to show people cool blueprints? Well‚ neither has Ryan, but he’ll certainly show you how to create a blueprint illustration in Adobe Illustrator. It all starts with a square filled with a gradient, and demonstrates techniques that will help you create almost any type of document.

Note: If you’re following along with the video, the details we use for our document are as follows.

  • Document: Letter – Horizontal – RGB
  • Grid: 20×20, 20% Opacity
  • Square Gradient: (R to L)
    0,78,144
    56,126,235
    0,167,255
  • Curl Gradient: white
    217,227,240
    white

 
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Edgy. Daring. Sometimes a little kooky. Graphic designers of all backgrounds turn to Ryan's QuintalDesigns.com for industry articles, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials, and a host of other fun information. A blend of strong experience, innovative design, and geeky background. Ryan's current gig is as a Designer in Massachusetts, while at the same time, attending college, where he is honing his skills for his design career.  

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  • http://www.kieru.com Rob

    Spellcheck is your friend; Blurprint.

    • http://www.quintaldesigns.com Ryan Quintal
      Author

      Not entirely surprising that something I took part in has a spelling error. Sorry! My old English teacher would be pretty disappointed.

  • http://www.tristarwebdesign.co.uk/ Ben Clarke

    Thanks for this Ryan its a very nice technique demonstrated here! (I would of left out that old hat turning page effect though :D) But the chalk effect on the lines is great will come in handy when creating a future website that i feel could do with some nice chalky looking effects! Thanks!

  • noel

    How do I draw the grid in CS5? I can only seem to find show grid.

    • http://bucketothought.com/loungekat/blog/ LoungeKat

      The Grid should be an nested under the Line Segment Tool in the Tools Panel

  • Robert

    Looks good! Nice use of the grid tool. I personally would make the page flip a different color or change the background color. It’s really hard to see the effect until you start looking at it closely.

    • http://www.quintaldesigns.com Ryan Quintal
      Author

      Good call Robert.

  • http://nuvon.com.br Adriano

    very good Robert, thanks

  • ANAS

    i want to make mobile frame of differnt what is the tool for it that can help me in different type shape of mobile design

  • http://www.kabeerkhan.com kabeer khan

    VERY NICE SHARE………Thanx for sharing

  • kalpesh

    Great tutorial, thanks Ryan – like the effect of the natural chalk feel on the brush strokes for dimensioning.

  • Dana

    Hey Ryan, which brush did you use for creating the lines ? Thank you !

  • Dana

    Aslo, which font have you used for the numbers ? :) Thanks again !!