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19 Responses

1. Pro Matthew Skiles

   Continuing to learn the pen tool...

   11 months ago

2. Pro Brian Benitez

   I think you've nailed it ;)

   11 months ago

3. Pro Matthew Skiles

   Haha, thanks dude :)

   11 months ago

4. Pro Brian Benitez

   PS or Illustrator? Just curious.

   11 months ago

5. Pro Matthew Skiles

   PS. I haven't gotten the hang of Ai yet ;)

   11 months ago

6. Pro Brian Benitez

   Ha. Neither have I, man. Neither have I.

   11 months ago

7. Pro Matthew Skiles

   :)

   11 months ago

8. Trevor Gerzen

   I was seriously disappointed not to see any hobbits

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   11 months ago

9. Pro Matthew Skiles

   Oh man! How could I forget to include hobbits ;)

   11 months ago

10. Pro Wills Bithrey

    I'm still struggling with the bleeding pen tool :(. Any tips ;)?

    11 months ago

11. Matthew Roberts

    @ Wills - yes - practice and trial and error! and maybe these old posts:

    http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/two-simple-techniques-to-help-you-master-the-pen-tool

    http://typies.blogspot.com/2006/11/vector-drawing-mistakes.html - this one is really old, but is good. makes sense of where to put your points, where not to, how long the handles should be and all that stuff. Bezier simplified

    I also put this into readability - https://www.readability.com/articles/shppgb3k

    not sure if this will appear the same way there?

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    11 months ago

12. Markus Vad Flaaten

    Looks fun! Try smaller sizes too maybe?

    11 months ago

13. Michael Acevedo

    Nice! I'm trying to get the hang of the pen tool in PS also. Ai is so much easier for me, must be because I learned Ai first : /

    11 months ago

14. Pro Andy Armstrong

    These are sooo clean.

    11 months ago

15. Juan Gomez

    please don't tell me you made this with the pen tool ? you used common shapes right ?

    Love the eye btw.

    11 months ago

16. Pro Matthew Skiles

    @Wills - Try turning on the grid and make sure "Snap to Grid" is active.

    @Markus - Thanks, yeah I'm practicing an smaller icons as well :)

    @Michael - One day I'm gonna learn Ai ;)

    @Andy - Thanks :)

    @Jaun - The pen tool was used for all the shapes, except for the circles in the Gear, Eye and Clock (faster to just use pre-made circle).

    11 months ago

17. Pro Joshua Taylor

    That eye is great. I love the little circle. Gives a great amount of depth while maintaining the 2D shape. Great job.

    11 months ago

18. Pro Matthew Skiles

    Thanks Joshua :)

    11 months ago

19. 七七

    So beautifull！

    10 months ago