Keep the same gradient but move the middle stop towards the right and set the angle to 180 degrees. As a result you will get the same fill twice. Having this Fill attribute selected in the Appearance panel, click on the Duplicate Selected Item icon from the bottom of the panel. Drag the middle stop from the center towards the left as indicated then set the Blending Mode to Overlay. You can find it in the Swatch Libraries menu > Gradients > Gems and Jewels. Step 11įocus on the first letter and fill the copy of the letter from the previous step with a linear gradient called Amethyst. Remove all the effects applied and make sure they are in front of everything. Step 10Īt this step we need copies of the glitter shapes again. Do the same thing for the rest of the letters. Select this shape and also the glitter-shape and go to Object menu > Clipping Mask > Make. Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste in Front (Ctrl+F) the letter G and remove all the existing appearances. In order to obtain sharp edges we will use a Clipping Mask. Repeat the last three steps for the other letters and at this point they should look like in the image below. As a result of these three effects we obtained a texture similar to glitter. Step 7įinally, go back to Effect > Sketch and apply the Torn Edges effect using the settings from below. Now, go to Effect > Texture and apply the Stained Glass effect. Replace the black fill with white then go to Effect > Sketch and apply the Note Paper effect using the settings shown. Change the Blending Mode to Soft Light but only for this white fill. Select white as the fill color then go to Effect > Path > Offset Path and apply a 2px Offset Path. As a result you will get a second fill above the existing gradient. Next, go to the Appearance panel and from the fly-out menu choose Add New Fill. Still having this fill selected in the Appearance panel, go to Effect menu > Stylize and apply the Drop Shadow effect using the settings shown. Having this fill attribute selected in the Appearance panel, go to Effect > Path > Offset Path and apply a 3px Offset. You can find the gradient in the Swatch Libraries menu under Gradients > Neutrals. Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste in back (Ctrl+B) the letter and change the black fill with Neutral 7. I'll be focusing on the first letter, however apply the same steps to the other letters. From the Object menu choose Expand then Ungroup to obtain individual compound paths. Set the Tracking for the selected characters to 25 to get more space between the letters. Using the Type Tool (T), type the text using a font called "Forte", size 200 pt. You can easily create other color variations in tune with the winter holidays, so let's begin! Step 1įirst open a New web document.
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The glitter is the result of three effects: Note Paper, Stained Glass and Torn Edges but then we will use Live Trace to turn the glittery texture into a vector.
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Follow this tutorial and learn how to create a vector glitter text effect in Adobe Illustrator.