Digital badges made in Adobe Illustrator showing levels of progression in two Adobe Photoshop tools During the past few weeks, I have transitioned from Adobe Photoshop into Adobe Illustrator, and I have already written one blog post about which program I prefer. Now that I have more experience with Illustrator, I can plunge further into its pros and cons. As I mentioned in the previous blog post, it is extremely difficult to make something photorealistic with Illustrator. At first, I disliked this, but now I've realized it can be good in its own way. You can make a cartoonish, light, but still great piece of artwork. Logos, cartoons, fonts, fashion design, and video game design include some of Illustrator's uses in the real world. A lot of games that don't have realistic graphics use Illustrator to make the visuals of the game instead of Photoshop. There are many different tools, and some of them are, of course, better than others. The pen tool takes a while to get used to, but it can make a plethora of shapes. It is extraordinarily useful in making things in Illustrator. The mesh tool is also practical, as it easily adds a gradient effect to a shape that can be controlled by the user almost effortlessly. However, I'm not at all fond of the direct selection tool. I get it confused with the normal selection tool, and I'm not sure if it has anything drastically better than its twin tool. I think that the people who work for Adobe should consider changing this tool to make it more applicable and different from the selection tool. I would certainly benefit from it, and I assume other people would as well.
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