Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects- Illustrator Tutorials

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

Learn how to create multi-stroked text with effects using Adobe Illustrator with our guide. From selecting the right brush to layering and blending, our guide covers all the essential steps for creating eye-catching multi-stroked text with effects that add depth and dimension to your designs.

Type the text preferably using a stout font. Then convert it to outlines. Press Ctrl+H to hide the points. If the letters are too close together, increase the tracking. You may also need to increase the size of the font as well.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

 Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

 2 Apply a Stroke of 5pt to the lettering.

 

  

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

  

3 Open the Appearance palette. The stroke of the text is red and has a point value of 5 and the fill is black.

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

4 Choose the Stroke layer.

5 Click on the arrow and choose Duplicate Item.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

  

 6 We have two Stroke layers now.

7 Without deselecting the Stroke layer, change the weight to 3 pt. Change the colour.

 

 Without deselecting the Stroke layer, change the weight to 3 pt. Change the colour.

 

 8 Duplicate the layer. Change the stroke weight to 1 pt. Change the colour.

  

Duplicate the layer. Change the stroke weight to 1 pt. Change the colour.

 9 Duplicate one more time. Changed the weight to .25. Change the colour.

 Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

 10 Have a close look at the letter.

11 Choose the second stroke layer and apply a Transparency of Multiply.

12 This is the result.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

  

 13 Increase the size of the first layer and duplicate. Then change the attributes as shown below.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

  

 

 14 Here is the result of Step 13.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

 15 Choose the red layer again.

16 Apply a Pencil brush stroke.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

  

17 Choose the yellow stroke layer and apply the Galaxy brush stroke to it.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

  18 It has turned out very nicely.

19 Here is the result. This has all been achieved by merely using the Appearance palette, creating multiple stroke layers, changing the
values, and applying brush strokes to a couple of the stroke layers as well.

 

Creating Multi-Stroked Text with Effects

 

 Note: If we were to continue drawing other items, we’d find that the effect below would follow. To stop the effect replicating itself onto other shapes, click on the arrow and select Reduce to Basic Appearance. You can also create a basic appearance piece and use the Eyedropper tool and click on the effect text to replicate it onto the piece and then turn around, select individual stroke layers and change their appearance and transparency as in the sample below the text shows.

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