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- [Voiceover] In this movie I'll show you



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how to assign a gradient stroke.



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So notice if I press Control

+ Y or Command + Y on a Mac



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in order to switch to the outline mode,



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so that we can see the tracing template



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that each one of the eyes is surrounded



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by this yellow boundary here.



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And it's job is to indicate

that we have a kind of lip here



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around the eye,



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but while it's generally

a pretty firm stroke



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it has a little bit of

softness here at the edge



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and that is a perfect

use for a gradient stroke



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here inside Illustrator.



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So I'll press Control + Y

or Command + Y on the Mac



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to switch back to the preview mode.



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And I'll go ahead and

click on the stroke icon



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here inside the gradient panel.



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Alright, now for the sake of demonstration



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I'll go ahead and select once again



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the white, black gradient



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and I'll crank up the line weight value



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up here in the control panel to 14 points.



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And that way we'll be able



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to really see this gradient stroke.



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So notice by default Illustrator



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essentially just fills the

stroke with a gradient.



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And in our case we're seeing



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the gradient go from right to left,



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even though that doesn't match the angle



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of the annotator at all.



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And that's because as indicated by



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that little universal no

icon next to my cursor



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the gradient tool does

not work with strokes.



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So we might as well switch away from it



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to the black arrow tool,



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which again you can get

by pressing the V key.



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Now that's not to say you

can't change the angle



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of that gradient, you can,



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you just have to do so here

inside the gradient panel.



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And so for example, if I were

to change this angle value



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to 90 degrees then I would

see the gradient go from white



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at the bottom of the stroke

to black up here at the top.



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You also have two other

options above the angle value,



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including the option to apply

the gradient along the stroke,



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and so now you can see

that it's wrapping around



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from black to white,



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or you can apply it across the stroke,



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in which case you'll get

a kind of neon effect.



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But we're not really looking

for a black to white gradient,



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so I'm gonna switch to

this guy right here,



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white to trans, that is transparent,



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in order to produce this effect,



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and then I'm gonna grab my

default RGB yellow color swatch



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and I'm gonna drag it and drop it



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onto this final color stop

right there to replace it,



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and I'm gonna change the opacity value



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for this color stop to 100%,



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and then I'll take the

location value down to 20%,



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so that we have a very short gradient.



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Then I'll Alt or Option + drag that stop



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and I'll drag away the white one,



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drag this guy all the

way to the end, like so,



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so that we have the location of zero,



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and I'll take the opacity

value down to 0% as well.



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Now notice that we still

have this gradient style,



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this guy right here,



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so that the gradient is

going across the stroke,



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which is exactly what we want,



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but it's going in the wrong direction.



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So I'll go ahead and click

on this reverse gradient icon



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in order to swap the direction

of the gradient, like so.



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Now we need to put the

stroke behind the fill



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by going up to the window menu



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and choosing the appearance command



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to bring up the appearance panel



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and then just go ahead

and drag that stroke



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to below the fill, like so,



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in order to produce this effect here.



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Okay, a couple of other things to note.



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I'll go ahead and press Control

+ Y or Command + Y on a Mac



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to switch back to the outline view,



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so that we can see the tracing template.



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Notice that the stroke is translucent



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in that it actually mixes in



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with the colors in the background



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and that it's thicker down

here underneath the shape



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than it is at the top



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and it's also narrower on the sides.



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And so to invoke those modifications



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I'll once again press Control

+ Y or Command + Y on a Mac



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and I'll click on the yellow stroke



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here inside the appearance panel



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and I'll twirl it open as well

by clicking on the triangle,



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then go ahead and click

on the inset opacity



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in order to bring up the opacity panel



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and change the blend mode

from normal to screen,



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which is gonna blend the yellow



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with all the colors behind it



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in order to create a

brighter and paler effect.



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Alright, now just press the Enter key



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or the Return key on a Mac

to hide that popup panel,



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click on the stroke once again,



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then click on FX icon, go

up to distort and transform,



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and choose the transform command.



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Then go ahead and click

in the vertical move value



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and press the up arrow key



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in order to take it up to one point,



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which is going to nudge

this stroke downward



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as soon as I turn on the preview checkbox.



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And notice that the stroke

dropped down a little bit,



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so we have a thicker stroke

down here at the bottom



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and a thinner stroke up here at the top.



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I also want it to be narrower,



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so I'll click in the

horizontal scale value



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and I'll take it down to 98%,



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which is gonna make for a skinner stroke



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on the left and right hand sides.



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Just a small change there,



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but it's gonna make a big difference



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as soon as I click OK.



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Alright, now once again

we've put some time



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and effort into these gradients,



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so let's save them as swatches



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by first selecting the fill swatch



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here in the gradient panel,



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and then I'll click on

the little page icon



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at the bottom of the swatches panel,



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and I'll call this guy shades of brown,



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and then I'll click OK.



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And next I'll click on

the little stroke icon



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here in the gradient panel



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and click on that page icon again



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at the bottom of the swatches panel



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and I'll call this guy yellow to trans



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and click OK.



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Alright, and finally presumably



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we need two eyes for our emoji



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and I'm gonna create the second eye



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by going to the rotate tool,

clicking and holding on it,



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and choosing the reflect

tool from the flyout menu,



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or you can press the keyboard shortcut,



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which is the letter O,



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and then just go ahead

and move your cursor



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over the vertical guide line



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and Alt or Option + click on it



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to bring up the reflect dialog box,



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turn on the preview checkbox,



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so you can see the eye

flip to the other side,



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and then click on the copy button,



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or press Alt + Enter here on a PC



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or Option + Return on a Mac



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in order to create a

duplicate of that eye.



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Alright, now press Control +

zero or Command + zero on a Mac



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to zoom out.



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And I'll click off that eye

in order to deselect it.



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And that my friends is how

you assign a gradient stroke



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that adds a little softness

around the beveled edge



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of the eye here inside Illustrator.