Then select the bottom-left anchor point and move it 5px to the right. Select the bottom-right anchor point of the red rectangle and move it 5px to the left. Select two newly created rectangle open the Align palette (Window > Align) and click the Horizontal Align Center button then click the Vertical Align Top button. Pick the Rectangle Tool (M) and create two rectanlges with dimensions: 161 by 55px and 82 by 10px. Next select the blue object and change the stroke weight to 5px replace the existing stroke color with R=65, G=64, B=66.Ĥ. Now select the newly created rectangle and the black object created in step 2, fill them with R=255, G=255, B=255 and remove their strokes. With the Rectangle Tool (M), create a 758 by 18px rectangle and then place this rectangle in position shown below. This make the blue object becomes two paths. With the Direct Selection Tool (A) and the Shift, select two anchor points highlighted with red of the blue object and then click on the “Cut Path at Selected Anchor Points button from the Properties bar. Make a copy (Ctrl +C, Ctrl +F) of the resulting object and then replace the existing stroke color of the copy with blue. Now select two newly created rectangles again and open the Pathfinder palette (Window > Pathfinder) and click on the Minus Front button. Next reselect the red rectangle and move it 11px down.

Select two newly created rectangles, open the Align palette (Window > Align) and click on the Horizontal Align Center button then click on the Vertical Align Top button. Pick the Rectangle Tool (M) and create two rectanlges with dimensions: 730 by 284px and 678 by 300px. For starters, we will begin with the desk. Select RGB, Screen (72ppi) and make sure that the Align New Objects to Pixel Grid box is unchecked before you click OK.Ģ. Select Pixels from the Units drop down menu, enter 1180 in the width box and 930 in the height box then click on the Advanced button. Launch Illustrator, press Ctrl + N to create a New document. No special drawing skills are required here because we’ll be working with simple geometrical shapes, the Align and the Pathfinder palette. In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a simple flat style work area using Adobe Illustrator.

Flat illustrator