Would you like to create an invitation card in Adobe Illustrator? If you’re an event planner, guests like to have a reminder of how important their attendance will be to the host of the event; And what better than an invitation card in Adobe Illustrator that indicates the day, time and place?
For this reason, here we will teach you how to create an invitation card in the easiest and fastest way, applying simple digital design techniques. Without further ado, let’s begin.
Artboard for an invitation card in Adobe Illustrator
The first thing you should do is create a document by clicking on the “File” option located on the top bar, and then click on the option that says “New”. Consequently, a window will open where you must select the option “to print”. ANDThis will indicate the different design sizes that the program has. Here you will choose the one that best suits your needs.
You must also put the name of the document under: “Presets Details”, then click on “create” and the artboard will automatically open.
Use the “shapes” tool located on the left bar, create a rectangle that fits the artboard, then press the Control + 2 keys so that the layer you just created with the shape does not move; and in the “colors” option on the right bar, select one for the background.
decorative frames
To make the decorative frames, use the “brush” tool on the left bar; With this you can make a figure at your discretion. To unite all the strokes, select all of them, right click and then click on “Group”.
Now, leaving the “Alt” key pressed, we will drag the figure to the sides 3 times to make copies of it, finally we organize them in the corners of the rectangle and to fix them again we press Control + 2.
Inserting images for a professional design
To make the design striking, you must click on “File” and select “Open”; there a window will be displayed, you will search for one or several images to add them to the invitation card.
Then, proceed to adjust the size to your needs, leaving a “click” fixed on any of its corners, drag it towards the center to reduce it, or outwards to increase it. Then position the image where it is most convenient.
If you want to give an attractive shape to your image on the artboard, choose the “shapes” option again, insert the shape that best suits the design of your invitation card. Once the figure is inserted, it makes a fixed click from the outside of the artboard.
You can even convert an image to vector with Adobe Illustrator; With this you can create a personalized vector object to decorate your invitation card.
shade the image
To shade the image area and the figure together, we right-click and select “create clipping mask”.
With this the image will be within the limits of the figure. Finally press Control + 2 to fix the operation.
Text insertion on the invitation card
The last and most important thing to add is the content of the text. Obviously we have to know how to use the text tool in Adobe Illustrator, to be able to insert the reason, date, time and place.
For this, select the “Text” option located on the left bar. Place it in the most appropriate place on the card to write the statement. Then in the “Character” option that is in the right bar, there choose the best type of font and it will be ready.
Additionally, you can make curved arrows or lines in Illustrator easily. With this you will give the final touch that your invitation card needs, to have a professional style. And remember to put the preview or preview mode in Illustrator before saving; so you will know what your invitation card will look like.
Thus, you can easily and quickly create any type of invitation card in Adobe Illustrator. If you liked this post, do not forget to share it and leave your comment, because your opinion motivates us to provide you with quality information.
