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Don't know how to embed color in this photo

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Aug 12, 2023 Aug 12, 2023

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I just started designing in illustrator, and I ran into this problem while making an animal. I couldn't fill the part of the elephant with color and also I am having a hard time connecting pen tool stroke in one thing. Hope you help me with this. 

*PS: I provided with the screenshot below.*

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Community Expert , Aug 12, 2023 Aug 12, 2023

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Object > Live Paint > Make and fill with the Live Paint Bucket (K)

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Community Expert , Aug 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023

A lot of these lines cannot be connected. You cannot make connections where 3 lines meet.

This video is about your issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxH9h2-luXo 

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Object > Live Paint > Make and fill with the Live Paint Bucket (K)

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Aug 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023

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Hey Ton, 

It worked!! Thanks, you're the Man! And just a quick question how do I connect pen tool in Adobe Illustrator?

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A lot of these lines cannot be connected. You cannot make connections where 3 lines meet.

This video is about your issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxH9h2-luXo 

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Good to hear that helped.

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Hi @Khan30377057ejja,

 

I hope you're enjoying Illustrator so far 🙂 I would suggest the following:

- make a single outline / silhouette of the elephant shape that will have the grey fill (no inner details)

- to add a black stroke, there are two options: either choose Path > Offset Path, or you can add a black stroke from within your colour palette 

- then, either add more anchor points to draw in the interior black lines (for example, to define the ear), or draw additional black lines individually with a tool of your choice (pen, or brush, for example)

 

Something else that may help is to expand the stroke into outlines so you can merge all of the black together, and everywhere you want to be grey.

 

Hope this helps. If you need further assistance, please let us know. 

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Aug 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023

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Hey thanks for such a detailed answer but please English, or any youtube
you would recommend?

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Aug 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023

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Hey Tina, 
Thank you for such an detailed answer but Tina as I am new to AI I don't seem to understand what you mean, So can you please suggest some tutorial I must follow? Thanks have a great day!

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