Label template

[the_snowdonia_honey_co]

Hi, first post from me.

I'm looking for help with a question I have in using Illustrator. I have a series of five labels for honey jars. The bulk of the text and graphics are the same for each jar, its just colour and a small amount of text that changes. I want to set up a label template that I can use that has the "standard" layout for the label, colour swatches, etc for me to just change what's required. I want to ensure that all the labels are essenially the same size fonts and link to logo files consistently.

Can anyone recommend a manual or better still a YouTube video that covers this topic?

Thanks in advance,

Alun

[Monika Gause]

Basically you set up everything once. ANd then you make copies and change it.

You can duplicate the artboard or the file.

Maybe use Recolor artwork to change the coloring.

Which parts exactly are unclear to you?

[the_snowdonia_honey_co]

Thanks so much for the reply Monika. I'm just starting out with Illustrator and learning all the time. I wondered if there was a video initially that would walk me through the process you described?

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You would need to search for tutorials that teach you how to use the basic shapes (rectangle, circles, polygons.

Then Pathfinder for combining them.

Then typesetting

Drawing and using the pen tool

Setting up the final art file.

You could check out these folks: https://www.youtube.com/@PrintDesignAcademy

[the_snowdonia_honey_co]

Awesome! Thanks Monika