ebeer
Well-Known Member
I'm working on a logo and have hit the wall with Illustrator. Let me first say, I'm very new at Illustrator, with a ton of experience in either Illustrator or Photoshop other that hacking around until I discover what I need or settle with I'm capable of
I have a hand drawn sketch I plan to use a base. I've scanned the image and imported into Illustrator. I then used live paint to clean up the lines and define the paths. I've done further manual edits and have created a black and white sketch I'm very happy with.
Now I want to add color. I had planned to select areas with the magic wand and fill with color (my image sort of looks like a kid's coloring page right now, where I just need to fill shapes with color).
My issue is that I have all these paths....but I'm unable to select sections with the wand. I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental...but if anyone has some guidance, I would be most appreciative.
Adobe Illustrator CS4 on my Mac.
I have a hand drawn sketch I plan to use a base. I've scanned the image and imported into Illustrator. I then used live paint to clean up the lines and define the paths. I've done further manual edits and have created a black and white sketch I'm very happy with.
Now I want to add color. I had planned to select areas with the magic wand and fill with color (my image sort of looks like a kid's coloring page right now, where I just need to fill shapes with color).
My issue is that I have all these paths....but I'm unable to select sections with the wand. I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental...but if anyone has some guidance, I would be most appreciative.
Adobe Illustrator CS4 on my Mac.