Or you can select your vector object, and click on the New Symbol button, located around the bottom right-hand side of the Palette. Either drag and drop your vector object into the Symbols Palette. (You can also use the keystroke Control/Command – Shift – F11.) There are two ways to create a symbol from your vector object. Open up your Symbols Palette by going to your menu bar and selecting Window > Symbols. In this example, I’m using a star from another project. First, create a vector object to use as your symbol. The reason for this is that each instance is a link to the symbol within your Symbols Palette/Library, which is the Palette that contains your symbols and other symbol libraries. In a nutshell, a symbol is an object that contains vectors or objects which can be replicated or cloned as an instance numerous time without creating duplicate vectors and objects, which could bog down your computer. If you’ve had any experience using Macromedia/Adobe Flash, then you’ll know all about symbols. This is a method that I honestly stumbled upon while working on an ebook cover. And I’ll admit there are many possible ways of conveying stars within Illustrator. Now for a lot of Illustrator newbies, this can seem like a daunting task. Here’s the concept I want to create in Adobe Illustrator, a night sky with lots of stars. (This tutorial uses Adobe Illustrator CC 2014.)
This tutorial will be the first of many that will share my knowledge of the gold-standard in vector drawing. I continue to use Illustrator for professional jobs (especially ones going to print). But before Inkscape, I had spent well over a decade learning and using Adobe Illustrator professionally. If you’re a regular visitor to, you know I write an awful lot on a little vector package called Inkscape.
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