Shape Outlines, How to Add and Edit Strokes

I’m following an illustrator tutorial that instructed me to add a black stroke to my rounded rectancle shape.

What is a stroke? A stroke is simple an outline that surrounds a shape.

Shape Outlines, How to Add a Stroke

You’ll need to access (2) two windows to create a stroke for your shape, the “Appearance Window” and the “Gradient Window”. To access these, goto the Window menu and make sure there’s a check by both Appearance and Gradient. Click here to see what both windows will look like after you’ve pulled them up.

How to Change Stroke Colors

Again you’ll need (2) two windows. This time its the “Appearance Window” and the “Color Window”. First, highlight your stroke in the Appearance. Then glide to your desired color in the “Color Window”.

Multiple Strokes

The use of more than one stroke is cool for rainbow effects. Look what a second stroke or multiple strokes can create in these images below…

Illustrator tip: How to add a second stroke to objects & text

A multi-stroke blog post, what a good find! Yes, I’ve searched for “Illustrator Stokes” and landed on digital-artist-toolbox.com. I had to post the link here to save it for future reference, and to share the excitement of creating multiple strokes for text or images.