Welcome to the first Impact Design blog. After much consideration and not enough action I eventually decided to write a blog entry on the CS3 Illustrator blend tool.
I initially discovered this feature when attempting to find a way to apply gradients in illustrator. Its a little utilized but very adaptable and versatile tool. Using this tool you can create some pretty impressive abstract images with varying degrees of complexity. With this feature I created background images for use on websites and desktop images.
Following are 2 images created using the tool.
1: Depending of how comfortable you are with the tool or how much time you have on your hands you can create complex images blending multiple paths with different stroke settings.
2: This second image shows an application of the blend tool as an ambient background image on a website.
Website with Blend Background
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