• Adobe Illustrator

  How to color unclosed paths

  Posted by Esther Van der jagt on August 10, 2016 at 9:11 am

  Hello everyone,

  I really hope someone is able to help me with coloring my logo in Illustrator. I’m confused as I can’t use Live Paint for some reason and I’m not sure what the right way to color it is (since the paths aren’t closed).

  This is my current logo:

  I made a quick example in Photoshop of what I am aiming for. I would like it to be colored like this (preferably with gradients):

  Can someone explain to me what’s the best way to do this?

  Thank you!

  Esther Van der jagt replied 9 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  August 10, 2016 at 7:01 pm

  Draw new closed shapes for the parts and put them behind the outlines.

  Kalleheikki Kannisto
  Senior Graphic Designer
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  Anju Bala

  August 18, 2016 at 6:34 pm

  make the path closed by white color and then fill it. its tricky but it will work. try it
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  Esther Van der jagt

  August 30, 2016 at 5:18 pm

  Thank you for responding! You have been a great help 🙂 !

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