


Once your text is written navigate to the Character panel ( Window > Type > Character) then choose your font and change the Font size to 305px and the Tracking to -7. Be sure not to get too near any of the background shape edges or else your text will try to adhere to that shape. Select your Type Tool (T) then click on the artboard and write out "BAZINGA!" in all caps.
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With our background out of the way let's get to the fun stuff, the text treatment! We're using a free font available from called " Badaboom BB", which you can download here. Now, under the Align Objects header choose the second button from the left labeled Horizontal Align Center Then select the second button from the right labeled Vertical Align Center. Now navigate to the Align panel ( Window > Align) and select the Align to button in the lower right of the panel and choose the Align to Artboard option from the menu that appears. To do so enable the Selection Tool (V) then SHIFT-CLICK both of our shapes to select them both. We'll need to center the circle inside our rectangle shape now. Let's then change the color to plain white. To finish the background select the Ellipse Tool (L) then click once on the document and create a circle 580px wide and 580px high. Draw a Circle Central to the Artboard Step 1 Navigate to the Gradient panel ( Window > Gradient) and create a opaque to transparent black radial gradient with the following attributes.ģ. This will create another red fill layer but we'll change this now. While in the Appearance panel ( Window > Appearance) click the Add New Fill button at the bottom of the panel. You're welcome to stop here but let's give the background some depth and also add a gradient. Now select the Fill item and fill it with a red color as outlined below. While the rectangle is still selected, navigate to the Appearance panel ( Window > Appearance) and remove the Stroke item by dragging the item to the trash icon at the bottom of the panel. With the rectangle created let's style it. In a few steps we'll align the background perfectly with the artboard. Don't worry about being too exact with the placement. Once the rectangle is made enable the Selection Tool (V) from the toolbar and drag it to fit inside the document canvas. Select the Rectangle Tool (M) from the toolbar then click anywhere on the canvas to create a rectangle the same dimensions of the canvas 1024 x 768px. Now we'll create the very background color that our text will fit ons. Select RGB, Screen (72ppi) and make sure that the Align New Objects to Pixel Grid box is unchecked before your click OK. You can make your document any size but for this tutorial I'll be using a default desktop wallpaper size so enter 1024 in the width box and 768 in the height box then click on the Advanced button. Open Illustrator and hit Command + N to create a New document. Let's start off by preparing our document.
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Tip: Please be aware that you may have to install fonts before you open Illustrator in order for it to show up in your list of fonts.
