{"id":1039,"date":"2024-10-31T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:30:42","slug":"how-to-design-feather-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/how-to-design-feather-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Design Feather Flags &#8211; Beginners Guide for Adobe Illustrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1039\" class=\"elementor elementor-1039\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d845c2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d845c2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51647c7\" data-id=\"51647c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def3b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"def3b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Design Feather Flags. Beginners Tutorial in Adobe Illustrator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c5e5f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c5e5f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using new software is always troublesome. Figuring out the menus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohotkey.com\/docs\/Hotkeys.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>hotkeys<\/strong><\/a>, and all the other features always overwhelm me. Luckily, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/illustrator.html?sdid=KKQML&amp;mv=search&amp;s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!155829415149!e!!!!adobe%20illustrator&amp;ef_id=V8hQ@wAAADmTDoXd:20170831181241:s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Illustrator<\/a><\/strong> is very user-friendly when it comes to designing simple layouts. After viewing our video tutorial, you&#8217;ll know how to design <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feather flags<\/a> <\/strong>within minutes. Yes, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs<\/a> <\/strong>are that easy to design. You can skip the long wall of text and view the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MD_IqDW7-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom flag tutorial video<\/a><\/strong> below. If you love to read, then read on! The video will go much more in detail than this article, so I highly recommend watching it. This article will just cover some basics since it is fairly difficult to describe the whole process with text and a few different images.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5357c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5a5357c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=MD_IqDW7-04&amp;feature=emb_title&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa29cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1aa29cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Downloading the Feather Flag Template<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2792eac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2792eac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Download a<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feather flag template<\/a> <\/strong>from our website.<\/p><p>Grab the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom flag template<\/a><\/strong> that you are looking to purchase. The most popular size is our <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/product\/12ft-feather-flag-15ft-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>15ft feather flag kit<\/strong>,<\/a> which matches our <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/stock-feather-flags-swooper-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>stock feather flag<\/strong><\/a> banner sizes. The sleeves may not be included in all of the templates you see on our website. It is not an essential component and you can make the sleeve color selection on the item page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123dba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"123dba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Parts of Our Feather Flag Templates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36125da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36125da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three main components of our <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>feather flag templates:<\/strong><\/a> bleed line, <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>custom flag<\/strong><\/a> design space, and the sleeve color.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479171c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"479171c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1428\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15ft-feather-flags-template-adobe-illustrator.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1044\" alt=\"Feather Flag Template Overview\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15ft-feather-flags-template-adobe-illustrator.jpg 1428w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15ft-feather-flags-template-adobe-illustrator-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15ft-feather-flags-template-adobe-illustrator-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15ft-feather-flags-template-adobe-illustrator-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c58fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c58fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Template Bleed Lines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d14c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d14c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many how-to design <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>feather flags<\/strong><\/a> tutorials make it difficult to understand a template. A <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>custom feather flag<\/strong><\/a> only has one crucial component of the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bleed_(printing)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> bleed line<\/strong><\/a>. That is the red borderline on the inside of the template. Anything outside of this red bleed line will be clipped. So, it is important to keep any important graphics away from that line.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd0929d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd0929d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flag Sleeve Color<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369a0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"369a0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This one is straight forward. You can set it to either black or white. Put your mouse on the sleeve, click on it, and then change the color to black or white from the swatches at the top right of illustrator.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4226659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4226659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1106\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-picking-sleeve-colors.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1041\" alt=\"Selecting Feather Flags Sleeve Color\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-picking-sleeve-colors.jpg 1106w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-picking-sleeve-colors-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-picking-sleeve-colors-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-picking-sleeve-colors-1024x519.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1106px) 100vw, 1106px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2a0992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2a0992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Feather Flags Design Space<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183103c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183103c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The design of real estate would be everything you see in orange. You can change the color of the <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/stock-feather-flags-swooper-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>flag<\/strong> <\/a>by hoovering over the body and left-clicking on it. Once you do that, you can move your mouse back to the swatches and choose the color you like.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1a04e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e1a04e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adding Text to Your Custom Flag Design<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f50ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1f50ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can start adding text by hitting the TEXT symbol at the toolbar menu to the left. If you click on the icon and hold down the left click button, different text options will pop up. You will mostly be working with the standard or the vertical tool type.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3604fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3604fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1282\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-text-layout.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1042\" alt=\"Adding text to your feather flags\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-text-layout.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-text-layout-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-text-layout-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-text-layout-1024x544.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d18ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98d18ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the image above, the left side used the standard TEXT tool to write the text and then it was rotated 90 degrees (right-click on the text rotate input 90 for the degrees hit enter). The right side uses the vertical tool type (which you can get by holding down right-click on the icon). Notice how both sides are within the bleed lines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ce504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14ce504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Picking Your Feather Flag Color<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfbf4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccfbf4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you have the text layout done, you can mess around with the flag and text colors to get a design that pops. Your goal should be to make the flag easily visible and readable from a distance. You can do this by minimizing the text on the flag, using bright colors, and adding shadow strokes. You can view the video for a more thorough description. Below is how I&#8217;ve tweaked the design to make the text pop from the flag banners background.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8033c6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8033c6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1689\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-design-adobe-illustrator.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1040\" alt=\"Finished custom feather flag design\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-design-adobe-illustrator.jpg 1689w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-design-adobe-illustrator-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-design-adobe-illustrator-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feather-flag-design-adobe-illustrator-1024x529.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1689px) 100vw, 1689px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6b748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc6b748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that you know the basics of how to design <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/stock-feather-flags-swooper-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>feather flags<\/strong><\/a>, you can use the same techniques to create simple layouts for our other <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom flags<\/a><\/strong> that we have to offer. Essentially, all <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>signs<\/strong> <\/a>use the same design process, so if you are looking to create designs without live images, multi-color backgrounds, or other fancy things, then you can easily design your own <a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/feather-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>flag banners.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7f1a9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7f1a9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04cc17f\" data-id=\"04cc17f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdcc6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdcc6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Have any questions? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/featherflagnation.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us!<\/a><\/strong> Send us an email at <strong><a href=\"mailto:sales@featherflagnation.com\">sales@featherflagnation.com<\/a> <\/strong>or give us a call at 1 (877) 900-5692. 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