How to have multiple selections on a letter (for example "G")?

[qasems94761906]

Hello guys.

I wan to have different selected areas on letter "G" and give each part a different gradient.

Can you guys help me how to do this?

[jane-e]

Do you want the "G" to be live text, or would it work to convert it to an outline and make it a Gradient Mesh?

[qasems94761906]

I dont want it to be live text.

[Monika Gause]

Draw some objects with gradients.

Put the letter G on top of them

Make clipping mask

[cinziamarotta · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If you don't want it to be live text, you can use Live Paint:

1. Convert G to outline
2. Draw other paths or lines to slice the G
3. Select them and convert to a live paint group (Choose Object > Live Paint > Make)
4. Fill each part using Live Paint Bucket tool
5. Move each path (using direct selection tool) to change the intersections, Illustrator automatically reapplies fills to the new regions that are formed by the edited paths