Create & Edit Custom Paths & Shapes | Adobe Illustrator Essentials
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Learn how to create and edit custom paths and shapes using the Pen Tool, Anchor Point Tool and Direct Selection Tool. You'll learn how to create straight or curved lines by drawing with the Pen Tool. Then, edit a path (an open shape) or a closed shape by adjusting the anchor points and bezier handles using the Direct Selection Tool. Next, you’ll learn how to add and subtract anchor points, cut paths, join paths, and turn straight lines into curved lines or vice versa by adding or subtracting bezier handles with the Convert Vertex Tool. Finally, learn how to adjust the thickness of the stroke at different points along a path.
👀 Watch the Adobe Illustrator Essentials series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
The Illustrator Essentials series is designed to help beginners get started in Adobe Illustrator. While there’s a focus on the tools and techniques used to create illustrations for animation, it’s also applicable to graphic design and static illustrations.
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/illustratoressentials/paths
➡️ Practice what you learned here with a real project: https://link.animationexplained.com/aiessentials
In this video:
0:18 - Pen Tool: Draw Lines
0:58 - Pen Tool: Draw Curves
1:40 - Another Way to Draw Curves
2:17 - Edit Paths
5:57 - Anchor Point Tool
7:17 - Transform Points
8:31 - Round Corners
10:07 - Cut & Join Paths
11:37 - Stroke Panel
12:34 - Stroke Width
#adobeillustrator #illustration #vectorillustration #illustratortutorial #illustratortutorialforbeginners
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/
Learn how to create and edit custom paths and shapes using the Pen Tool, Anchor Point Tool and Direct Selection Tool. You'll learn how to create straight or curved lines by drawing with the Pen Tool. Then, edit a path (an open shape) or a closed shape by adjusting the anchor points and bezier handles using the Direct Selection Tool. Next, you’ll learn how to add and subtract anchor points, cut paths, join paths, and turn straight lines into curved lines or vice versa by adding or subtracting bezier handles with the Convert Vertex Tool. Finally, learn how to adjust the thickness of the stroke at different points along a path.
👀 Watch the Adobe Illustrator Essentials series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
The Illustrator Essentials series is designed to help beginners get started in Adobe Illustrator. While there’s a focus on the tools and techniques used to create illustrations for animation, it’s also applicable to graphic design and static illustrations.
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/illustratoressentials/paths
➡️ Practice what you learned here with a real project: https://link.animationexplained.com/aiessentials
In this video:
0:18 - Pen Tool: Draw Lines
0:58 - Pen Tool: Draw Curves
1:40 - Another Way to Draw Curves
2:17 - Edit Paths
5:57 - Anchor Point Tool
7:17 - Transform Points
8:31 - Round Corners
10:07 - Cut & Join Paths
11:37 - Stroke Panel
12:34 - Stroke Width
#adobeillustrator #illustration #vectorillustration #illustratortutorial #illustratortutorialforbeginners
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/