20 Must-Know Adobe Illustrator Tips
These 20 pro-level Adobe Illustrator tips and tricks will help you illustrate more efficiently! Whether you’re creating illustrations for a graphic design project or for animation, these Illustrator secrets will help.
💡 Check out my free YouTube course to learn Adobe Illustrator: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
⬇️ Download a cheat sheet of Illustrator keyboard shortcuts: https://www.meganfriesth.com/freebies/aishortcuts
In this video:
0:02 - Scale Artwork with Artboard
0:24 - Create Artboard Sized for Artwork
0:42 - Split Artboards into Separate Files
1:14 - Arrange Artboards
1:37 - View Trimmed Preview
1:50 - Multiple Views of Artwork
2:19 - Rotate Artboard
2:41 - Add Gradient to Text
2:58 - Find What Font is Used (Retype Tool)
3:18 - Type on Path Tip
4:03 - Extend Lines at the Same Angle
4:30 - Global Edit
4:54 - Expand Lines into Shapes
6:03 - Make Any Object into a Guide
6:15 - Create a Dotted Line
6:39 - Increase or Decrease Numbers in Value Fields
6:55 - Have Illustrator Do the Math
7:13 - Copy Appearance
7:34 - Exit Isolation Mode
7:45 - Keyboard Shortcuts - Download the cheat sheet: https://animationexplained.kit.com/illustratorshortcuts
➡️ Learn and practice techniques for illustrating without the need for drawing skills in my class, Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/illustratewithshapes
➡️ Access all my classes with a 30-day free trial of Skillshare here: https://www.skillshare.com/animationexplained
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/
💡 Check out my free YouTube course to learn Adobe Illustrator: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC
⬇️ Download a cheat sheet of Illustrator keyboard shortcuts: https://www.meganfriesth.com/freebies/aishortcuts
In this video:
0:02 - Scale Artwork with Artboard
0:24 - Create Artboard Sized for Artwork
0:42 - Split Artboards into Separate Files
1:14 - Arrange Artboards
1:37 - View Trimmed Preview
1:50 - Multiple Views of Artwork
2:19 - Rotate Artboard
2:41 - Add Gradient to Text
2:58 - Find What Font is Used (Retype Tool)
3:18 - Type on Path Tip
4:03 - Extend Lines at the Same Angle
4:30 - Global Edit
4:54 - Expand Lines into Shapes
6:03 - Make Any Object into a Guide
6:15 - Create a Dotted Line
6:39 - Increase or Decrease Numbers in Value Fields
6:55 - Have Illustrator Do the Math
7:13 - Copy Appearance
7:34 - Exit Isolation Mode
7:45 - Keyboard Shortcuts - Download the cheat sheet: https://animationexplained.kit.com/illustratorshortcuts
➡️ Learn and practice techniques for illustrating without the need for drawing skills in my class, Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/illustratewithshapes
➡️ Access all my classes with a 30-day free trial of Skillshare here: https://www.skillshare.com/animationexplained
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/