This is the best illustrator tutorial I have ever seen... The speaker was clear, she didn't miss a beat and she did nothing without first explaining what she was doing and how she did it.
garugan wow, what a compliment, thank you! I'm so glad it was easy to understand - I try my best to cover every detail I can :) Thanks for checking it out!
I've been a GD/Illustrator professionally for about 10 years. In that time I've endured some fairly arduous tutorials from less then personable instructors. So it's refreshing that your instructional videos are friendly and concise. Please keep up the great work!
There are thousands of tutorials but you stand out the best. Im a beginner...you my dear just hammered it with you clear nice voice , necessary information, do what you say and say what you do.......I love this tutorial, keep it up.
I think you are the best Illustrator instructor. You make it easy for everyone and demo it at a realistic speed. I find it more enriching than the Adobe classroom textbooks. So glad there’s no mind numbing music. That stuff makes me want to fall asleep.
If it's not done in thirty seconds or less, it's not a good tutorial. THIS IS AWESOME. I had to rewind a few times to catch the instructions but I managed to do what I've been trying to do in 3 hours done in 30 seconds affter watching.
Been struggling with shapes being distorted using brush pattern, now I get to create perfect complex shapes on circular paths. Thank you so much for the helpful video Teela!
Thanks for demonstrating this! This turned out to be the perfect solution for my issue tonight (getting a custom vector to space out along a circle + nice even margins). Much appreciated.
Fantastic resource! Thank you so much for taking the time to make a video about this-this saved me IMMENSE time and frustration. I'm literally delighted right now!
Teela, you're the best. Been using Illustrator for a really long time and never knew how to do this. Thank you so much for such a great tutorial. What an awesome time-saver!
Your video was very helpful, I was trying to figure out how to add boxes in a circle for a design to give it a train track look to it and this helped a lot.
Thanks for making this video. Your explanations are awesome. This is the second video I have watched on your channel so keep up the good work! You tube needs more basic illustrator tutorials!
Hi wanted to know if there is a way after u create your art - that you can resize to smaller objects. when i shrink to a desired size i loose portions of the original object ????? Great turorial
I'm having trouble using this tool/method. My duplicated objects do not stay around the circle....instead, they rotate around a MUCH larger (hidden) circle. I also notice that the rotate/copy dialog box takes a while to display once I ALT+click the center of the circle. Any thoughts?
tnx ,great video :) i know its stupid question probably but i cant enlarge the word that i am writing like you doing on 5:18 . How exactly you doing that? what ever i drag is not doing the enlarge part. Thanks again
you can usually do the division directly on that box. 360/40 (or whatever) and it will just work. I just found that out, thought I'd share. Also your voice is a 10.
Thanks for making these Teela! :) it's hard to find a tutorials where everything is shown and explained clearly. ^_^ These are great help on learning! *subscribed*
+Sena Chandrahera Hey, check to make sure your stroke has a weight (I was using 10pts in my example) that your cap + corner is set to rounded and that you have a gap defined. If you have all of those settings, you should have it working in no time :)
Thank you Teela, this was an excellent tutorial and I just used this as I was watching it. My design turned out as planned and it’s because you explained it so well. 😊
Hi Teela. I'm using CC Illustrator 20 and when I hit Ctrl R to rotate and click the center of the circle, nothing happens. The dialog box doesn't pop up. I instinctually left clicked and found a dialog box to rotate it, but when I copied it, it just put another rectangle at a 9 degree angle on top of my rectangle instead of around my shape. Help?
I'm trying to take the "?" mark i made in photoshop to illustrator to duplicate around the edges, but everytime I hit copy, the copy has white square around the previous copy. how do I get rid of white space, and only work with black shapes? @teelacunningham
hi teela, i tried to be exact what you did, but that rotate box didnt appear anyways, did i miss something in here...?, please enlighten me, thanks in advance
Hi! I'm in the minute 3:10, but when I click on "Copy" the rectangle appears over the first one, it doesn't have a distance between both, What am I doing wrong?
A little fast tip, I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned: in the dialogue box that asks for the angle of rotation, you can do math. eg: type 360/40 and it will calculate 9 for you so you don’t have to break out the calculator app on your phone. I use this all the time for moving objects around adobe apps
Hey Teela. I am doing this exactly as shown but nothing is happening. Is there anything with the GPU Performance in CC that may be causing me to have an issue?
Quick point: If you can't get the center point to stay where you move it, press (and hold down) Opt or Alt as you're moving and the rotate box will rotate from where you put the center point instead of bouncing back to the center of the object you're rotating. This drove me crazy so I thought I'd share.
Hey, so I'm trying to do the action where you rotate the rectangle about the centre of the circle. However, perhaps because I'm using a PC, after pushing r-key and then clicking the centre of the circle there is no dialogue box that pops up. Because of this I have to just drag the rectangle about the centre. If I go to 'transform' and then 'rotate' it automatically rotates about the centre of the rectangle. Would you have any advice for this issue? Thank you!
+mzwaagdijk Hey, after you hit 'r' on your keyboard, hold 'alt' before you click in the center and that dialog will pop up - mentioned in time stamp 2:33 :)
Hi, is there a way to make a shape repeating around a circle remain in the same position with regards to the vertical? I mean, given a, say, five-branch star repeating around a circle, is it possible to make the second and other stars pointing all the same way as the first one?
carolboat it's to find the centerpoint of the circle so everything will rotate around it - easier to just continue from there instead of switching back, but of course, you're free to switch back after you find the centerpoint whenever you'd like :) Thanks for watching!
Hi there :) I just have a question: when I put the center of some line on whatever i want and then i just click "rotate", the center is going to the center of the line, not where I put it :/ how can I resolve that? Thank you!!
im so sorry, i have a question please answer what does it mean when you said "arkeen" i cant hear it clearly, all i see in subtitle was "arkeen". minute 2:08
Every time I try to increase the stroke on the text, I get very jagged edges on the text's stroke. Do you know what would be causing this? I've tried several different fonts.
Rachel Williams Hey Rachel! Adding a stroke to text is pretty looked down upon, which is why type designers create weights like medium, bold, book, etc. Try finding a font that has different weights so you can avoid adding any stroke to it - if you must add stroke, go to your stoke palette and change your cap and corner to be rounded - that should smooth out any jagginess you're having :)
I think I understand (let me know if I'm not!): make a copy of the original circle and paste it directly on top of it (cmnd/ctrl + c, deselect original, cmnd/ctrl + f). Select the new circle on top and grab a corner node, hold alt + shift and drag
Just started working with AI and stumbled onto your video - extremely helpful but I have a quick question. When I create the big black box and drag it over the logo- how do I get the black to the back layer and the logo to the front so I can change the color? Thanks
Is this only for the Cloud version? I am using CS 6 and can't do this. No rotate box pops up. When I use the transform Rotate, I can't click the center of the circle.
rrteach Hey! Nope, In the demo I'm using CS6. There are a bunch of very specific steps to follow, so I would pause the video and be sure you follow each one perfectly, otherwise you're sure to hit some roadblocks. Sorry you're having trouble!
+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) The same issue is happening me to me :( I've followed each step, word for word but no box pops up. Did you know if we maybe have a setting on thats preventing boxes from showing up? Thanks!
Hi! She es a great instructor! Quick question for everyone reading, where do you download free fonts that have ñ and á´Ç? I Would really appreciate your answers!
Hey Teela awesome tutorial. Many thanks. Would you be able to help me with spacing objects evenly on a spine with an open path and a closed path (say circle) using the blend tool? Many thanks
Hey! This is a great method and your videos are very helpful (both RUclips and newsletter subscriber here). Is there a method of making the shape follow a non-circular open path? Pattern brushes make the squares I want to manipulate bend on the tops and bottoms to accommodate the line segment and also act weird on edges (which I've heard is tough to fix so you don't have to address it), and for the life of me I can't get a blend to behave. I want to make a square follow a curved path while also remaining a perfect square.
+Mike M. Hey Mike! Thanks so much for subscribing on RUclips + the blog, I really appreciate it and I hope this helps! After you create the blend that you like - from one square to the next (object > blend > blend options > specific steps) and then make the blend, select the blended squares plus the non circular path you'd like to apply them to. Next, go to object > blend > replace spine and this will apply your blend to the path, keeping your squares perfect :) Let me know if that's too confusing - happy to do a follow up vid to this one on it - great question!
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This is the best illustrator tutorial I have ever seen... The speaker was clear, she didn't miss a beat and she did nothing without first explaining what she was doing and how she did it.
garugan wow, what a compliment, thank you! I'm so glad it was easy to understand - I try my best to cover every detail I can :) Thanks for checking it out!
I've been a GD/Illustrator professionally for about 10 years. In that time I've endured some fairly arduous tutorials from less then personable instructors. So it's refreshing that your instructional videos are friendly and concise. Please keep up the great work!
There are thousands of tutorials but you stand out the best. Im a beginner...you my dear just hammered it with you clear nice voice , necessary information, do what you say and say what you do.......I love this tutorial, keep it up.
I think you are the best Illustrator instructor. You make it easy for everyone and demo it at a realistic speed. I find it more enriching than the Adobe classroom textbooks. So glad there’s no mind numbing music. That stuff makes me want to fall asleep.
You are one of the best tutorial people I have seen on RUclips. Very clear and direct and explains it in a way we can understand.
If it's not done in thirty seconds or less, it's not a good tutorial. THIS IS AWESOME. I had to rewind a few times to catch the instructions but I managed to do what I've been trying to do in 3 hours done in 30 seconds affter watching.
I like how not only did you show us how to do the circular rotating, but there were also several other little tricks that will come in handy. Thanks!
You are such a good instructor. I love how you explain everything so clearly. Thank you so much.
Been struggling with shapes being distorted using brush pattern, now I get to create perfect complex shapes on circular paths. Thank you so much for the helpful video Teela!
I keep coming back to this tutorial because it has so much useful information. Thanks!
Very handy. I was looking at other tutorials but I was not getting the results I wanted. This one was easy and straight forward for a simple effect.
well done tutorial, no distracting music, clear and concise explanations...thanks!
+Virginia Ventura thanks for watching!
Thanks for demonstrating this! This turned out to be the perfect solution for my issue tonight (getting a custom vector to space out along a circle + nice even margins). Much appreciated.
+Andrew Kuhar awesome! Glad I could help!
Teela, I have to say I love all of your tutorials and the way you teach! Thank you for your continuous hard work with putting these together.
Fantastic resource! Thank you so much for taking the time to make a video about this-this saved me IMMENSE time and frustration. I'm literally delighted right now!
Beautiful tutorial...
Just explanation to the point without any exaggeration....
Thank you very much for sharing such tutorials...
Teela, you're the best. Been using Illustrator for a really long time and never knew how to do this. Thank you so much for such a great tutorial. What an awesome time-saver!
Your video was very helpful, I was trying to figure out how to add boxes in a circle for a design to give it a train track look to it and this helped a lot.
Just took my illustrator game to another level with this type effect.. Thank you.
Great tutorial Teela, thank you very much! falling in love with illustrator all over again..
So helpful when you repeat and explain through each circle!
Thanks for making this video. Your explanations are awesome. This is the second video I have watched on your channel so keep up the good work! You tube needs more basic illustrator tutorials!
rsrivas1987 yay! Thanks so much for checking it out - glad it was helpful!
Hey, just wanna drop by and say thanks! Your tutorial is really straight to the point and easy to understand!
Thanks so much for this. Saved me a shedload of time for a job with a tight deadline.
Great tutorial, very thorough. Solved numerous issues for me in a single video. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Hey Mitchel! It wouldn't let me reply to your comment, but on the chance you return, that shortcut is Cmnd + 8 or Ctrl + 8
+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday)
Hi mam,
I was having the same doubt.
Thanks.
Nice tutorial.
Subscribed!
+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) wow I kept trying cmnd ＋ A, and it turned out to be 8! nice! thanks!
+Teela, by any chance do you have the name of the font used in the top left logo? I've been searching for it and cannot seem to find it anywhere
Oh my... I was trying with ctrl+A and Ctrl+E... LOL Thanks, Teela!
I have the same doubt between A and 8
Fantastic tutorial, well detailed, great pace, also Mac/ Windows command shortcuts...thank you Teela
i was like, you're such a good teacher, let me hit Subscribe
and then I realize I already subscribed while watching your videos yesterday...
Aww that's awesome! So glad you're here!
I never would have thought of this method, so wonderful. Thank you!
You have changed my life in one Video
Hi wanted to know if there is a way after u create your art - that you can resize to smaller objects. when i shrink to a desired size i loose portions of the original object ????? Great turorial
Thanks for posting this. You made this tutorial very easy to follow and I was able to get the design I wanted right away.
Thank you so much for your clear video. I tried 4 different ones and yours was the first that helped me understand how to do this.
+John Young awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!
I'm having trouble using this tool/method. My duplicated objects do not stay around the circle....instead, they rotate around a MUCH larger (hidden) circle. I also notice that the rotate/copy dialog box takes a while to display once I ALT+click the center of the circle.
Any thoughts?
Thanks for the tutorial... It was a refresher in why I loved Illustrator so much...
tnx ,great video :) i know its stupid question probably but i cant enlarge the word that i am writing like you doing on 5:18 . How exactly you doing that? what ever i drag is not doing the enlarge part. Thanks again
you can usually do the division directly on that box. 360/40 (or whatever) and it will just work. I just found that out, thought I'd share.
Also your voice is a 10.
+TheTrippleTKA yes! Thanks for mentioning that :)
Thank you so much! I love all of the extra tips you add in, you really explain the full process, very helpful!
Thanks for making these Teela! :) it's hard to find a tutorials where everything is shown and explained clearly. ^_^ These are great help on learning! *subscribed*
Hi, Uh, around 9:00, when you created the dotted-dashed stroke, I filled my dashes to 0 but nothing happens, it's still a full-circle.. do u know why?
+Sena Chandrahera Hey, check to make sure your stroke has a weight (I was using 10pts in my example) that your cap + corner is set to rounded and that you have a gap defined. If you have all of those settings, you should have it working in no time :)
Thank you Teela, this was an excellent tutorial and I just used this as I was watching it. My design turned out as planned and it’s because you explained it so well. 😊
This is a great tutorial! LOVE the lesson and I'm looking forward to your other tutorials. Thanks.
Hi Teela. I'm using CC Illustrator 20 and when I hit Ctrl R to rotate and click the center of the circle, nothing happens. The dialog box doesn't pop up. I instinctually left clicked and found a dialog box to rotate it, but when I copied it, it just put another rectangle at a 9 degree angle on top of my rectangle instead of around my shape. Help?
Thank you!! Exactly what I needed. I was so happy seeing that you have a tutorial on this topic. You make everything so easy to understand. :)
Brilliant... complete, simple... Totally Awesome. THANK YOU. (The tools and panels are so small in the video I had difficulty reading them.)
So awesome!! I've been messing around with the tedious process of blends, when I could've been doing this all along! Thank you so much Teela! :D
Great to hear! Thanks for checking it out!
You're a great teacher! Thanks for posting these.
I'm trying to take the "?" mark i made in photoshop to illustrator to duplicate around the edges, but everytime I hit copy, the copy has white square around the previous copy. how do I get rid of white space, and only work with black shapes? @teelacunningham
Perfect, thank you! Is there a reason you converted to outlines before copying and rotating the object? I forgot that step but had the same results.
hi teela, i tried to be exact what you did, but that rotate box didnt appear anyways, did i miss something in here...?, please enlighten me, thanks in advance
can someone explain how did what shortkey did she press on windows to do that? on minute 6:31. pls someone
That's cmnd + 8 on a mac, ctrl + 8 on a pc :)
+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) thank you for rply. 😃
How did you figure out that the compound path would fix the overlapping strokes from the font? I definitely need to learn more about this tool.
this is exactly what i needed to learn. thank you!!!! for easy and quick way tutorials. so informative!!!!
Thanks a lot Teela Cunningham. You saved my day. Keep it up.
Hi!
I'm in the minute 3:10, but when I click on "Copy" the rectangle appears over the first one, it doesn't have a distance between both, What am I doing wrong?
Same question...
Is it really necessary to go into Outline Mode?
Please explain what u press at 6:36 - 6:45, ctrl + ?... Thanks
+Fartar Letar Hey! If you're on a pc, it's ctrl + 8 or you could do object > compound path > make :)
A little fast tip, I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned: in the dialogue box that asks for the angle of rotation, you can do math. eg: type 360/40 and it will calculate 9 for you so you don’t have to break out the calculator app on your phone. I use this all the time for moving objects around adobe apps
Hey Teela. I am doing this exactly as shown but nothing is happening. Is there anything with the GPU Performance in CC that may be causing me to have an issue?
Very useful tutorial, learned a lot. Thanks for the tutorials Teela.
Quick point: If you can't get the center point to stay where you move it, press (and hold down) Opt or Alt as you're moving and the rotate box will rotate from where you put the center point instead of bouncing back to the center of the object you're rotating. This drove me crazy so I thought I'd share.
Expound please
Hey, so I'm trying to do the action where you rotate the rectangle about the centre of the circle. However, perhaps because I'm using a PC, after pushing r-key and then clicking the centre of the circle there is no dialogue box that pops up. Because of this I have to just drag the rectangle about the centre. If I go to 'transform' and then 'rotate' it automatically rotates about the centre of the rectangle. Would you have any advice for this issue? Thank you!
+mzwaagdijk Hey, after you hit 'r' on your keyboard, hold 'alt' before you click in the center and that dialog will pop up - mentioned in time stamp 2:33 :)
Ah! I must have missed that. Thanks so much, that has fixed that right up for me :)
Hi, is there a way to make a shape repeating around a circle remain in the same position with regards to the vertical? I mean, given a, say, five-branch star repeating around a circle, is it possible to make the second and other stars pointing all the same way as the first one?
Rad tutorial. Thanks for this! You quickly covered several things I was trying to learn in Illustrator.
Very nice tutorial. Very easy to follow.
Thanks so much for all of your tutorials they are amazing and this program can be very daunting !
you are really intelligent and explain things so clearly, thanks for your uploads!
Thanks so much for checking em out!
Sarah Quinn - 100% agree!!!!!
I really like your tutorials Teela. Thank you!
How to do the same thing in Corel draw..... Seems the keys are different ...... 😪
You really are a good teacher.
May I know why we need to have the outline mode while we are making the stars/rectangle? To see it clearly? Thank you!
carolboat it's to find the centerpoint of the circle so everything will rotate around it - easier to just continue from there instead of switching back, but of course, you're free to switch back after you find the centerpoint whenever you'd like :) Thanks for watching!
Thank you Teela!
Hi there :) I just have a question: when I put the center of some line on whatever i want and then i just click "rotate", the center is going to the center of the line, not where I put it :/ how can I resolve that?
Thank you!!
im so sorry, i have a question please answer what does it mean when you said "arkeen" i cant hear it clearly, all i see in subtitle was "arkeen". minute 2:08
great videos Teela big fan of your awesome tutorials!
Thank you teela, Very Informative and knowledgeable tutorial... I love your voice ..
Any way of doing this as an "effect" so that I can modify the original shape going around the circle, and it will live update the rest?
Now... is it possible to keep a logo upright and create this same effect? Or am I stuck manually spacing?
Every time I try to increase the stroke on the text, I get very jagged edges on the text's stroke. Do you know what would be causing this? I've tried several different fonts.
Rachel Williams Hey Rachel! Adding a stroke to text is pretty looked down upon, which is why type designers create weights like medium, bold, book, etc. Try finding a font that has different weights so you can avoid adding any stroke to it - if you must add stroke, go to your stoke palette and change your cap and corner to be rounded - that should smooth out any jagginess you're having :)
i don't mean to be creepy but with the studio headphones i have you put me to sleep lol. its like ASMR :) great video btw!
Thank you Teela ..... I love your tutorial
Hi Teela (off video topic) how would copy and scale at the same time? So say make a circle then make another around it but keep the first circle?
I think I understand (let me know if I'm not!): make a copy of the original circle and paste it directly on top of it (cmnd/ctrl + c, deselect original, cmnd/ctrl + f). Select the new circle on top and grab a corner node, hold alt + shift and drag
Thanks Teela thats worked great :) Really like your videos too.
To the point, very clear, brilliant tutorial!
You're so great and helpful! Love your videos! Just gained another subscriber.
Awesome tutorial! Really clear and well-explained.
hi, i want to know How to Repeat Any Shape along side of a open Path (linear or curve)?
Here you go :) every-tuesday.com/how-to-repeat-any-shape-along-any-path/
Just started working with AI and stumbled onto your video - extremely helpful but I have a quick question. When I create the big black box and drag it over the logo- how do I get the black to the back layer and the logo to the front so I can change the color? Thanks
Hey! Select, then right click > arrange > send to back 👍
Teela Cunningham Thank you so much. Got it now!
Is this only for the Cloud version? I am using CS 6 and can't do this. No rotate box pops up. When I use the transform Rotate, I can't click the center of the circle.
rrteach Hey! Nope, In the demo I'm using CS6. There are a bunch of very specific steps to follow, so I would pause the video and be sure you follow each one perfectly, otherwise you're sure to hit some roadblocks. Sorry you're having trouble!
+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) The same issue is happening me to me :( I've followed each step, word for word but no box pops up. Did you know if we maybe have a setting on thats preventing boxes from showing up? Thanks!
+Jesika Kula Oopsies, never mind! I wan't holding option when clicking the centre of the circle! Thanks anyways! And awesome tutorial :)
The font in actually hand lettered by Ste Bradbury Design.
Omg, I'm absolutely speechless. Thank you so much
what did she do after ctrl+Y
please guide me
Hi! She es a great instructor! Quick question for everyone reading, where do you download free fonts that have ñ and á´Ç? I Would really appreciate your answers!
Does anyone know what font is used in the top left corner 30 seconds in?
wow this really helped me! thank you so much Teela, I appreciate it so much!
Great straight forward tutorial. Thank you.
Hey Teela awesome tutorial. Many thanks. Would you be able to help me with spacing objects evenly on a spine with an open path and a closed path (say circle) using the blend tool? Many thanks
Hi Teela, Can you tell what version of illustrator are you using? Thanks bunches, you're really clear in your tutorials.and make it look so easy!!
+S Hahm hey! I'm using CS6 :) Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much for this and taking the time to repeat the process for each!
+Trey Robinson Of course! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this informative and educational video!
How do I increase the size in the rectangles so that they start out small and end larger?
+Kristin Sherman Hey Kristin! Check out this tutorial to do that :) ruclips.net/video/N-hP1N0El64/видео.html
cant manage to move inner circle jumps back if not i put copy nothing happens
Hey! This is a great method and your videos are very helpful (both RUclips and newsletter subscriber here). Is there a method of making the shape follow a non-circular open path? Pattern brushes make the squares I want to manipulate bend on the tops and bottoms to accommodate the line segment and also act weird on edges (which I've heard is tough to fix so you don't have to address it), and for the life of me I can't get a blend to behave. I want to make a square follow a curved path while also remaining a perfect square.
+Mike M. Hey Mike! Thanks so much for subscribing on RUclips + the blog, I really appreciate it and I hope this helps! After you create the blend that you like - from one square to the next (object > blend > blend options > specific steps) and then make the blend, select the blended squares plus the non circular path you'd like to apply them to. Next, go to object > blend > replace spine and this will apply your blend to the path, keeping your squares perfect :) Let me know if that's too confusing - happy to do a follow up vid to this one on it - great question!