For sure, this video is the best tutorial about pen tool. I used to make alot of point in the picture, that made my work didn't look smoothly. Thanks alot!
I am highly appreciative of this video because I am fairly new to illustrator and have watch quite a few videos on the use of the pen tool but none has been as helpful as this video! Looking forward to more videos dealing with the illustrator. Thank you!
I did that thank you.. This really demystified so much about the pen tool and has also put it into perspective .. Thank you... I hope there will be more of these interesting tips especially about tools not used every day in illustrator..
Peter-David van der Straat I am planning on a tutorial on joining and averaging points and another on the Shape Builder Tool which takes hours off of the very old way of doing things.
You are literally Amazing Sir, I saw so many who are good at doing but not in explaining but you are so good at both Sir! Thankyou once again for this very straight to the point tutorial! Greetings from Hyderabad, Telangana, India!
Peter-David van der Straat Actually the letter S in the background is the same as an image to trace over. Just put your image on another layer below. If you Double-click the layer, set Dim images to 50% and Lock the layer then you won't disturb the layer below that you're tracing above. Make sense?
I notice that when you click down with the pen tool there is a red line the follows your mouse to help you indicate how the line is going to look when you place the next point... For me I don't have that line and it is much harder to create shapes. Please help me.
Enable Rubber Band for Pen Tool in the Selection & Anchor Display is turned on in the Preferences. That connects the path continuously. Smart Guides (also in the Prefs) is the red highlight. Here is a screenshot: i.imgur.com/RvDnO0R.png
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Great tutorial sir, i am using CS6 and while working on rectangles when i select an anchor point... i don't see any bezier handle inside the point, as shown in your tutorial, please advise what am i missing, thanks
you are absolutely right sir my apology, i meant the corner points which helps to round the corners when your mouse comes over that point and the cursor changes to pen tool with a small curve line, why do i not see that option in my illustrator CS6, please advise, thanks
Great video. i have a problem in using pen tool with more than one shape like two circles, when i'm done with using pen tool and making selection i found only one circle is selected and the other is not. can you help me with that? thanks
Thanks for fast reply. but what when i retouch a ring (as example) and i'm using the pen tool to select the both sides of the ring "in and out" so i start with the inside part and then when i finish and start the outside, i found the first path is gone and i can't have them both. i hope you can help me. thanks.
Try working in Outline View in the New Menu. Ctrl+Y (Win) Cmd+Y (Mac). If you have no fill or stroke, or the same color stroke as the background white, you can "loose" where something is. The Outline View shows all objects, regardless of their color. Also, you may have a Compound Shape and either the inside or outside needs to be reversed. See these directions: imgur.com/a/7Bg9y
thanks a lot! it helped very much! one simple question by the way: sometimes, when I'm clicking the point and drag down to much out my selected zoom space of the "Ai-editing-area", the view follows the grabed point and is flipping up or down, that I can't see my workspace anymore. is there a way to disable that zoom-feature, while I'm using the pen tool?
You can't change that behavior because the point you're moving must be viewable at all times. I know what you're talking about and if that happens to me, I just zoom out a little further for that operation.
at the time of arc instead of clicking second time on the same point to stop arc is there any shortcut key to cut down prolong curve ??.....so that we move fast on tracing
Thank You! I actually had the same question :/ .. I thought there was a way by which I could avoid having to click the anchor to change from arc to corner
There are no practice files. Just create a new layer and create a very large letter like I did, Double-click the layer and set it to Lock and Dim. Create a new layer above and start drawing.
+HotVinesTV - If you're talking about creating a specific character from scratch, then that can only be achieved by using precise guides and math to position paths and points exactly where they should be. A simple O is just a circle but if you want contrasting widths, then it's much more difficult to align paths correctly. This is a much more elaborate example, but it applies to any and all good design: www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/1473
You need to save each path you create by Double-clicking on the name and give it a new name. When you see a path name in italics, that means it's not saved and any new path drawn will replace the current, unsaved path.
that's it. i think this is why my second path always replaced with the first one. i should save it first. i Can't tell you how much i appreciate your help. many thanks to you.
Good explanation but it shows the lack of user friendliness of the pen tool that you repeatedly deselected... the keyboard actions from photoshop to illustrator are also frustratingly different... and i see no reason why they should be..
Working with any tool requires selecting and deselecting and it's impossible for Illustrator to anticipate when you do and don't want selections. If you apply yourself and take the time to learn the Illustrator pen tool, you'll see why artists love it. You may also want to check out the other tools that make drawing easier in Illustrator, I just concentrated on the Pen tool in this tutorial. There are many reasons why the tools are different; one being that both applications were developed years ago and have since established themselves with their respective users. If Adobe was going to consolidate both Pen tools, they would have to make a trade off as to which tools gets picked for each operation. I started using Illustrator in the 80's and love it over Photoshop, but if Photoshop users were forced to use the Illustrator commands, you can imagine the outcry. Adobe has to balance the user experience with the massive amount of users who have already invested time in learning the program. The majority of Photoshop users will never touch Illustrator and are very protective of their workflow. Lastly, any development changes cost money and Adobe would have to spend a lot of engineering time and effort just to make a change that would inevitably, piss off a lot of users.
Just so you know, I take the time to read and answer all comments so even something small requires me looking into it. Is there something I need to look into with you?
Nah, not really. I'd love if you would make a follow-up video to this, though, where you go more in-depth. You for example did not mention using the alt-modifier to adjust vector-points with no handles. I have used the pen-tool for quite a while now, so I know most of the basics. However every time I use it, it feels like I am missing out on some functions :) I'll try to note more concrete questions that may come to mind.
@@VideoRevealed yeah i kind of know that. I am practicing krita and want to know that is it hard or advisable to draw lineart using pen tool, not tablet pen. Yeah i know this is illustrator video.
It's a personal preference. I am much more accurate using a mouse but I know many illustrators that love a Wacom tablet for vector drawing. It's all up to the user.
For sure, this video is the best tutorial about pen tool. I used to make alot of point in the picture, that made my work didn't look smoothly. Thanks alot!
I'm happy you found it useful.
This is simply the best adobe illustrator tutorial ever!! It has really removed my frustrations with the pen tool. Thanks!!
That's fantastic to hear!
I am highly appreciative of this video because I am fairly new to illustrator and have watch quite a few videos on the use of the pen tool but none has been as helpful as this video! Looking forward to more videos dealing with the illustrator. Thank you!
Yay! I'm so happy that you liked it. Thanks.
Excellent, you made it easy, though it was all very common sense. God bless you
Glad you liked it!
ive been using the pen tool for a while..nothing crazy.. but i got it to work..
You added some killer cool things i never messed with. love it.
+Werdrath - Thanks and good luck with becoming a master at the Pen tool!
Nice job! You keep it simple to understand👍🏽
Thanks so much. I try my best.
I dont know how to thank u man! I alway had difficulty creating nice circular shapes. This technique really does the trick!
Great to hear!
I did that thank you.. This really demystified so much about the pen tool and has also put it into perspective .. Thank you... I hope there will be more of these interesting tips especially about tools not used every day in illustrator..
Peter-David van der Straat I am planning on a tutorial on joining and averaging points and another on the Shape Builder Tool which takes hours off of the very old way of doing things.
Thanks a million !!!! !!! it could not be better explained !!!!
You're welcome.
Excellent, thank you!
You're very welcome!
thank you so much dude you're a god
thanks so much man
i'm new learning about illustrator. this tutorial gonna be helped me. thanks sir.
You're very welcome.
thanks for saying "don't be afraid of the pen tool" that's very encouraging.
Yay! That's right, you can't really hurt anything and if you mess up, just go back a few steps. We all have to start somewhere. Good luck.
You are literally Amazing Sir, I saw so many who are good at doing but not in explaining but you are so good at both Sir! Thankyou once again for this very straight to the point tutorial! Greetings from Hyderabad, Telangana, India!
Hello from Canada.
Beautifully defined. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome.
Hello, it's Mohamad from lebanon, i give you my respect, this video was really simple and helpful really helpful, thank you so much❤️
Awesome. I'm glad you liked it.
That's what i was looking for, it helped me a lot! Thank you!
You're very welcome.
Most helpful explanation! Thank you so much
You're welcome.
Great video! Thank you very much!
You're welcome.
很不错啊！有一个细节又学会了！以前都不知道该如何处理！现在知道了！很开心！赞！
我很高兴你喜欢它
I've just started using Adobe CC. Nice video on using the pen tool! Thank You!
Thanks for watching.
You gave the concept Thank you.
You're welcome.
Helped so much, thx for video 👍
You're welcome.
As a beginner, I thank you for some of the tricks
Thanks.
THANKS FOR TRICKS SIR
+Platinum Group - My pleasure.
Very helpful. Thank you!
You're welcome.
This video was absolutely useful..... Thank you good sir.....
You're welcome.
Works well!! DANKEEE
Thank you very very much, Its a great trick!
Glad you liked it.
Thanks!!
You bet!
great
Thanks.
Next ti, can you install one of those apps that creates a circle around your mouse pointer? Sotis it’s hard for to find where
The problem with those indicators is, if you're always highlighting the mouse, then when you really want to show something important, it gets lost.
This a great tutorial. I am already a subscriber to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Thanks so much for subscribing.
Your welcome. I know I will get a lot out of your tutorials.
This is awesome. What about selecting over photo's in illustrator?
Peter-David van der Straat Actually the letter S in the background is the same as an image to trace over. Just put your image on another layer below. If you Double-click the layer, set Dim images to 50% and Lock the layer then you won't disturb the layer below that you're tracing above. Make sense?
Great video, thank you so much! :)
+Lilian Howaldt Thanks!
Thanks alot great information here!!!
Thanks.
Very informative thanks alot
And thanks for your support and kind words.
thank you!
You're welcome.
you're good..
VERY helpful! you made me realize how much time i have wasted during the past 8 years
Oh well, we all have to start somewhere.
I notice that when you click down with the pen tool there is a red line the follows your mouse to help you indicate how the line is going to look when you place the next point... For me I don't have that line and it is much harder to create shapes. Please help me.
Enable Rubber Band for Pen Tool in the Selection & Anchor Display is turned on in the Preferences. That connects the path continuously.
Smart Guides (also in the Prefs) is the red highlight. Here is a screenshot:
i.imgur.com/RvDnO0R.png
I don't have that? ;(
Time to upgrade.
Great! Perfect!!! Thank you!
+Elena Granovskaya - Glad you liked it. The Pen tool is really powerful once you get to understand it. Good luck.
"Don't be afraid of the pen tool." Man, it gives me the creeps! But, thanks for this tutorial; I am going to befreind the tool now.
Ha, ha. You made made me laugh Norman. Thanks.
Thank you very much!
You're welcome.
You made it simple.
I try my best!
HELLO GOOD DAY. IM NEWBIE AND BEGINNER HERE IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR. I LIKE YOUR TUTORIAL. I LEARN MORE LESSONS FROM YOU. I SUBSCRIBE YOUR CHANNEL. THANKS, GOD BLESS YOUR TUTORIALSS
Thanks and welcome aboard!
Great tutorial sir, i am using CS6 and while working on rectangles when i select an anchor point... i don't see any bezier handle inside the point, as shown in your tutorial, please advise what am i missing, thanks
Rectangles only have corner points so there are no handles.
you are absolutely right sir my apology, i meant the corner points which helps to round the corners when your mouse comes over that point and the cursor changes to pen tool with a small curve line, why do i not see that option in my illustrator CS6, please advise, thanks
That feature is only in the newest version of Illustrator.
Just great.
Thanks Dale.
Great video. i have a problem in using pen tool with more than one shape like two circles, when i'm done with using pen tool and making selection i found only one circle is selected and the other is not. can you help me with that? thanks
The Pen Tool simply draws and does not select or deselect anything. You need the Selection tool (First Black Arrow) to select the two circles.
Thanks for fast reply. but what when i retouch a ring (as example) and i'm using the pen tool to select the both sides of the ring "in and out" so i start with the inside part and then when i finish and start the outside, i found the first path is gone and i can't have them both. i hope you can help me. thanks.
Try working in Outline View in the New Menu. Ctrl+Y (Win) Cmd+Y (Mac).
If you have no fill or stroke, or the same color stroke as the background white, you can "loose" where something is. The Outline View shows all objects, regardless of their color.
Also, you may have a Compound Shape and either the inside or outside needs to be reversed. See these directions: imgur.com/a/7Bg9y
thank you so much for your concern, i'll try that.
tNice tutorials, good luck- you'll go far
Thanks so much.
Thanks
You're welcome
thanks a lot! it helped very much!
one simple question by the way: sometimes, when I'm clicking the point and drag down to much out my selected zoom space of the "Ai-editing-area", the view follows the grabed point and is flipping up or down, that I can't see my workspace anymore.
is there a way to disable that zoom-feature, while I'm using the pen tool?
You can't change that behavior because the point you're moving must be viewable at all times. I know what you're talking about and if that happens to me, I just zoom out a little further for that operation.
at the time of arc instead of clicking second time on the same point to stop arc is there any shortcut key to cut down prolong curve ??.....so that we move fast on tracing
There is no faster way than what I'm showing you. Sorry.
Thank You!
I actually had the same question :/ .. I thought there was a way by which I could avoid having to click the anchor to change from arc to corner
Great. ....
Thanks.
Hi, how can i download the practice files?
There are no practice files. Just create a new layer and create a very large letter like I did, Double-click the layer and set it to Lock and Dim. Create a new layer above and start drawing.
do the letter O or a for exemple i have big problem with it
+HotVinesTV - If you're talking about creating a specific character from scratch, then that can only be achieved by using precise guides and math to position paths and points exactly where they should be. A simple O is just a circle but if you want contrasting widths, then it's much more difficult to align paths correctly.
This is a much more elaborate example, but it applies to any and all good design:
www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/1473
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Hi, what is the font at 8:40 please ?
That font is ITC Eras Std.
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu ;)
with reference to my second question, i meant using pen tool in Photoshop not in illustrator . thanks again
You need to save each path you create by Double-clicking on the name and give it a new name. When you see a path name in italics, that means it's not saved and any new path drawn will replace the current, unsaved path.
that's it. i think this is why my second path always replaced with the first one. i should save it first. i Can't tell you how much i appreciate your help. many thanks to you.
My pleasure. It's easy to miss the "save the path" thing because Photoshop doesn't warn you about it.
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Good explanation but it shows the lack of user friendliness of the pen tool that you repeatedly deselected... the keyboard actions from photoshop to illustrator are also frustratingly different... and i see no reason why they should be..
Working with any tool requires selecting and deselecting and it's impossible for Illustrator to anticipate when you do and don't want selections. If you apply yourself and take the time to learn the Illustrator pen tool, you'll see why artists love it. You may also want to check out the other tools that make drawing easier in Illustrator, I just concentrated on the Pen tool in this tutorial.
There are many reasons why the tools are different; one being that both applications were developed years ago and have since established themselves with their respective users. If Adobe was going to consolidate both Pen tools, they would have to make a trade off as to which tools gets picked for each operation. I started using Illustrator in the 80's and love it over Photoshop, but if Photoshop users were forced to use the Illustrator commands, you can imagine the outcry.
Adobe has to balance the user experience with the massive amount of users who have already invested time in learning the program. The majority of Photoshop users will never touch Illustrator and are very protective of their workflow.
Lastly, any development changes cost money and Adobe would have to spend a lot of engineering time and effort just to make a change that would inevitably, piss off a lot of users.
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For you or me?
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Ok.
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oops :D
Just so you know, I take the time to read and answer all comments so even something small requires me looking into it. Is there something I need to look into with you?
Nah, not really. I'd love if you would make a follow-up video to this, though, where you go more in-depth. You for example did not mention using the alt-modifier to adjust vector-points with no handles.
I have used the pen-tool for quite a while now, so I know most of the basics. However every time I use it, it feels like I am missing out on some functions :)
I'll try to note more concrete questions that may come to mind.
Thanks.
Pen tool really make me mad lol
I know, but give it time and you'll be a master!
@@VideoRevealed Is it much harder to make a drawing like this one with mouse only (without a drawing tablet)
ruclips.net/video/7zaUi8UG_Vk/видео.html
That's a raster drawing program, completely different from Illustrator.
@@VideoRevealed yeah i kind of know that. I am practicing krita and want to know that is it hard or advisable to draw lineart using pen tool, not tablet pen. Yeah i know this is illustrator video.
It's a personal preference. I am much more accurate using a mouse but I know many illustrators that love a Wacom tablet for vector drawing. It's all up to the user.
thank you very much for this, very helpful stuff.
+Liam Francis (thatblacklabel) - Thanks.