Anyone else feels a bit warm and fuzzy with how happy and excited Mr. Scott appears to be about working and teaching Illustrator? He just loves how that shape builder tool makes vector coloring easy.. and I'm definitely here for it.
He's GREAT! I've struggled trying to find how to do this and that because I don't want to be a designer just need to sometimes make something easy or edit a file. I ended up frustrated, giving up must of time, and ready to throw my computer. I finally broke down and tood this whole course and it was worth it, even for my limited needs. Plus, he's awesome. I love his personality that comes out in the video.
For any one who cannot find the arc tool in their toolbar: 1. Click on the ellipse at the bottom of your toolbar 2. You'll see a window containing all your tools 3. You'll find the arc tool there 4. You can drag and drop it to your Shape tools collection for future use
I'm from Africa the resources we have is limited and most are very strict with the information they give. Your video is God sent to me thanks a lot. And I mean all your tutorial videos
@@Im_SiVA Let me put this way; I learnt Illustrator to edit my figures for my PhD thesis. When I started, I had no idea what I was doing. Now, I am willing to literally pay this guy any amount of money he asks for because of the value he offers, all for free. Course is hands down one of the best, if not the best out there, and his teaching style is so damn good he helps you develop excellent habits that are transferable across programs. His explanation is coherent, fun, and clear, regardless of your background.
That feeling when you've successfully completed the Penguin. This is happen to be my first time in graphics design, it took me 2 hours to complete it with lots of replay and mistake but I'm glad I did it. Thank you for the tutorial. On to the next one.
Hey there, I am an artist who has been using physical pencils and paintbrushes to create art for years. I have recently decided to convert my drawings virtually to the computer realm. I had zero experience with graphic design programs before this course and I am SO GRATEFUL for it. I really enjoyed your teachings, they are very easy to understand and fun, very helpful. Many thanks! Moving onto the photoshop tutorial next.
I've been working on Photoshop alone for 10 years and thought that adobe illustrator would be easy, but everything was difficult even though the user interface is practically the same. This video has helped me a lot. Thank you brother!
BEST. TUTORIAL. EVER!!! I can’t thank you enough for upload this tutorial video. Your video teaches me like everything I need, answer every questions that I have in my head and IT’S FREE. You even explain how Alt+tab works lol which is not even related to Illustrator but it shows how much you care. Again thank you a lot bro. 🙏🏻❤️
This guy and his tutorials are too much. His teaching style, voice, and transitions are AMAZING! Seriously man not a little bit flaw in these videos so professional and addicting 🧡🙌🏻
I am a graphic design student, and I used this tutorial to practice and gain more confidence navigating illustrator on my college break. Let me say I learned SO many useful tips and tricks through this video. Excited to go through more tutorials for both Illustrator and other Adobe programs. If you are intimidated by the length, I broke it up into like 30 min sessions for more digestability. Thank you Dan!
I have used Illustrator for many years but there are always things to learn. Your teaching style is friendly, professional and inclusive without being condescending. Nice job.
This was THE best thing I have ever done. Took two days to go through the course and do the assignments, and oh my gosh, my world has literally opened up. Not an exaggeration! And, your humor is perfect 😂 Thank you for such an amazing and professional class!
I've watched countless tutorials on a variety of subjects and this is one of the best RUclips educators I've ever seen. Kudos, and thank you for making great content!
I was blown away by this course. Daniel has an incredible teaching style that simplifies concepts in a fun and easy way to understand. I was engaged for the entire course and couldn't wait to pick back up and resume. As a Adobe Illustrator newbie, I feel like I have the confidence and tools to start working on creative projects. Thank you, Daniel!
Yes! I couldn't agree more. I watched a couple videos from someone else before watching this and there's no comparison. He explains every little detail whereas other people just fly right through assuming you know what they're talking about. Great job Daniel!
The most amazing thing about these proffessional tutorials is that you can learn in 1 month more than people learn in graphic design colleges and other schools in 3-4 years.
This was an absolutley phenomenal class! Daniel is an amazing teacher, very engaging and impactful lessons. I kept watching until the awkward waving session at the end - that's how good it was. Thanks for making this free!
After one week of struggling with Illustrator, watching short tutorials, investing time into watching this workshop and following along with the exercises was way more beneficial! Thank you for making learning easy and fun!
I haven't used Illustrator in years. This was a great refresher! I feel I have learned more in the past three hours than I learned in the three years I was in art school. Thank you so much!!
Yeah True and I thought Adobe illustrator was hard like 👿 boss level but this made it so simple for a beginner and made this 👿into this 😄really awesome tutorial!!!!!!
This was an amazing course. I feel like Dan is my physical tutor as I learned a lot from this. Thank you for the effort you put into all your courses. Your teaching method is superb.
Finished the course in one sitting albeit taking multiple 10-30 min breaks in between as my ADHD was not allowing me to stay focused but I did it and I appreciate all the detail and extra files provided to help exercise the new information I was learning as most videos I watch skip very good fundamentals and its almost impossible to follow along with but for this course it was well put together and had plenty of info much thanks I look forward to learning a lot more advanced topics! :D
i don't think anyone would be able to sit down and do it all at once.. if you're following the examples and going back and actually doing the exercises ANYONE would have trouble or prob not benefit from trying to swallow all the info at once. I don't have ADHD and i find it difficult to sit and learn something like this for more than an hour or two at a time with small breaks. It always amazes me that people who have been diagnosed w ADHD bring it into every learning scenario even if they're not actually showing any discernible difficulties different than anyone else doing the same task. It's not your ADHD bro it's just how people's brains work. I don't have ADHD and i've been doing the course bit by bit for like a week.
For anyone else who has Ai 2023: "On July 14, 2021, the Adobe Color themes panel was disabled in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects." Also big shout out to Dan for this free course! I am learning Ai as an intro course in person, and this tutorial has really helped me! It's so clear and easy to understand so Thank you Dan!
I feel like an expert after watching this. It's over 3 hours long but to me it was double that cos' of how engaged and practical I was. Thank you so much for this fun and detailed tutorial Dan 🙏🏼🔥
For beginners I assure you this is the most helpful and professional tutorial on RUclips for Adobe Illustrator so far.... I am advance LEARNER but guess what I have follow up from the beginning I have developed news cheat and tricks as well.
Every time I do a course with this instructor, he's always such a positive spirit and explains things clearly enough that I feel comfortable following along. You can always tell when someone truly loves teaching. I've learnt so much from his courses both paid and free.
need help!!! I tried to draw a reqtangle like shown in the video, but when i do it's stil empty with out the fill color and the stroke color that i have chosen. please help me understand what i'm doing wrong.it's at 13:28 minute in the video.
Aww I did all of this in about 3-4 days and now I’m feeling emotional to leave it behind! I’m definitely feeling confident about using illustrator now though, in a way I’ve never felt before. Thank you so much for this course! Definitely checking out the other videos and the assets envato offers.
I like how you explain each button / command / shortcut keys and their respective effects. (not throwing a lot of commands and asking us to follow blindly without thinking). Your video is really helpful and fruitful for AI Newbie ! Thank you for your detail teaching :DD
I am feeling guilty for always looking for something for free. But I am really grateful for this. Thank you so much. I hope you will be rewarded in some way with your consideration, generosity and kindness of sharing your knowledge and talent to all us amateurs. Thanks again!
This class is incredible. After about an hour of going through the first few tools, I was able to start creating designs for work that the actual design department was impressed with. My only critique is that since it's been a few years, there are features that are pretty different and some of them took quite a bit of clicking around to find the new thing / workaround. Color themes is no longer available, for example, and I was able to figure something out, but it took about an hour of googling and clicking around to find the best solution. I regularly use photoshop and lightroom so I have a base and am familiar with how these apps are structured, but a true beginner might really struggle to figure it out.
I'm struggling with filling in the color of the penguin, like where he starts off with the sheriff's badge - when I fill in the pentagon, I then cant hover over and select the star, its like its hidden behind the fill and I have to move the pentagon to select it, and then once I make the star white, if I try to move it over top of the pentagon it just sits behind it obscured. I don't understand how this works without having them on separate layers? EDIT: nvm I found out that there's sublayers under layer 1 so I was able to switch those around!
Thank you bro. I knew a average amount about adobe illustrator but really wanted to know how I can use it and be productive with it. I knew that the “be a pro in adobe illustrator in less then 10 mins” were useless so when I saw your video I knew you were the one. After watching it, I would probably recommend this video to not only beginners but people like me who needed a refresh on illustrator. Thank you for your service 🙏 🙏 🙏
Not lying, this is the best course I've ever watched in my entire life . Thank you so much for teaching me Adobe illustrator in such a short time. This was great.😁
Oh my gosh thank you! I thought I would've quit halfway through the course but you kept addressing possible issues and made it so easy to follow along. I'll definitely recommend you to my classmates and remember you when I become successful
Literally, the BEST beginner's guide to using Illustrator. I looked around at others but this one is pitched at the right level with amazing follow-along resources (free!). Dan also explains things really well in achievable bite sizes. This guy deserves a prize!
I have Adobe Illustrator 2021 and it took me 3 weeks to figure this out: if you're missing some tools like the arc and the twirl, etc there are 3 dots under the main toolbar. Click on them, then find the little menu button at the top right and choose advanced instead of basic. Incredible tutorial BTW 👏 💙 really easy to understand and follow! :D
I greatly appreciate it. As I've been wanting to get more into graphic design, this course has been quite useful. This was the first lesson I've ever taken in Adobe Illustrator, and those three hours were really soothing. Dan, you're a fantastic instructor! Again, I'm grateful.
Truly incredible that this course is free. I have worked in Photoshop for years and was struggling to pick up Illustrator, and now I have a solid grip on it. This course was very worthwhile and Dan is an incredible instructor in this medium. Thank you for the awesome content!
I've gone three of your classes. i'm pretty exited to learn illustrator here...thanks a lot daniel. You are a very good teacher and excellent tutorial. I'm happy :D
I just finished the entire course, and I can't thank you enough, Dan! You truly did an outstanding job. Your teaching style is easily one of the best I've ever encountered-clear, practical, and infused with a fun, engaging attitude that makes learning such a pleasure. I learned so much, and it’s all thanks to your exceptional instruction. Your guidance made what felt like an overwhelming task-aggregating, editing, and sharing figures for my PhD thesis-a breeze, even though I started with zero knowledge of Illustrator. I'm incredibly grateful for all the knowledge you've imparted. Thank you again for everything!
An amazing tutorial.This is the best example of how a tutorial needs to be like. Simple, clean and to the point.... Thanks for comming up with this tutorial.
Thanks for this, Dan! The course is excellent. One FYI for any viewers is that the Color Themes mentioned in section 3.1 appears to have reached its end of life in July 2021, so I don't think that applies any more.
I am truly thankful for anyone who provides free courses and I understand that such tutorials are very helpful for many people. However, I think the best way to learn a new software is to make something using that software, like small projects, rather than trying to understand the whole software in one go.
I've never ever worked on Ai platform before (or any other similar apps for that matter, except MS Paint LOL) but this has taught me a lot. I've broken it down to a two-day personal training so I don't get too much information at a time and have time for practicing as well before the next lesson. Now I have confidence to create some exciting stuff. Thank you so much!
I cant even survive watching a 5-minute music video on youtube but I watched 3+ hours of this! Very well executed and content was succinct! Thanks Dan et. al.
2hrs in and I've already learnt the key things I'll need to make my logo! I've muddled with illustrator but always found it a bit more overwhelming after Photoshop. This video really breaks everything down so simply! Thanks a lot! Learnt so many tools and their setting !
Hi Dan, I just finished your course! Thank you so much for explaining the basics in such an informative and entertaining way. Really appreciate your teaching style and the time you've put into it. All the best, Anthony
Timestamps: 1 Introduction 00:00:00 1.1 Welcome to the Course 00:01:43 1.2 Getting Started 2 How to Draw in Illustrator 00:07:42 2.1 Setting Up Our Document 00:12:10 2.2 Drawing With Shapes and Lines 00:33:30 2.3 Grouping and Arranging 00:46:54 2.4 Drawing With the Shape Builder Tool 01:01:12 2.5 Exercise: Draw a Custom Logo 01:11:31 2.6 How to Use the Curvature Tool in Illustrator 01:29:14 2.7 How to Use the Pen Tool in Illustrator 01:40:58 2.8 How to Use the Pencil Tool in Illustrator 01:51:23 2.9 Using Brushes 3 Color 01:58:55 3.1 Working With Color 02:07:04 3.2 How to Use the Gradient Tool in Illustrator 4 Type and Fonts 02:13:39 4.1 How to Use Type and Fonts in Illustrator 5 Effects and Patterns in Illustrator 02:23:47 5.1 Liquifying and Distorting in Illustrator 02:35:05 5.2 Bending and Warping Shapes and Text 02:41:59 5.3 How to Make a Pattern in Illustrator 02:53:44 5.4 How to Vectorize an Image in Illustrator 6 Exporting 03:04:33 6.1 Exporting for Print and Web 7 Conclusion 03:15:39 7.1 What Next?
This course is to something not to missed for someone like me, a beginner who wants to start a graphic design career. To think that this is a free course for everyone. Sir, you are a heaven sent from above, you are truly a blessing to me and to some beginners as well out there. You made my life 10x easier in learning Illustrator. Thank you, Sir Daniel! God bless you.
One of the best illustrator courses I've found till date, which made me actually want to learn illustrator even more clearing up most of basics and different doubts i had along the way, even the simplest ones, Also very easy to keep up with, following a steady beginners pace
Thank you so much for making this available to us for free!! The course was super duper helpful, fun and easy to follow along. I did it over a couple of days so I'm actually a bit sad that it's over but you'll sure find me doing your other courses!! Thanks again! :)
I Have spent my entire day watching these videos. They are FANTASTIC! I start school in 2 weeks to go for a graphic design degree. Ive watched so many other videos of these adobe apps and have struggled to understand alot of whats going on, but you sir are a great teacher. Already watched the inDesign course as well as this one and i went into the inDesign course not even knowing what the software was used for. Now i feel like i could confidently go into it and create layouts. Great job sir, thank you for your contribution. 👌🏻
Thanks so much for this comprehensive tutorial in a relatively short time. I've got some experience in Photoshop and find it painful in Illustrator. Then, this amazing video saved me!
Brilliant course, even 3 years old! Came in with lots of familiarity with photoshop and inkscape and wanted a good overview of illustrator before wasting time playing around with finding my tools. This fit the bill perfectly! Thanks for highlighting things that Illustrator does uniquely well, too. Awesome.
Great Course Dan. Totally appreciate it. I have both Adobe Photoshop and illustrator and I was mostly confused when to use what since they both had similar capabilities but after taking your course, I am more hooked onto illustrator and I also loved the section towards the end on image tracing where you used Photoshop and illustrator. This course is well deserved for special recognition. Thank you for your kindness for sharing the course for free
This is the best tutorial I have ever watched on youtube. Not just for illustrator but for all the " youtube tutorials" out there. This is premium level teaching. Thank you so much Dan. You're an excellent teacher.
Completed this course and have learned the fundamental skills just in time for my internship. Dan has explained each tool and function well and this course is a godsend for a beginner or someone looking to brush up on their skills. Thank you!
I made a big mistake placing myself in the a graphic design class with unwelcoming environment, which made me hate designing lesson. It took me 20 years to be frightened by the designed files even just open and look. Thank you Dan, I enjoy my three days learning and practising so much. I already feel missing you with you last piece of sharing. The only challenge, I found was the M logo creation. I could not paint the fill color to one of the rectangulars. Thanks for your generous sharing and professional coaching arts. Cheer
on half a away through this video right now and i can proudly say that this was one of the most frank and comfortable tutorial from a beginner's perspective
Thank you so much Dan! It took me several days to complete it all but your video session really helped me out on improving the basis for illustrator and the exercises was totally worth it. A tip of the hat to you good Sir! 💯
Dan, your lessons were worth the wait. This by far is the best user-friendly, most relatable, Illustrator tutorial for beginners. I'm beaming with glee and glad I didn't give up. Thank you Dan for the step by step instructions. 👍
This beginner course is amazing when you jump in for the first time in Illustrator. Some things have changed a little bit in the program now couple of years later but look around a little and you will find the same things and button that is in this tutorial.
Thank you Dan! This was the most intensive 3 hours I could spend for editing/design program. It was amazing, very teachable and you are very good at training people to do these things. Hat off!!
Now I'm familiar with Illustrator! 💪 You kept it simple and fun and still managed to teach so many areas in illustrator! I learnt alot and I look forward to following more of your courses. Thank you very much!! 🙌
Thank you! I designed my company logo, copied and pasted it in InDesign onto my coursebook, exported it and made it the official logo on my website. All thanks to you. I appreciate you so much!
awesome tutorial! I am super excited when I made the M logo, it is so satisfying for me to draw something in vector, it is pixel perfect and I really got addicted to this feeling and I am coming back everyday to continue on watching this. Thank you Dan!
I'm taking a digital art course and am completely clumsy in Illustrator ...thank you so much for this! This video explained so much and has given me more confidence. You're also easy to listen to and explain things so well. Thanks again! I can't wait to do my homework-not-homework! :)
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Someone give this king his crown. Such amazing and professional tutorial.
The only time I've liked a king& crown comment!
Just finished the course and it was amazing
Yes. Beautifully simplified. I was really struggling with these tools before watching this video. Thank you!
i want an after effect tutorial like this
👑🙌🏾
Anyone else feels a bit warm and fuzzy with how happy and excited Mr. Scott appears to be about working and teaching Illustrator?
He just loves how that shape builder tool makes vector coloring easy.. and I'm definitely here for it.
Yes, it's kind of cute and part of the great learning experience - Dan's joy in teaching and using Illustrator ... :)
1st Lesson: 00:00 - 46:50 Vector
2nd Lesson: 46:50 - 1:00:58 Shape Builder
3rd Lesson: 1:00:58 - 1:10:32 Vector Logo
4th Lesson: 1:11:21 - 1:29:07 Curvature Tool
5th lesson: 1:29:14 - 1:40:20 Pen Tool
6th Lesson: 1:40:58 - 1:50:37 Pencil Tool & Dotted Lines (1:49:50)
7th Lesson: 1:51:24 - 1:57:47 Brushes
8th Lesson: 1:58:56 - 2:06:56 Colour Themes
9th Lesson: 2:07:05 - 2:13:36 Gradient & Alt-Tab
10th Lesson: 2:13:39 - 2:23:41 Type & Font
11th Lesson: 2:23:48 - 2:34:29 Liquify & Distort
12th Lesson: 2:35:07 - 2:41:58 Bend & Warp Type
13th Lesson: 2:42:00 - 2:53:36 Repeating Patterns
14th Lesson: 2:53:44 - 3:04:11 Vetorising an Image
2:58:10 Changing Vector Colour
3:00:20 Photoshop
15th Lesson: 3:04:34 - 3:15:39 Exporting for Print & Web
- PDF,
- PNG (Clear background)
- SVG
Parting Words 3:15:40
thanks bro
nice
many thanks
What a legend
Thank you so much !
may god bless you another 100 years to live.
He's GREAT! I've struggled trying to find how to do this and that because I don't want to be a designer just need to sometimes make something easy or edit a file. I ended up frustrated, giving up must of time, and ready to throw my computer. I finally broke down and tood this whole course and it was worth it, even for my limited needs. Plus, he's awesome. I love his personality that comes out in the video.
For any one who cannot find the arc tool in their toolbar:
1. Click on the ellipse at the bottom of your toolbar
2. You'll see a window containing all your tools
3. You'll find the arc tool there
4. You can drag and drop it to your Shape tools collection for future use
Super helpful! I was able to find the Arc tool on my own but wasn't sure how to make it a tool I could use. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you kindly
Awesome, thank you!
Thank youuuuuu
Hero
This is one hundred percent the most professional and exhaustive tutorial I've found on this web, thank you so much for the amazing video!
I'm from Africa the resources we have is limited and most are very strict with the information they give. Your video is God sent to me thanks a lot. And I mean all your tutorial videos
This was four years ago, but even today, this stands as one of the best tutorial you can find over the internet.
Is this course still relevant since there are lot of new features,extensions and AI plugins nowadays...
@@Im_SiVA Yes
Right
@@Im_SiVA Let me put this way; I learnt Illustrator to edit my figures for my PhD thesis. When I started, I had no idea what I was doing. Now, I am willing to literally pay this guy any amount of money he asks for because of the value he offers, all for free. Course is hands down one of the best, if not the best out there, and his teaching style is so damn good he helps you develop excellent habits that are transferable across programs. His explanation is coherent, fun, and clear, regardless of your background.
Agreed.
he is the most humble teacher I've ever seen. I got emotional at the end of this video ❤
Oh dear, I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. Totally Recommended this to my friends.
That feeling when you've successfully completed the Penguin. This is happen to be my first time in graphics design, it took me 2 hours to complete it with lots of replay and mistake but I'm glad I did it. Thank you for the tutorial. On to the next one.
Hey there, I am an artist who has been using physical pencils and paintbrushes to create art for years. I have recently decided to convert my drawings virtually to the computer realm. I had zero experience with graphic design programs before this course and I am SO GRATEFUL for it. I really enjoyed your teachings, they are very easy to understand and fun, very helpful. Many thanks! Moving onto the photoshop tutorial next.
same!!
I also have been doing painting on canvases & clothes,I also want to learn this art on ipad,I hope I will learn this through this channel
I've been working on Photoshop alone for 10 years and thought that adobe illustrator would be easy, but everything was difficult even though the user interface is practically the same. This video has helped me a lot. Thank you brother!
BEST. TUTORIAL. EVER!!!
I can’t thank you enough for upload this tutorial video. Your video teaches me like everything I need, answer every questions that I have in my head and IT’S FREE.
You even explain how Alt+tab works lol which is not even related to Illustrator but it shows how much you care. Again thank you a lot bro. 🙏🏻❤️
This guy and his tutorials are too much. His teaching style, voice, and transitions are AMAZING! Seriously man not a little bit flaw in these videos so professional and addicting 🧡🙌🏻
Didn't even feel like 3+ hours, that's how great this course was! Time flew by
I am a graphic design student, and I used this tutorial to practice and gain more confidence navigating illustrator on my college break. Let me say I learned SO many useful tips and tricks through this video. Excited to go through more tutorials for both Illustrator and other Adobe programs. If you are intimidated by the length, I broke it up into like 30 min sessions for more digestability. Thank you Dan!
I have used Illustrator for many years but there are always things to learn. Your teaching style is friendly, professional and inclusive without being condescending. Nice job.
Thank you very much!
This was THE best thing I have ever done. Took two days to go through the course and do the assignments, and oh my gosh, my world has literally opened up. Not an exaggeration! And, your humor is perfect 😂 Thank you for such an amazing and professional class!
I've watched countless tutorials on a variety of subjects and this is one of the best RUclips educators I've ever seen. Kudos, and thank you for making great content!
I was blown away by this course. Daniel has an incredible teaching style that simplifies concepts in a fun and easy way to understand. I was engaged for the entire course and couldn't wait to pick back up and resume. As a Adobe Illustrator newbie, I feel like I have the confidence and tools to start working on creative projects. Thank you, Daniel!
Couldn't agree more!
Yes! I couldn't agree more. I watched a couple videos from someone else before watching this and there's no comparison. He explains every little detail whereas other people just fly right through assuming you know what they're talking about. Great job Daniel!
The most amazing thing about these proffessional tutorials is that you can learn in 1 month more than people learn in graphic design colleges and other schools in 3-4 years.
Yeeeesss😭 I am graduating soon and need to learn illustrator dispite taking a full class. I cant wait to learn from this.
but if you wanna get a degree certificate u should learn for 3-4 years
This was an absolutley phenomenal class! Daniel is an amazing teacher, very engaging and impactful lessons. I kept watching until the awkward waving session at the end - that's how good it was.
Thanks for making this free!
This course makes me feel like a professional. Not gonna lie. Thanks for this video✊🏾
After one week of struggling with Illustrator, watching short tutorials, investing time into watching this workshop and following along with the exercises was way more beneficial! Thank you for making learning easy and fun!
I haven't used Illustrator in years. This was a great refresher! I feel I have learned more in the past three hours than I learned in the three years I was in art school. Thank you so much!!
Thanks a lot, Dan. You are literally imparting 15 years of knowledge and we can't appreciate it enough.
Dan, you're the best teacher I've ever seen online! Thank you so much for these courses!
Can you suggest from where to download adobe illustrator
@@AyushSingh-vs4xn A free trial is available on Adobe's website.
You're awesome man. No gibberish and well thought out examples to get us to understand the tools and their use case. Many thanks!
Yeah True and I thought Adobe illustrator was hard like 👿 boss level but this made it so simple for a beginner and made this 👿into this 😄really awesome tutorial!!!!!!
This was an amazing course. I feel like Dan is my physical tutor as I learned a lot from this. Thank you for the effort you put into all your courses. Your teaching method is superb.
Glad it was helpful!
WTF is that name? looks like a secret tribe
Finished the course in one sitting albeit taking multiple 10-30 min breaks in between as my ADHD was not allowing me to stay focused but I did it and I appreciate all the detail and extra files provided to help exercise the new information I was learning as most videos I watch skip very good fundamentals and its almost impossible to follow along with but for this course it was well put together and had plenty of info much thanks I look forward to learning a lot more advanced topics! :D
Where did you get the app please
i don't think anyone would be able to sit down and do it all at once.. if you're following the examples and going back and actually doing the exercises ANYONE would have trouble or prob not benefit from trying to swallow all the info at once. I don't have ADHD and i find it difficult to sit and learn something like this for more than an hour or two at a time with small breaks. It always amazes me that people who have been diagnosed w ADHD bring it into every learning scenario even if they're not actually showing any discernible difficulties different than anyone else doing the same task. It's not your ADHD bro it's just how people's brains work. I don't have ADHD and i've been doing the course bit by bit for like a week.
For anyone else who has Ai 2023: "On July 14, 2021, the Adobe Color themes panel was disabled in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects." Also big shout out to Dan for this free course! I am learning Ai as an intro course in person, and this tutorial has really helped me! It's so clear and easy to understand so Thank you Dan!
Thank you for this update. Been searching for it and reset my essentials severally. Cheers.
I feel like an expert after watching this. It's over 3 hours long but to me it was double that cos' of how engaged and practical I was. Thank you so much for this fun and detailed tutorial Dan 🙏🏼🔥
For beginners I assure you this is the most helpful and professional tutorial on RUclips for Adobe Illustrator so far.... I am advance LEARNER but guess what I have follow up from the beginning I have developed news cheat and tricks as well.
Do I have to know how to draw to be good at using illustrator.
Hey how can I learn to be advanced
Every time I do a course with this instructor, he's always such a positive spirit and explains things clearly enough that I feel comfortable following along. You can always tell when someone truly loves teaching. I've learnt so much from his courses both paid and free.
Wow, thank you!
need help!!!
I tried to draw a reqtangle like shown in the video, but when i do it's stil empty with out the fill color and the stroke color that i have chosen. please help me understand what i'm doing wrong.it's at 13:28 minute in the video.
Aww I did all of this in about 3-4 days and now I’m feeling emotional to leave it behind! I’m definitely feeling confident about using illustrator now though, in a way I’ve never felt before. Thank you so much for this course! Definitely checking out the other videos and the assets envato offers.
I like how you explain each button / command / shortcut keys and their respective effects. (not throwing a lot of commands and asking us to follow blindly without thinking). Your video is really helpful and fruitful for AI Newbie ! Thank you for your detail teaching :DD
I'm actually ending this with a feeling that I'm gonna miss him like we are gonna miss friends and teachers in graduation.
Btw Thanks a lot
I am feeling guilty for always looking for something for free. But I am really grateful for this. Thank you so much. I hope you will be rewarded in some way with your consideration, generosity and kindness of sharing your knowledge and talent to all us amateurs. Thanks again!
FOSS ftw!!
This class is incredible. After about an hour of going through the first few tools, I was able to start creating designs for work that the actual design department was impressed with. My only critique is that since it's been a few years, there are features that are pretty different and some of them took quite a bit of clicking around to find the new thing / workaround. Color themes is no longer available, for example, and I was able to figure something out, but it took about an hour of googling and clicking around to find the best solution. I regularly use photoshop and lightroom so I have a base and am familiar with how these apps are structured, but a true beginner might really struggle to figure it out.
Please where do h download the app
I'm struggling with filling in the color of the penguin, like where he starts off with the sheriff's badge - when I fill in the pentagon, I then cant hover over and select the star, its like its hidden behind the fill and I have to move the pentagon to select it, and then once I make the star white, if I try to move it over top of the pentagon it just sits behind it obscured. I don't understand how this works without having them on separate layers?
EDIT: nvm I found out that there's sublayers under layer 1 so I was able to switch those around!
Thank you bro. I knew a average amount about adobe illustrator but really wanted to know how I can use it and be productive with it. I knew that the “be a pro in adobe illustrator in less then 10 mins” were useless so when I saw your video I knew you were the one. After watching it, I would probably recommend this video to not only beginners but people like me who needed a refresh on illustrator. Thank you for your service 🙏 🙏 🙏
You took your time to help others learn a valuable skill. I appreciate your effort. Thank you.
Not lying, this is the best course I've ever watched in my entire life . Thank you so much for teaching me Adobe illustrator in such a short time. This was great.😁
Oh my gosh thank you! I thought I would've quit halfway through the course but you kept addressing possible issues and made it so easy to follow along.
I'll definitely recommend you to my classmates and remember you when I become successful
Literally, the BEST beginner's guide to using Illustrator. I looked around at others but this one is pitched at the right level with amazing follow-along resources (free!). Dan also explains things really well in achievable bite sizes. This guy deserves a prize!
Wow, thanks!
I have Adobe Illustrator 2021 and it took me 3 weeks to figure this out: if you're missing some tools like the arc and the twirl, etc there are 3 dots under the main toolbar. Click on them, then find the little menu button at the top right and choose advanced instead of basic.
Incredible tutorial BTW 👏 💙 really easy to understand and follow! :D
THANKS
thanks bro
I greatly appreciate it. As I've been wanting to get more into graphic design, this course has been quite useful. This was the first lesson I've ever taken in Adobe Illustrator, and those three hours were really soothing. Dan, you're a fantastic instructor! Again, I'm grateful.
Great to hear!
For someone who had never used Illustrator before, this was so amazingly helpful!
Truly incredible that this course is free. I have worked in Photoshop for years and was struggling to pick up Illustrator, and now I have a solid grip on it. This course was very worthwhile and Dan is an incredible instructor in this medium. Thank you for the awesome content!
You're very welcome!
34 minutes in and my penguin is looking 🔥
I've gone three of your classes. i'm pretty exited to learn illustrator here...thanks a lot daniel. You are a very good teacher and excellent tutorial. I'm happy :D
I just finished the entire course, and I can't thank you enough, Dan! You truly did an outstanding job. Your teaching style is easily one of the best I've ever encountered-clear, practical, and infused with a fun, engaging attitude that makes learning such a pleasure. I learned so much, and it’s all thanks to your exceptional instruction. Your guidance made what felt like an overwhelming task-aggregating, editing, and sharing figures for my PhD thesis-a breeze, even though I started with zero knowledge of Illustrator. I'm incredibly grateful for all the knowledge you've imparted. Thank you again for everything!
An amazing tutorial.This is the best example of how a tutorial needs to be like. Simple, clean and to the point.... Thanks for comming up with this tutorial.
Thanks for this, Dan! The course is excellent. One FYI for any viewers is that the Color Themes mentioned in section 3.1 appears to have reached its end of life in July 2021, so I don't think that applies any more.
Was just looking for it and couldnt find it. Thanks!
This was the best thing ever. FInished the whole thing along with the homework within 3 days. It was sooo amazing !
I am truly thankful for anyone who provides free courses and I understand that such tutorials are very helpful for many people. However, I think the best way to learn a new software is to make something using that software, like small projects, rather than trying to understand the whole software in one go.
i'm just gonna leave this comment here and not even say anything else because everyone else has already covered what i wanted to say :)
I've never ever worked on Ai platform before (or any other similar apps for that matter, except MS Paint LOL) but this has taught me a lot. I've broken it down to a two-day personal training so I don't get too much information at a time and have time for practicing as well before the next lesson. Now I have confidence to create some exciting stuff. Thank you so much!
I cant even survive watching a 5-minute music video on youtube but I watched 3+ hours of this! Very well executed and content was succinct! Thanks Dan et. al.
2hrs in and I've already learnt the key things I'll need to make my logo!
I've muddled with illustrator but always found it a bit more overwhelming after Photoshop. This video really breaks everything down so simply! Thanks a lot! Learnt so many tools and their setting !
Thank you Sir! I've learned more in this course than what I learned in the art school with hefty fees. Love
btw dude , does ilustrator cc2017 is ok ?
@@erui2848 absolutely!
Hi Dan, I just finished your course! Thank you so much for explaining the basics in such an informative and entertaining way. Really appreciate your teaching style and the time you've put into it. All the best, Anthony
Timestamps:
1 Introduction
00:00:00 1.1 Welcome to the Course
00:01:43 1.2 Getting Started
2 How to Draw in Illustrator
00:07:42 2.1 Setting Up Our Document
00:12:10 2.2 Drawing With Shapes and Lines
00:33:30 2.3 Grouping and Arranging
00:46:54 2.4 Drawing With the Shape Builder Tool
01:01:12 2.5 Exercise: Draw a Custom Logo
01:11:31 2.6 How to Use the Curvature Tool in Illustrator
01:29:14 2.7 How to Use the Pen Tool in Illustrator
01:40:58 2.8 How to Use the Pencil Tool in Illustrator
01:51:23 2.9 Using Brushes
3 Color
01:58:55 3.1 Working With Color
02:07:04 3.2 How to Use the Gradient Tool in Illustrator
4 Type and Fonts
02:13:39 4.1 How to Use Type and Fonts in Illustrator
5 Effects and Patterns in Illustrator
02:23:47 5.1 Liquifying and Distorting in Illustrator
02:35:05 5.2 Bending and Warping Shapes and Text
02:41:59 5.3 How to Make a Pattern in Illustrator
02:53:44 5.4 How to Vectorize an Image in Illustrator
6 Exporting
03:04:33 6.1 Exporting for Print and Web
7 Conclusion
03:15:39 7.1 What Next?
Thanks
Thank you!!!! I’m going to need this from time to time !
Hi what version he is using in this video
appreciated man
Will someone, please hire this Tech Wampus! He/she is an absolute life-saver 🙏
This course is to something not to missed for someone like me, a beginner who wants to start a graphic design career. To think that this is a free course for everyone. Sir, you are a heaven sent from above, you are truly a blessing to me and to some beginners as well out there. You made my life 10x easier in learning Illustrator. Thank you, Sir Daniel! God bless you.
One of the best illustrator courses I've found till date, which made me actually want to learn illustrator even more clearing up most of basics and different doubts i had along the way, even the simplest ones, Also very easy to keep up with, following a steady beginners pace
Thank you so much for making this available to us for free!! The course was super duper helpful, fun and easy to follow along. I did it over a couple of days so I'm actually a bit sad that it's over but you'll sure find me doing your other courses!! Thanks again! :)
I Have spent my entire day watching these videos. They are FANTASTIC! I start school in 2 weeks to go for a graphic design degree. Ive watched so many other videos of these adobe apps and have struggled to understand alot of whats going on, but you sir are a great teacher. Already watched the inDesign course as well as this one and i went into the inDesign course not even knowing what the software was used for. Now i feel like i could confidently go into it and create layouts. Great job sir, thank you for your contribution. 👌🏻
Man, I love this guy. He sounds like someone who's resorted to digital art, cuz they suck at real drawing. Well, that's me too.
haha, it took me 15 min to give up when drawing the angel wings :D
Thanks so much for this comprehensive tutorial in a relatively short time. I've got some experience in Photoshop and find it painful in Illustrator. Then, this amazing video saved me!
This is the best Illustrator tutorial I've ever watched on RUclips, Thanks sir!
I'm.a learner from internet-blocked China, and I'm unbelievably better than almost all Chinese tutorials! Thanks for great dedication!
wow, I actually completed a 3 hours video tutorial. That is rare. Thank you, Dan.
The best teacher I've ever seen
This is a great course! I felt like I was in an actual class, and I learned a LOT. Thank you so much for making this for us!
can you help me with the link for exercise files
@@ibrahimbilnass2055 Hi, I don't know if you still need it but they are in the description bar under the video :))
Brilliant course, even 3 years old! Came in with lots of familiarity with photoshop and inkscape and wanted a good overview of illustrator before wasting time playing around with finding my tools. This fit the bill perfectly! Thanks for highlighting things that Illustrator does uniquely well, too. Awesome.
Glad you enjoyed it!
what a guy, he's trying to make things wrong for example but end up perfect anyway.
I know this tutorial was great! Are you practicing on Illustrator as well? :) It's such an amazing software
This tutorial is amazing!! I’m only half way through and I’ve learned so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Great Course Dan. Totally appreciate it. I have both Adobe Photoshop and illustrator and I was mostly confused when to use what since they both had similar capabilities but after taking your course, I am more hooked onto illustrator and I also loved the section towards the end on image tracing where you used Photoshop and illustrator. This course is well deserved for special recognition. Thank you for your kindness for sharing the course for free
This is the best tutorial I have ever watched on youtube. Not just for illustrator but for all the " youtube tutorials" out there. This is premium level teaching. Thank you so much Dan. You're an excellent teacher.
Wow, thanks!
Completed this course and have learned the fundamental skills just in time for my internship. Dan has explained each tool and function well and this course is a godsend for a beginner or someone looking to brush up on their skills. Thank you!
An amazing course, been so helpful! Love the teaching style, will definitely be looking to continue learning through this channel and Dan!
I made a big mistake placing myself in the a graphic design class with unwelcoming environment, which made me hate designing lesson. It took me 20 years to be frightened by the designed files even just open and look. Thank you Dan, I enjoy my three days learning and practising so much. I already feel missing you with you last piece of sharing. The only challenge, I found was the M logo creation. I could not paint the fill color to one of the rectangulars. Thanks for your generous sharing and professional coaching arts. Cheer
Just an amazing teacher, one of the best. You can literally feel the passion.
Best course ever! Thank you so much, I never thought that I could learn Illustrator but I'm very excited with the things I've accomplished.
on half a away through this video right now and i can proudly say that this was one of the most frank and comfortable tutorial from a beginner's perspective
kids: i hate lectures!!!
Dan: hold my beer.
Hold my black arrow :D
@@me43135 lol facts
Thank you so much Dan! It took me several days to complete it all but your video session really helped me out on improving the basis for illustrator and the exercises was totally worth it. A tip of the hat to you good Sir! 💯
Dan, your lessons were worth the wait. This by far is the best user-friendly, most relatable, Illustrator tutorial for beginners. I'm beaming with glee and glad I didn't give up. Thank you Dan for the step by step instructions. 👍
This beginner course is amazing when you jump in for the first time in Illustrator. Some things have changed a little bit in the program now couple of years later but look around a little and you will find the same things and button that is in this tutorial.
Thank you Dan! This was the most intensive 3 hours I could spend for editing/design program. It was amazing, very teachable and you are very good at training people to do these things. Hat off!!
Now I'm familiar with Illustrator! 💪 You kept it simple and fun and still managed to teach so many areas in illustrator! I learnt alot and I look forward to following more of your courses. Thank you very much!! 🙌
Thank you! I designed my company logo, copied and pasted it in InDesign onto my coursebook, exported it and made it the official logo on my website. All thanks to you. I appreciate you so much!
Thank you for this amazing video. I'm a student who is interested in a career in graphics and this video definitely helped to kickstart my journey 😃
Glad it was helpful!
Really useful beginner course. Easy to follow and meaningful exercises. Memorable learning. Well played Dan!
awesome tutorial! I am super excited when I made the M logo, it is so satisfying for me to draw something in vector, it is pixel perfect and I really got addicted to this feeling and I am coming back everyday to continue on watching this. Thank you Dan!
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It's a BRILLIANT tutorial!
I paid a course in Udemy, and there is no comparison at all, u rule!
I'm taking a digital art course and am completely clumsy in Illustrator ...thank you so much for this! This video explained so much and has given me more confidence. You're also easy to listen to and explain things so well. Thanks again! I can't wait to do my homework-not-homework! :)
"Cool-huh?" Haha I love when he says it quickly like one word. :)
Me too😂😂❤️ he’s awesome!
I wish I had found this back in March or something, I would have mastered Illustrator during quarantine 😭
The best teacher i have ever come across. I do not need to add anything. Simply the best. For the past classes i have attended, you have no equal.