How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator
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Ever wondered how to use the Pen Tool in Illustrator? Well, wonder no further, because this video is for you! This is a begginer tutorial for Adobe Illustrator, and you'll learn to use not only the Pen Tool, but also create, edit and manipulate paths, anchor points and handles, as well as use other tools such as the Anchor Point Tool, the Curvature Tool and the Shape Builder, and panels such as the Pathifinder.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Pen Tool and straight lines
1:59 - Shift Modifier
4:01 - Curved lines
5:11 - Breaking handles / Anchor Point Tool
7:07 - Add and remove handles
8:08 - Direct Selection Tool
8:39 - Ctrl Modifier
9:15 - Curvature Tool
10:12 - Add and Delete Anchor Point Tools
11:19 - Pathfinder and Shape Builder
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#AdobeIllustrator #IllustratorTutorial
As a beginner, this is the best shorter video I've seen on combining all of these tools together. Immensely helpful. Laying out all the modifiers & the status window I didn't even know ab was gold! Will probably rewatch a few times as I practice. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, friend! Cheers!
I am not a beginner, but this video is well done. Awesome!
PROBABLY THE BEST Video I've seen on this subject. I wish I saw this back in 2010.
Wish I was making these since 2010! Hehehe. Thanks!
I've watch a lot of videos and this is hands down the best. You got right to the point with clear instructions making the pen and complimentary tools easy to understand and use. The video was also very well done and engaging. I really appreciate you not having the long introduction of useless information.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks :)
This is the best explanation of pen tool i have ever seen on youtube. Thanks Andy
that's the best pen tool tutorial I've found on youtube, congratulations and thank you!
Illustrator is known to be the toughest program in the Adobe creative suite to master. I run a commercial printing house and every year we get college trainees that majors Communication Arts at our firm but all of them struggle with this program. They know the basics but when it comes to something more indepth like tracing pictures, all of them struggle pretty badly. This goes to show that Illustrator can only be mastered with practice.and daily use, you cant really teach them in classes.
While I agree with most of what you said, I'm not sure about it being the thoughest to master. After Effects feels way more complex and with so much more things to learn. I mean, you can even "code" in AE with expressions :)
@@AndyTellsThingsman he's tweaking 🤦🏿♂️ After effects is a juggernaut just by itself then you combine it with all the bells and whistles that you can add on to it you can have over 10 years of use and still barley scratch the service of everything it does. I just don't like how much power it takes to get it running smoothly you can have first rate hardware and it still lags
Millennials are lazy which is why many don’t know how to use the pen tool well.
Just starting, enjoying very much
@@AndyTellsThingsI understood after effects much more easier than I am still trying to wrap my head around Illustrator. As a pencil artist I find the use of Pentool quite easy but illustrator is just a boring place to be that's why I think a lot of people struggle with it..... After effects is much fun and much more interactive
The video animation and sound are so well done and gives the video a more nice vibe
Before I watched this video, I always struggled to alter shapes with handles the way I intend but this tutorial makes it really clear, Great video
Very nice to hear that! Keep on, friend! Thanks!
Very helpful! I just started learning illustrator. Love that you made all points so clear with those painstaking exercises.
Glad it was helpful!
How are your videos so underrated. Love the work u put into these...
This is the best tutorial I've seen on working with the pen tool!!
7:19 Like the way the design is created smoothly. This is satisfaction.
Thanks for this! I've been using Adobe Photoshop for almost 10 years now and I honestly don't know why I didn't even try to learn Illustrator back then lol
Thank you so much for the explanation! I'm new to this and spent hours taking notes while watching the videos and practicing. Your clear and detailed working logic makes every piece of information valuable and very stimulating to creativity.
Regarding removing anchor points, in my practice I found that this cannot remove the anchor point closest to the curve arc (otherwise it would still change the whole path), however, it is very effective to remove only the anchor points that are not decisive. I hope this information is helpful to those who watch the video.
Thanks, Andy!🙌🙌🙌
Yes, like I said in the video, Illustrator will try to maintain the path as close as possible to the original, but obviously if you don't have many anchor points, that won't be possible. Thanks for commenting!
Incredibly useful information. Thank you so much!
I just started using Illustrator and I am so excited after this video. Thank you so much for such an informative and easy tutorial.
Glad you enjoyed it!
omg the "breaking handles" part is just what i needed! thanks
Glad it helped! :)
I really really really needed to know about how to exit the pen tool. Thank you!
I have a project in my design class which I needed to use illustrator for. I've never touched the app, so this could literally not be any more helpful. Thank you greatly for this gem of a tutorial.
You're very welcome! :)
Quick, easy and fun to learn! Thankyou for sharing your knowledge!
You're welcome, friend!
i think this is the best short video for beginners. do more videos for the other tools too.
This one is 100 legit, im not even a bot saved my life when i already finished editing thumbs up!
yo, this was a fantastic video!! so glad you made it!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
This is AWESOME!!!! Very helpful, thank you :))
Have used these tools for years… and still learned two new things 😮❤😊. Thanks!
Happy to help!
Such a great and concise video! Thank you for your work!
Glad it was helpful!
watching ur whole playlist and making a lot of notes thanss
Great explanation!
Thank you so much for the explanation👍👍🥰
GREAT CONTENT!
I just got the programm and I wanted to starterd becuse I left the lessons very long time ago and I think I lost almost everything, popped this video randomly and I love it. So simple, easy to guide and perfect tutorial for beginners! Thank you very much!!
Glad you liked it, Rachele! :)
Thanks, it works properly.
Bro you're underrated af, hope you grow massive
Thank you so much for the video! Objective and direct, awesome for beginners as me.
You're very welcome!
Good video and nice work with the editing.
Excellent, all I needed to know. Thank you, Andy! Subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you! :)
Superb Brother. Extraordinary Work !
Thank you! Cheers!
This is an amazing video! 😮🎉❤
incredible video thx
Thank you so clear and simple
You're welcome! Thanks!
This tutorial was clutch! Thanks my man.
At least here I can clutch 🥲 hahahaha thanks bro!
Clear 👌. Need the video about other tools 🙂
Wow, that amazing 😍
Great Tutorial Boss
This was so helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
You're a good man, thank you!
best tutorial everrrrrrrrr!
Amazing info as always thank you!!! ❤
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the amazing tutorial, it was really helpful!
Glad to hear that!
Really good info and beautifully presented. Glad I found you. :)
Glad you liked, my friend!
Really great tutorial, I just had to subscribe. Thank you
Awesome, thank you!
Hey man! I really appreciate your help! I'm not a designer, but I need some vector images for my various homepages, so I have to learn some basics with 'Illustrator'. You made it easier for me to do that :)!
Glad to help! :)
Thank you. It was very useful. Now to practice as I did making a short with After Effects. One observation though. For some of us who went to the dark side of Macs and never look back. I have to use Command Key not Control. And Alt is Option 😉
Great tutorial.
Amazing information thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
love this
Excellent tutorials. Thank you so much.
Glad you like them!
ty - great info for me - I have never really learned illustrator and i am starting in my 40s - I appreciate it!
Glad to hear you're starting! Never too late :)
Video is informative and interactual. ❤❤💕💕
Thank you so much ❤❤
thank you for this sir .this is immensely helpful
You are most welcome!
Jesus the transitions and animations in this video are god like.
This is gold 🤯I understood everything
Glad to help!!
Great tutorial…thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
nice bro!
love love love!
Simply Intelligent 🙌🏿
I learn a lot from this vid. Thanks
Glad to hear it!
I don't comment on videos but this one is like dying of thirst in the desert and then being transported into an oasis! I was so frustrated with AI and none of the tutorials provided that level of simplicity. Edit 10/10 Voice 10/10 Content 10/10 *chef's kiss*
Hey, thanks for such nice words. Glad you enjoyed!
Very good ..thanks..👍👏💫
Brilliant, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thank you a lot
thank you
good dude... very useful 🤝
Glad it helped!
Amazing
Very useful.
Glad you think so, friend! :)
I m using past 6 month only illustrator I don't know much as well I hate illustrator , I was waiting for this video........ After seeing ur tutorial I love illustrator I came to know more features soo super the way u explain i haven't seen like this video for illustration thanks a lot....
Hi there please make video for packaging box inside foam for protection product
amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Jaw-dropping !
thank you gentle man
You're welcome!
This channel will be massive! I need the exercises file 😢
editing is so sick
super glad you enjoyed my friend, it does take a lot of work :]
wow man!it s perfectly
add/ delete anchor point clearly understand this tutorial
Awesone video :)
Thanks 😁
The motion graphics look amazing hope to make videos like this one day !
Thanks! All done in After Effects! :)
@@AndyTellsThings I just graduated in graphic design and I’m definitely looking forward to mastering AE, doing that type of work would be a dream of mine, and your vids are such a big help!
Need in depth details of brush tools too
Excelent!
Andy, you've got a talent of a Teacher! I've been trying to learn Illustrator for so many years....yet I was annoyed because I couldn't put my Photoshop skills into Illustrator... You made everything so easy to understand!
I'm glad you managed to get into Illustrator, my friend. Keep on!
@@AndyTellsThings have u already taclked or have knowldge on importing illustrtator files to other adobe apps such as After Effects_
@@jirehla-ab1671 what do you want to know, specifically?
@@AndyTellsThings workflow when importing illutrator into adobe after effects like an illlustration , that still allows me to manipulate them in AE
@@jirehla-ab1671 there's a few things to be aware of, but I guess the most important is that every object should be in a separate layer. You can go to the Layers Panel, select the layer with all the objects, then go to the sandwich menu of the panel and click on "Release to Layers (Sequence)". This will place every object/group on its own layer, but these layers will still be inside the original layer. Just select all of them and move out of the original layer. Then, save the .ai file and make sure to check "Create PDF Compatible File". I guess that's it. Fonts won't ever be editable and images won't even import to AE.
see your lessons. i feel my time is no waste❤🎉.
Glad you enjoyed! :)
wow amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Good 👍
more of these begginer videos please ^^
On it ;)
@@AndyTellsThings thanks bro, I don't say it casually, I say it because I want to be a serious graphic designer ^^
tq teacher
You dont post anymore, but this was an awesome tut.
I still post.
Very nice tutuorials. where can i get the exercise files please ?
Hello! Exercise files are available for Patreon supporters: www.patreon.com/andytellsthings
Why did the discord server get shut down?? I was excited to join this!
Muitooo obrigada!!!
De nada :)
Just wondering how do you make these videos? Pretty effective in teaching-learning process.
It's kind of a long process, not gonna lie hahaha. At least 50% of the creation process is just writing the scripts. It's a lot of alt-tabbing between Illustrator and Notion, trying to come up with the best video structure possible, trying to explain everything as clear as possible without hurting the pace too much, stuff like that. Honestly, that makes like 80% of the video quality alone. Then I record the voiceover, cut and edit the audio on Audition, do a lot of screen recording with OBS, create the video project on Premiere (voiceover, screen recordings, animations, music, sound fx, etc). When it's needed I do some animations and motion graphics on After Effects. And that's about it! But I guarantee you that the writing process and the care I try to put on the script is what takes the video to a higher quality. And that's not to brag or anything hahahaha but this really is a video I think was really well written, took me quite a lot of hours.
hello, I just wanna say that you have the best tuturials. always informative and clear.
I have been struggling with something I hope you or anybody else can help. I am not a graphic designer but I use illustrator for my 3d work. the problem is whenever I am working I accidentally switch the text input to Arabic (without using Alt+Shift) I don't know why and I struggle to Fix it. not: I don't want to cancel Arabic as I use it sometimes but I don't want to switch unintentionally or and easy way to get back to english.
I hope you can help or do a tutorial on the subject.
cheers
That's really odd, but I remember having something similar in the past. Tho, for me it was the Alt+Shift problem. Have you double checked the shortcut for swithing languages on Windows?
@@AndyTellsThings hello. thanks for your answer and your time. yes my m
win shortcut for Languages is Alt+Shift.
this is driving me crazy!
In anyway, love your tutorials, keep em comin...
@@fadisoueidi4127 hey man I'm pretty sure you can change the windows shortcut for changing languages, give it a Google and I'm sure you'll find the answer :) thanks for the kind words! Keep on!
@@AndyTellsThings thank you. have a nice day 🙏