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!
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 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!
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!
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*
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.
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.
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. 😊
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
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
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
+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 :)
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
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! 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!
Great tutorial! i got two more questions, if i want to increase the distance between the shapes around the circle, do i have to undo them, increase/decrease the angle and re-do them, is there another way? also, if i want to repeat shapes to a straight line or a specific shape, can i or i am only limited to circles?
nothing that i didn't know. but excellent tutorial. congratulations! I looking for polar matrix or other similar and awesome. autocads tools.... but nothing. since 2003 I expected new matrix tools but Adobe is evolution in others aspects. thanks again.
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?
Hey! This is a great method and your videos are very helpful (both TH-cam 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 TH-cam + 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!
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?
Hi Teela could you do a video on how to draw one object in front of another object so that the object in front has a transparent gap between the object in front and the object in the background. Normally there is no object gap between the object in bottom layer for example and the one on top. This video only shows how to use color to create a gap, but is there a way to make that gap transparent. Thanks Martin
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?
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.
You are one of the best tutorial people I have seen on TH-cam. Very clear and direct and explains it in a way we can understand.
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!
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!
You are such a good instructor. I love how you explain everything so clearly. Thank you so much.
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
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.
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.
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.
I keep coming back to this tutorial because it has so much useful information. Thanks!
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!
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!
well done tutorial, no distracting music, clear and concise explanations...thanks!
+Virginia Ventura thanks for watching!
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!
Great tutorial Teela, thank you very much! falling in love with illustrator all over again..
Just took my illustrator game to another level with this type effect.. Thank you.
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!
Hey, just wanna drop by and say thanks! Your tutorial is really straight to the point and easy to understand!
Beautiful tutorial...
Just explanation to the point without any exaggeration....
Thank you very much for sharing such tutorials...
Fantastic tutorial, well detailed, great pace, also Mac/ Windows command shortcuts...thank you Teela
Thanks so much for this. Saved me a shedload of time for a job with a tight deadline.
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!
So helpful when you repeat and explain through each circle!
Great tutorial, very thorough. Solved numerous issues for me in a single video. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
I never would have thought of this method, so wonderful. Thank you!
You have changed my life in one Video
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*
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!! Exactly what I needed. I was so happy seeing that you have a tutorial on this topic. You make everything so easy to understand. :)
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
Thanks for the tutorial... It was a refresher in why I loved Illustrator so much...
This is a great tutorial! LOVE the lesson and I'm looking forward to your other tutorials. Thanks.
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. 😊
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
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! I love all of the extra tips you add in, you really explain the full process, very helpful!
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!
The font in actually hand lettered by Ste Bradbury Design.
Thanks a lot Teela Cunningham. You saved my day. Keep it up.
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.
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
this is exactly what i needed to learn. thank you!!!! for easy and quick way tutorials. so informative!!!!
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!
Brilliant... complete, simple... Totally Awesome. THANK YOU. (The tools and panels are so small in the video I had difficulty reading them.)
Rad tutorial. Thanks for this! You quickly covered several things I was trying to learn in Illustrator.
Thanks so much for all of your tutorials they are amazing and this program can be very daunting !
Very useful tutorial, learned a lot. Thanks for the tutorials Teela.
Thank you teela, Very Informative and knowledgeable tutorial... I love your voice ..
You really are a good teacher.
Omg, I'm absolutely speechless. Thank you so much
what did she do after ctrl+Y
please guide me
I really like your tutorials Teela. Thank you!
You're so great and helpful! Love your videos! Just gained another subscriber.
great videos Teela big fan of your awesome tutorials!
wow this really helped me! thank you so much Teela, I appreciate it so much!
Awesome tutorial! Really clear and well-explained.
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.
you are really intelligent and explain things so clearly, thanks for your uploads!
Thanks so much for checking em out!
Sarah Quinn - 100% agree!!!!!
To the point, very clear, brilliant tutorial!
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
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 ..... I love your tutorial
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
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
Very nice tutorial. Very easy to follow.
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.
had in impulse to subscribe at the moment! first tutorial I watched and loved your voice! keep it up!
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!
Thank you for this informative and educational video!
Thanks... Just earned yourself a new subscriber.
Hello Teela! This is a good tutorial! Thank you!
Great straight forward tutorial. Thank you.
Great tutorial! i got two more questions, if i want to increase the distance between the shapes around the circle, do i have to undo them, increase/decrease the angle and re-do them, is there another way? also, if i want to repeat shapes to a straight line or a specific shape, can i or i am only limited to circles?
nothing that i didn't know. but excellent tutorial. congratulations! I looking for polar matrix or other similar and awesome. autocads tools.... but nothing. since 2003 I expected new matrix tools but Adobe is evolution in others aspects. thanks again.
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...
I love your website and videos! (You also sound like Pam from The Office Tv show!!)
LemonScheme ha! really?! Love her - so definitely a compliment :) thanks for checking everything out!
Thank you very much for this and taking the time to repeat the process for each!
+Trey Robinson Of course! Thanks for watching!
Hey! This is a great method and your videos are very helpful (both TH-cam 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 TH-cam + 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!
Amazing, you just teached me so much with this tutorial. Thanks!!!
Thanks Teela! So simple but couldn't figure it out.
That's what I'm here for! :)
wow teela its amazing technique thanks
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?
You can also type 360/12 into the textbox and Illustrator does the math.
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!
You have a really soothing voice.
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 :)
MAGIC. Thank you so much for sharing your time with us! Extremely helpful. :D
Thanks for such amazing tutorial, well done merry Christmas to you.
+karim hamuda Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas to you, too!
This is a very good tutorial... Thanks madam
Thanks, a lot, especially for the font link... you are great
Hi Teela could you do a video on how to draw one object in front of another object so that the object in front has a transparent gap between the object in front and the object in the background. Normally there is no object gap between the object in bottom layer for example and the one on top. This video only shows how to use color to create a gap, but is there a way to make that gap transparent. Thanks Martin
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?
I got that tips from your video, which i was finding. It's easy to learn.
Great stuff. Much appreciated, keep'em coming. Ps: Why do you go into outline mode for the rotate processes?
4 years later, i still come back to this because I am forgetful
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. 😃