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!
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 :)
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
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!
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.
How are your videos so underrated. Love the work u put into these...
Such a great and concise video! Thank you for your work!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful! I just started learning illustrator. Love that you made all points so clear with those painstaking exercises.
Glad it was helpful!
I really really really needed to know about how to exit the pen tool. Thank you!
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!
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!
This one is 100 legit, im not even a bot saved my life when i already finished editing thumbs up!
Incredibly useful information. Thank you so much!
Amazing info as always thank you!!! ❤
Thanks for watching!
You're a good man, thank you!
Quick, easy and fun to learn! Thankyou for sharing your knowledge!
You're welcome, friend!
Thanks, it works properly.
i think this is the best short video for beginners. do more videos for the other tools too.
Thank you so much for the explanation👍👍🥰
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!
omg the "breaking handles" part is just what i needed! thanks
Glad it helped! :)
Thank you for the amazing tutorial, it was really helpful!
Glad to hear that!
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! :)
yo, this was a fantastic video!! so glad you made it!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
watching ur whole playlist and making a lot of notes thanss
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.
Jesus the transitions and animations in this video are god like.
This tutorial was clutch! Thanks my man.
At least here I can clutch 🥲 hahahaha thanks bro!
Thank you so much ❤❤
This is AWESOME!!!! Very helpful, thank you :))
Clear 👌. Need the video about other tools 🙂
Really good info and beautifully presented. Glad I found you. :)
Glad you liked, my friend!
This was so helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
nice bro!
Excellent, all I needed to know. Thank you, Andy! Subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you! :)
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! :)
Have used these tools for years… and still learned two new things 😮❤😊. Thanks!
Happy to help!
incredible video thx
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.
Thank you so clear and simple
You're welcome! Thanks!
This is an amazing video! 😮🎉❤
Great Tutorial Boss
Brilliant, thank you!
You're very welcome!
love this
best tutorial everrrrrrrrr!
thank you for this sir .this is immensely helpful
You are most welcome!
GREAT CONTENT!
Superb Brother. Extraordinary Work !
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent tutorials. Thank you so much.
Glad you like them!
Video is informative and interactual. ❤❤💕💕
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! :)
Simply Intelligent 🙌🏿
Great tutorial…thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excelent!
Amazing information thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
This is gold 🤯I understood everything
Glad to help!!
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 :)
wow man!it s perfectly
thank you
I learn a lot from this vid. Thanks
Glad to hear it!
Thank you a lot
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....
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!
love love love!
This channel will be massive! I need the exercises file 😢
Very good ..thanks..👍👏💫
Amazing
editing is so sick
super glad you enjoyed my friend, it does take a lot of work :]
thank you gentle man
You're welcome!
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.
good dude... very useful 🤝
Glad it helped!
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!
Why did the discord server get shut down?? I was excited to join this!
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 ^^
Jaw-dropping !
see your lessons. i feel my time is no waste❤🎉.
Glad you enjoyed! :)
amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Very useful.
Glad you think so, friend! :)
add/ delete anchor point clearly understand this tutorial
Need in depth details of brush tools too
tq teacher
Awesone video :)
Thanks 😁
wow amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi there please make video for packaging box inside foam for protection product
Good 👍
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.
You dont post anymore, but this was an awesome tut.
I still post.
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 🙏
Very nice tutuorials. where can i get the exercise files please ?
Hello! Exercise files are available for Patreon supporters: www.patreon.com/andytellsthings
You are a doyen of Graphic Design if you videos are anything to go buy. You are a great teacher too and you tutorias are the best. I would like to subscribe to the Panteon. Is it accessible with android iOS or on windows? If so please provide the link
Hello! Thanks for the interest in joining the Patreon. Yes, you can access it both via Android, iOS or through your browser on Windows. Here is the link: www.patreon.com/andytellsthings
@@AndyTellsThings, thanks Andy. Will subscribe today
@@AndyTellsThings I was in the process of making the payment but I stopped when i got a pop up message me asking to pay$ 0.00 but i had clicked on the$2. If it still says pay subscription of $0.00 must i proceed anyway?
@@AndyTellsThings, please read the last comment which talks about my challenge of trying to subscribe
Greaat🔥🔥🔥
Thanks!!
Which software you use for editing video
Premiere Pro and After Effects :)
there is no discord server link in your discription!
Hey, Andy! Very cool video, short and to the point. Packed with mind-clearing stuff and anxiety killers around this subject!
I have a question: how do you do the real time scribble effect like the one in the red color at 2:05? Can you point me to a tutorial, please?
Keep up with this style, love it!
Hi David, thanks! That animation was made on After Effects, it's just a simple vector path with a red stroke, animated with Trim Paths. ;)