I know I'm self taught on Illustrator and still relatively new to it (started with Photoshop obv) but I never knew the align box could be used for objects. Thought it only applied for text, I feel like a massive tool myself doing these alignments all this time with guides and zooming in, omg. Had never used the copy function in the transform section either, never seen it there despite it staring me in the face, hugely useful to speed up alignment and workflow not to mention the transform fx now impacting a whole effect (expand appearance to keep complete changes as one group and combine if I please). Loving this, so very glad I found your channel as it's clear I've skipped some basic workflow behaviours. Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next upload!
Thank you as always mate. Looks like you've picked up a few cool new tricks. Hope they come in handy some time. The Transform effect is super useful. Things can get really crazy, in a good way, when you start stacking them. If you haven't already seen it, you might find this video helpful... Create a Grid of Shapes in Illustrator th-cam.com/video/jO93WAPeS2o/w-d-xo.html
@@MichaelBullo Have yet to find the time to binge watch your previous lessons but it's on my to-do list next time I've a free few afternoons. Appreciate the link too, I'll certainly check that out with its relevance to this tutorial.
Thank you Michael, you are an extremely clear explainer. This tut is very usefull as your explanation of course. Many thanks. PS By the way are you from Italian descent? Best Regars
Thank you this was great and able to follow along! Now what I'd like to do is turn the final image into a circle and have the design repeat in the round for a border! :) 🙏💪
Thank you. Look into Brushes. Specifically Pattern Brushes. In short, drag your artwork into the Brushes panel and create a new Pattern Brush. Create a circle and apply your new brush to it. You control the size of the pattern by adjusting the Stroke.
@@shecando8917 Congratulations. This stuff is well beyond the basics so nicely done. When creating the brush, change the Colorization Method to Tints. You can also access the Pattern Brush Options dialog box by double clicking on the brush within the Brushes panel. Changing the color of the Stroke should then change the color of your artwork.
Thanks Micheal! My results aren't exactly like yours bc I'm missing the corner widget for the circle to pull out the curve. I've watched another TH-cam video about missing corner widgets, but no dice. Any tips?
@@cofiking23 Without it I think you will have to manually edit the path using the various vector tools. Any chance you can upgrade to a more recent version of Illustrator?
I know I'm self taught on Illustrator and still relatively new to it (started with Photoshop obv) but I never knew the align box could be used for objects. Thought it only applied for text, I feel like a massive tool myself doing these alignments all this time with guides and zooming in, omg. Had never used the copy function in the transform section either, never seen it there despite it staring me in the face, hugely useful to speed up alignment and workflow not to mention the transform fx now impacting a whole effect (expand appearance to keep complete changes as one group and combine if I please). Loving this, so very glad I found your channel as it's clear I've skipped some basic workflow behaviours. Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next upload!
Thank you as always mate. Looks like you've picked up a few cool new tricks. Hope they come in handy some time.
The Transform effect is super useful. Things can get really crazy, in a good way, when you start stacking them. If you haven't already seen it, you might find this video helpful...
Create a Grid of Shapes in Illustrator
th-cam.com/video/jO93WAPeS2o/w-d-xo.html
@@MichaelBullo Have yet to find the time to binge watch your previous lessons but it's on my to-do list next time I've a free few afternoons. Appreciate the link too, I'll certainly check that out with its relevance to this tutorial.
@@LOOKINVERTED Excellent. Catch ya later.
simple and very informative
Thank you for the positive feedback.
very clear and helpful; thank you!
Thank you Patricia. Hope it comes in handy.
@@MichaelBullo I have wanted to learn Illustrator for such a long time but was at sixes and sevens. I think your tutorials will help a lot.
@@patriciamatsueda967 Awesome. Thank you. If you have any questions I'm happy to help where I can.
Thank you Michael, you are an extremely clear explainer.
This tut is very usefull as your explanation of course.
Many thanks.
PS By the way are you from Italian descent?
Best Regars
Thank you for the kind words. I hope the video proves useful.
@@MichaelBullo You are welcome. Yes for sure, your video it's an optimal base for my needs
@@gigliotube That’s great to hear. I’m born and raised Australian and my family name is Italian.
Literally Bob Ross level art transformation
Thank you. Hope it comes in handy.
Thank you this was great and able to follow along! Now what I'd like to do is turn the final image into a circle and have the design repeat in the round for a border! :) 🙏💪
Thank you. Look into Brushes. Specifically Pattern Brushes. In short, drag your artwork into the Brushes panel and create a new Pattern Brush. Create a circle and apply your new brush to it. You control the size of the pattern by adjusting the Stroke.
@@MichaelBullo ty! Will do! 💪
@@shecando8917 Cheers. Let me know how you go.
@@MichaelBullo it's working! I'm an amateur! I think I need to set the color first b4 I make the brush. Work on progress!
@@shecando8917 Congratulations. This stuff is well beyond the basics so nicely done. When creating the brush, change the Colorization Method to Tints. You can also access the Pattern Brush Options dialog box by double clicking on the brush within the Brushes panel. Changing the color of the Stroke should then change the color of your artwork.
This rocks
Thank you 👍
I exactly followed these steps and have inside corner widgets showing, but not the one on the outside corner. What am I missing?
Are you sure you have a continuous path? Could what you think is a corner actually be where two separate paths almost meet?
Thanks Micheal! My results aren't exactly like yours bc I'm missing the corner widget for the circle to pull out the curve. I've watched another TH-cam video about missing corner widgets, but no dice. Any tips?
I got it! I think the order in how the items where combined in the previous step made the difference! 💪
Good to hear you solved the problem. I do have a video on rounding corners if it helps...
th-cam.com/video/VBQGfpk91K4/w-d-xo.html
damn i have older illustrator, how do i make smooth arcs like that?
Do you mean you don't have the corner widget?
@@MichaelBullo yes
@@cofiking23 Without it I think you will have to manually edit the path using the various vector tools. Any chance you can upgrade to a more recent version of Illustrator?
Nooo! I'm not first but it doesn't really matter I have been beaten.
It's nice to let the others get in first once in a while. Very generous of you :)