Quick and Easy Swooshes, and Swirls - Illustrator Tutorial

[acamiot]

Thanks Ryan, I appreciate your videos. I added a link in my recent blog post at doubletakingdiscoveries.areavo­ices. com to this video.

[nainhanif]

Thanks! loved it.

[QuintalDesigns]

@nainhanif Anytime.

[DarthVeach]

These are the kinds of tutorials I like! Very simple, very effective!!

[TigerClaws12894]

Hey, how do you change the colors of the strokes? It comes out as black every time I uses it

[TheFluktuationAcht]

Thank you very much! Great tutorial.

[EddietehFace]

You could also just simply create a spiral with the Spiral Tool, then open the Stroke window on the toolbar, and the change the profile of the stroke.

[nasumaru1]

grate 

[jeybithegreat]

love this one!!! thanks for the tip!!

[liquidation22]

so simple, so helpful!

[QuintalDesigns]

@liquidation22 Thanks!

[TheMrSmegma]

@liquidation22 fuck you

[TheMeowmark]

dude where can i find the swirl tool mine is line segment tool...where can i find that tool

[QuintalDesigns]

@TheMeowmark Try holding down your cursor on the line segment tool. It should reveal a drop down.

[StudioCS5]

You just gained a sup :D

Great vid, Thanks

[desertrose0601]

Cool! Thanks for showing us how to do this. I can't wait to try it out!

[Toblehorde]

@QuintalDesign So from what virtual ass hole did u pull that change the size of that Swirl?

[QuintalDesigns]

@Toblehorde Haha, whichever one you want.

[paachuOpaachu]

nice...simple....

[sharara17]

seriously... THANK YOU. this is my first "progress" with illustrator haha

[joshanator1]

hey Ryan, How about a tutorial on how you set up your own working space environment. I noticed yours is set up completely different than mine.

[QuintalDesigns]

@joshanator1 I don't usually have just one set space, but it may be worth checking out.

[cellagp321]

to change the path color, go to "object" from your menu bar and select "expand appearance" then select the color of your choosing, very simple:) this was diving me crazy to figure out

[diveinutila]

You're really awesome to share your knowledge with people. Thank you very much!

[burnkitty82]

seriously if you were anywhere near me I would kiss you!! Thank you so much! I've never used Illustrator before always Photoshop but I think Illustrator just got a promotion! I spent all afternoon playing around and came up with some real nice stuff that I know I will use.

[QuintalDesigns]

@burnkitty82 Ha, consider yourself smooched.

[TheLondonForever]

I have to post again, using it now and joining paths... something i always wanted to know. Thank you so much for this video. Definitely subbed!

[TheLondonForever]

This video is awesome for someone trying to learn illustrator and Vector art. If anyone wants to help me learn or has any vital tips on what to do in Illustrator, please message me with good tips. Thanks in advance.

[i360tv]

In Illustrator CS5, you don't even have to create an artbrush for this… Draw the spiral (or any line for that matter), go to the "Stroke" panel, show options, and select a triangle profile (default is "uniform"). You can set the with of the stroke to match your intentions and once you're set, 'object::expand appearance' and you can manipulate the shape…

[morosely]

Excellent

[ahmad1133]

what about photoshop?? how the heck can we make a good swirl in photoshop ..? please dont tell me pen tool ..

[soobased]

i cant make n art brush. help please

[Roxamification]

world of warcraft ^^

[nod103]

World of Warcraft

[TheZackie13]

i'm just wondering wht width and hieght do u have before u start?

[SSNHstands]

Thanks for the tutorial! But I have one question (if anyone reading this comment can answer it)-

I have AE CS4 and have no clue of how to add motion to this. Can someone help me? *I want to make it look like its growing*

[QuintalDesigns]

@SSNHstands Check out video co-pilot, he's got an AE plugin called Evolution. He's also the man.

[BraveLittIeToaster]

you sir, are a genius. 

[k80sg]

I always thought these so commonly seen twirls would take a very experienced artist to do it. Thanks so much. Tutorials should all be like this. Clear and concise.

[deliwasista]

thank you SO MUCH for your very clear directions :) really appreciate the time you took to make this :)

[Vampirekingist]

thanks

[allergictoBS85]

wow i cant believe how easy that was !!! thank u neat trick :)

[QuintalDesigns]

@allergictoBS85 Glad it helped!

[QuintalDesigns]

@yash7017hak adobe premiere.

[YASH7017HAK]

plz tell me how did u maked the entry of this video.. plz tell software's name!!!! PLZPLZPLZPLZ

[QuintalDesigns]

@YASH7017HAK Adobe Illustrator

[YASH7017HAK]

@QuintalDesigns but there are no camera effects in illustrator !

[landrews0324]

Thank you for the clear easy to understand tutorial! AND thanks for not going so fast that people like me cant keep up or even see what you are clicking/moving/doing...much appreciated!

[QuintalDesigns]

@landrews0324 Thanks!

[funnybigdog]

Excellent and very clear. This is true calibre training talent you've got there mate.

[jsilva2244]

You're officially my hero for the day! Thanks for sharing...I learned something new! :D

[andicastle]

This was great! Thank you, it was easy to the point and a great tool to know how to do. I hope you post more.

[loaiking1]

heloo u cave nice design

i want to ask u wat program u r using in the introduction such as AND NOW AND ANOTHER TUTORIAL

[jim08jam]

genuinely great tutorial my friend... very clear and concise really well done! =)

[Estrangler]

Starts @ 0:45

[soulgina]

I love it!!!!

[JetBlackRain]

so smart! thanks!

[trevorzhang9988]

Never thought it'd be that simple to make a graphic like that. Thank you, Ryan.

[inataliedesigncom]

thanks for this super straight forward tutorial, I've been looking for something this simple. cheers!

[chrisofakind]

awesome tip, thank u

[Drifthut]

WOW icon lol

[SzaroA]

Great video! Thank you

[Mirdraal]

And also when i go to increase or decrease the amount of spiralwith my arrow keys, it seems to be really sensitive and doesnt move in increments but either makes it all spiral or none, i cant gradually move it, do you know how to fix that?

[Mirdraal]

Question: When i make my swirls and put them ontop of each other each one seems to have a thin border of white, so wher they overlap white lines outline them and cut threw the ones beneath.

And same with my pen tool line, it has a white boarder that cuts of anything its above

[QuintalDesigns]

@Mirdraal Check your color settings, i find CMYK has a tendency to create those thin lines. Also, remember, when you make your lines, you have any fill color turned off.

[XnamiceX]

That was short, simple and...great! Thanks a lot for this tutorial!

[escapegamer]

Expand and select with the white arrow and then change colormode to RGB works for me in Illustrator CS2 - otherwise I am not able to change the color.

But it IS a great tutorial - now I am working with waves and I haven't yet found a method to how to finish the spiral nicely - maybe I will have to add a half cirkel in the beginning of the stroke where it is broadest...

[hatchface]

Right on bro. Appreciate the time it took to help us randoms.  karma +

[roejames12]

I wish you had also covered how you made it look like the beginning picture as well; really useful though!

[heyxchristine]

very helpful! thanks!

[ctenos]

hi , for move the point on the line push shift+down arrow?:(

[andhong73]

nice its very useful to me, i used it for my ladies shirt designs, thanks

[trigger1178]

wow! simple and easy! many thanks!

[MAXTHEGREATGURU]

the best illustrator tutorial ever!

[jazzej88]

QUESTION! when i hold my mouse down and click up/down on my keyboard, i can't adjust how much spiral i have.... help me please lol

[amazingRec]

@jazzej88 it also depends on how big the spiral is, lets say you make a very small spiral but you cant change the amount of swirl, well you just need to keep pressing the down arrow to make it change. This tool is pretty easy to understand once you practice it a bit so just keep pressing the arrows until you notice a difference

[adobePC]

Cool : )

[lorcobhc]

wow thank you for posting this!!

[MsLovleySorrow]

I click the right corner and press delete but It deletes the entire thing

[nikeweber]

ahaha that's awesome

[FuriousSugarCube]

question! >.< how you change the color of the swirl :S?? or i cant? thank you! ^^

[QuintalDesigns]

@FuriousSugarCube Once you expand the swirl, you can change it's color, Go to Object>Expand. Repeat if necessary

[FuriousSugarCube]

@QuintalDesigns have been very useful the tutorial! Thank you so much for answer my question! :D

[chimcheree]

Crisp and to the point. I'd follow in in a raid any day. :D

[plumplum67]

YEAH WOW PLAYER!!!!

[LEVESfromHUNgary]

Great tutorial! Thank you very much! Keep up good vids!

[clemens011]

I have a white border around the spirals can you help me?

what am I doing wrong

[FuriousSugarCube]

ohhh i love you! thank you!!!!!!!!!! :D

[ActaSanctorum]

arrrrg the complexity of these programs is beyond me ;_; Must practice more I guess...

[vkendriv]

I waste twenty minutes watching a tutorial called How to make swirls, thanks God I found you, you made designing easy, thanks

[verifor]

Haha I didnt even think about doing it that way

[neyi73]

OMG, U R GENIUS!!!!!!!!! U'VE JUST SAVED ME TONS OF TIMES!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO!!!!!

[SYNtheticMantis]

Finally a vid that explains those funky little guys

[conagraman]

your a bad ass : )

thank you!

[patlam7]

this is great, thanks so much

[TsaRlieCaT]

where is the colors and effects you had in the begining of yout video! we need also this mate!

[ZaeTV]

Very helpful! Thank you!! :)

[fragrancelady26]

thank u

[gerberita]

Thanks lotsss... i need to do a lollipop for a candy shop logo... so this helped me lots!! Xoxo from Mexico :)

[ECNATSiSERrM]

Bottom left of the screen man this guy plays WoW :D!!

[QuintalDesigns]

@ECNATSiSERrM

lol, that was when I had free time, I'm not sure i know what that is anymore.

[ECNATSiSERrM]

@QuintalDesigns xD yeah man same here i used to play that game rofl... I have a question - do you think this can be done with a similar concept on photoshop?

[QuintalDesigns]

@QuintalDesigns Tough to say, Photoshop's tools for doing things like this are pretty different, so You'd have to investigate the filters palette to see if anything comes close to illustrators warp effects panel. Maybe make a line and liquify it?

I'd just use their en tool and download some stroke pack randomly from the internet to achieve the look if you dont have AI

[Raxens]

great tutorial mate, very useful :)

Thanks :-)

[eatdemcookiez]

By far one of the hottest american accents I've heard.

[royalconcrete1]

you have no idea what you have done for me dude. I will have your baby if you want me to.

[QuintalDesigns]

@royalconcrete1 haha, best comment thus far.

[thegetaway16]

OMG... thank u <3

[QuintalDesigns]

@thegetaway16 Anytime, i enjoyed your video about the trip to the windows store.

[marcelotavaresfilmes]

Very nice tip, thank you!!

[natasjavangeemen]

Awesome!! This is the very, very first thing I ever did with Illustrtor and it was so easy! Thank you :)

[sadzoot]

Thanx! Good tutorial.

[mafiot4e]

LOoooVE your accent :))) and... i'm lazy too, so I'm off to try this easy-peasy stuff right now!!! I'm gonna keep designing, and I hope you keep creating them tutorials :))

[QuintalDesigns]

@mafiot4e My accent eh? lol.

Perhaps it's you with the accent.

[YOZcreative]

Cool, Ai is fun to play with. I made a noob channeldesign out of it. I havent discovered yet all you can do with it...

[Moorminded]

what is the name of the song?

[zoran716]

you're awesome, great tutorial man. thanks for sharing the knowledge

[wh4ckjob]

Incredibly efficient! Thank you so much.

Thunderous applause,

jc

[jubeidono]

awesome!^^ Thank you.

[PantryGhost]

i figured it out!!! ty any hoo

[PantryGhost]

Hey great video!!! I need a bit of help. I notice you are able to rotate the spiral after you have created it by get a bounding box around it. how do you do that? I cannot seem to activate my expand feature. I am using CS3. Thanks for your help Dennis

[newbornromio]

awesome thanks man

[useurcamera]

wow so cool! i made it now!

[lifeisbeautiful841]

good as iam a beginner it helped me lot wanna se more of it

[todayisbest]

thank you for good tutorial.

[tigrareny]

Thank you so much! Really good tutorial, just to the point!

[Misana]

Thank you

[kungfuslipper]

This was a great tutorial. Thanks!

[dugal10]

That was brilliant and simple cheers

[QuintalDesigns]

@dugal10 Thank you kind sir!

[kesmeby]

Nice tutorial, very simple technique. Thanks.

[NatDede]

Great tutorial. Had a little trouble with the pen tool but thats my fault :P I subscribed to your channel, hope to see other great quick and easy tutorials. All the others ones are way too long. Now because I played around with the opacity, how do I blend both colors together as one is darker then the other?

[beletteturbo]

That was quick and easy! Thanks!

[lukestratton1]

Great tutorial!

[stedav]

Thanks a lot for this. Your tutorial was clear and concise, well done!

[leanderhughes]

Your tutorial was clear, easy to follow and very useful. Much appreciation and look forward to more from you.

[andyvancouver2000]

That was great and easy. Thanks a lot.

[rengawtm]

Also do you have to create the brush every time or can you save them some how

[rengawtm]

good helped a lot but how do you change the color of the swirls

[QuintalDesigns]

Great Question!

You can go into the "object" menu at the top, and use the "expand" command until you have access to the object it created, then you can do whatever you like!

[Sinzawow]

Thanks man that helped me a lot