Using the Pen tool in Illustrator

[AngrySaw]

I can make it in 2 seconds lol))

[aceoft]

@imnotrealy18yet you can draw the second shape and use the pathfinder to "subtract" the second from the first, or you can select them both and create a compound path.

[Queenweezy1]

THE CURVES R SO HARD =[

[Maarttttt]

Hey dude. Whenever I make a second point with the pen tool the current trace becomes invisible. It's really a n n o y i n g. What do I do?

[aceoft]

@Maarttttt make sure you have a stroke color/weight selected and you should see them.

[royalconcrete1]

I did learn. You showed how to delete a mistake point....and several other things I cant remember right now. I will watch again. question. a vertical and horizantal blue line would zap every now and then to show you werent quit vertical yada yada. how did that line come up? what did you press?

[aceoft]

@royalconcrete1 I think you're seeing a result of the video being resized. The edges are aliased in this version of Illustrator, so it's a little jaggy. Eeww..

Glad you found it useful!

[pakt40]

I had been running from this tool for awhile and finally gave it a try and it was as easy as you made it look. I had never tried it but stayed away because I kept reading posts where people were saying it was a pain but it is not bad at all. I did the E then tried my hand at an S to make sure I was comfortable with it and they both came out great.

Thanks

[VannyARTS]

LOL wow you made this look easy,,,, the pen tool is a pain on the behind =D now I wan to see 8 been done.

THANK YOU for this wonderful video.

[leaveblank]

altough I knew how to use the pen tool I think this is the best tutorial, simple and straight! good one man.. keep up the nice work ;)

[iluvkiiroi25]

That was really helpful! I learned alot. Thanks for uploading this!

[Tutovillage]

Yeah. You did that well.

Nice...

[posiscott]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been trying for ages to draw smooth curves using the illustrator. Just tracing this E made perfect sense and it's great practice. The Key thing that helped that I was doing wrong - not Alt Clicking my control handles before laying down another point. Now I can do it all - thanks!

[aceoft]

You're welcome! I actually learned since I recorded this last year that you don't need to hold ALT when you click to change the curve direction. That's something you have to do in Photoshop, where I started working with vectors before Illustrator. In Illustrator, you can simply click the point... even better! :-)

[alice789]

very useful... thanks

[aceoft]

You're welcome :)

[fedegrafo]

Great Tutorial! thanks for sharing and making Illustrator always more attractive ..

[aceoft]

Thank you, and you're welcome :)

[zakhiel]

Oh my god... I've been trying to teach myself Illustrator (from 8 years of PS only), NO OTHER tutorial I've looked at mentioned that you could actually move the line around w/ spacebar as you go. They all just draw the line perfectly the first time, which is frustrating because I CAN'T do that! :P I knew you could move the entire canvas around in PS/Illustrator that way, but I had never thought about being able to move elements as well. God, I feel like a dumbass. Haha. Thanks...

[zakhiel]

I should mention that I have never really used vector lines before this... not even in PS... always just freehand. But yeah, definitely helpful...

[aceoft]

Some people may be able to draw it perfectly every time... but not me! Thanks for your thoughts, you're welcome! :)

[aceoft]

You're welcome! If you have questions, go ahead and post them here, I'll answer anything I can :)

[Feabionsu]

"... Even in the middle of drawing. Even in the middle of drawing! Illustrator's that wonderful..." Heh-he. Made me laugh. xD Though it's true of course - and I have to give it to you, I learned more from this tutorial than any other "use the pen tool" tutorial out there. Tracing something, doing a real example - it really helped... Five stars!

[aceoft]

Hah! Thank you :)