Beginner Illustrator Tutorial - Importing and Tracing Pt. 1 (HD)

In part 1 of this two part series, we'll breifly go over how to import a raster image into Illustrator. The basic and most important tools will be covered as well as the emphasis of keeping your layers organized.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• adobe
• illustrator
• cs2
• cs3
• cs4
• tutorial
• beginner
• technique
• tips
• tricks
• trace
• import
• raster
• vector
• illustration
• wacom
• tablet
• drawing
• digital
• layers

[aiiirdryy]

the only critique i have is this: that's not a parrot. it's a macaw.

other than that, great work. :]

[mentalarmory]

@aiiirdryy actually a macaw is a parrot :)

thanks and thank you for watching!

[Tassii76]

I'm a beginner and I thought that this tutorial was straightforward. A brilliant "dummies guide...". Thanks

[mentalarmory]

@Tassii76 great! that's what I was going for, glad it was easy to follow.

[rahardstone]

you sound like Ray Romano :-)

[mentalarmory]

@rahardstone haha! I won't take any offense to that lol.

[digitalfenix715]

OMG this was totally helpful. It never occurred to me to use the pencil tool. I have only been using the pen tool and haven't entirely liked the results I had been getting with it. Thanks alot man!

[Hanyatox]

I did enjoy it. Illustrator is a huge secret for me... this tutorial is really helpul. thanks :)

[WaterIily]

So I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for asking a stupid question, but are small graphics you create such as the feather at 7:00 considered avector graphic?

[WhiteLionness]

Thanks so much for posting this! Figuring out how to do this on my own would be like finding a needle in a haystack, lol.

[WhiteLionness]

@aiiirdryy macaws ARE parrots

[MyFeed22]

Exactly what I needed to get comfortable within illustrator. thank you so much!

[kellyrphillips]

Thanks for the tutorials. I know photoshop really well (airbrushing photos to perfection, graphic design and morphing.. im new at that) but I have no idea how to do illustrator. I am really glad that I found you on YouTube bc you are very precise and you are very good at explaining everything. Thank you again.

[ckeeperga1]

Sorry but no critique necessary a Macaw is a parrot birdladiesbabies we breed them.

[DAVIDACNE]

@aiiirdryy

And that's not a critique. It's a criticism.

[Msbrideofdestruction]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I did not know about the mesh tool before..please keep em'coming,assume tutorial!:)