Learn Illustrator in 5 MINUTES! Beginner Tutorial

Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator and how to use the most common tools and functions to create vector art! This is not your typical tutorial, this is a very quick video showing as many of the basics as possible.

Julian Ball / Flow Graphics

[SaviiSmiles]

Awesome video, thanks !!! Took some Notes for shortcuts.

Command N = New Document
Command S = Save Document

Space & Drag = Move Doc Around
Layers on Right Panel
M = Rectangle
V = Transform Shape
Shift & Drag = Scale Formally
Alt & Drag to right or left = Widen Shape
Star tool = Triangle, Up Arrow adds points, Down arrows take away points

A= Direct Selection tool, Allows you to change individual points
P= Pen Tool, + add point, - Delete point

P= Create Linear Shapes, Click & Drag for curved points, alt to stop curvature
Illustrator brush tool on left, good for creating typography, smoothes out lines.

[ccd]

finally, someone who understands how short of an attention span we all have

[improvementTime..]

2:50 remove and add anchor points
3:03 pen tool to make curves and lines
3:30 selection tool to edit existing points


3:35 curvature tool, variation of pen tool) Can click multiple points and continue the curvature
3:55 Can use alt to make it a sharp line instead of a curved line


4:00 to create text, use text tool T
4:10) Array of type tools to type along paths, or inside of specific areas, etc


4:17) Brush tool B
Smooths out your brush strokes automatically


4:37 eyedropper tool
Select an object, then Press I for eyedrop tool and the new color you eyedrop on = takes over the color of your currently selected object


5:00 SHape builder tool) Shift N
Drag shapes together and can add or subtract them to create new shapes
-Hold Alt + Click on overlaps will delete overlapping shapes
- Shift click will fill in overlapping negative space
5:25) -Esc will make seperate shapes out of all the overlapping areas

[HairJordan]

This is the greatest tutorial in the history of online tutorials

[erwintimmerman]

This is so great! You've done in 5 minutes what other videos do in 30. For people who don't need hand holding, but just need a general idea of how the basic functions work, this is just brilliant. Just. Brilliant. Thanks man! really appreciate it.

[lidotravie]

I'm literally going to keep this open in a tab for at least a week to watch it repeatedly. This might be the most useful and most painless tutorials in the history of YouTube. Bravo. 👏

[daveyboy]

Why have i never found a tutorial for software this perfect. Just what I needed to catch myself back up quickly. 10/10

[nellroux]

God when u know adobe photoshop u hope to understand illustrator fast. And this video was a gift from above. Especially when u have no time to follow all 20 tutoring videos and must do your job quickly. Thanks a lot! This video was so helpful!

[seefore]

Him: Learn Illustrator in 5 minutes!
Me: Literally spends an hour pausing, trying, mistaking, googling...

[marykirmo]

I love that you say all the keyboard keys. It’s a lot but I love the efficiency! This is the speed I wish all tutorials were this fast

[brunnacunha]

Dude, this is really helpful!! I just got a freelance job where I'll be using Illustrator and wasn't sure where to start learning. So thank you so much for the handy tutorial!

[abramjessiah]

thanks mang. I've been a motion designer for nearly 15 years and I have no idea how to use Illustrator. Trying to change that and your video is the first step in that direction.

[JoeFlow]

Hey man, I'm a true beginner of Adobe here and this is a GREAT outstanding tutorial! You just fly through showing tons of functions and easily and clearly explaining them and their hotkeys. Good work. I don't even know when to use photoshop, illustrator or any of the others. I don't understand all of the differences between the apps in the CC cloud. If I can find a tutorial explaining that, it would be great! I know it's very basic info lol but it should be up!

[shoshishoshi]

This is literally the best Illustrator tutorial on Youtube. I learned and experimented a lot through this with just a few minutes.

[nixzplays]

Could you for future tutorials, write alle the comands you are saying on screen as you say them, it makes it a 100 times easyer to remember for non english people like my self :)

[stevemont]

Perfect video for someone who knows all this stuff already but hasn't touched Illustrator in a year or two and just needs to remember. Thanks for making this so easy!

[toufiqueahmed]

Initially i thought how is it possible within 5 min? But really basic things covered, thank u very much.

[davidrosen]

Great! So many tutorials are either too slow or too hard to follow. This was a perfect blend. Fast but clear!

[dragonstooth]

this is a great video if your a PS pro giving illustrator a go for the first time. That's cause your not a noob and you just need to know the differences between illustrator and PS

[avi]

This was great!
Don't understand people that complain that it took longer than 5 minutes. Even an hour is great for an overall practical into to the app.