Master Adobe Illustrator: 17 Pro Tips For Graphic Designers

This video will demonstrate 17 pro techniques for Adobe Illustrator you can't afford to ignore! These advanced techniques for designers in Adobe Illustrator are things that you probably don't know, but you absolutely should for a successful career as a professional designer. Professional designers use these lesser-known techniques all the time, to make their work stand out and look more polished and professional. Now you can use them too!

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[dilsdesigns]

I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS DRAW INSIDE TOOL A WEEK AGO OH MY GOSH 😭 i spent ages making clipping masks for my last piece.

[AlanoTekashi]

Love how snappy and to the point all your examples always are. Great video as always!

[LehTieKah]

Dang, I really know nothing about illustrator lmao

[PaperSurf-byys]

Loved this tutorial!!!! Brilliant stuff!! really reduces our time while creating our designs! thanks a lot!

[clevermissfox]

Speaking of the twirl tool, holding down the tilde key ~ when drawing shapes gives you some crazy paths that would take ages with radial repeat or manually❤

[matthewjayyy]

Dansky, you rule. Thanks for sharing!

[Alumx]

I just started using illustrator and these videos are blowing my mind in terms of what that software is capable of

[mirrashidakbari]

Thanks my dear about these importing things you teach us ❤❤

[techyjc]

These are great! You can apply a single gradient across separate objects by selecting gradient and dragging across the selected objects as well. You may know this already but thought I’d share.

[g-force]

I actually stumbled on that patterns the other day, was wondering how to make a dotted square

[dilsdesigns]

also you can make a heart super easily by taking a corner with the end points at the same level and a round end cap, increasing the stroke until its heart shaped, and then outlining the stroke! if you want it to be rounder i like using effects (fish eye, pucker and bloat, etc)

[meratcompany]

Thank You man, I can Call These Tips " The Designer Survivor Kit"

[markjjnstradling]

As always, something for everyone. Great video!

[aritimena]

0:30 draw inside, basically drawing on an alpha locked layer or clipping mask
1:05 basically just messing around with the effects tab, (pucker & bloat, zigzag)
2:02 how to draw a heart
3:00 variable fonts
3:30 illustrator has patterns. wow I am so whelmed
5:30 smooth out handwriting from the pen tool with object>path>smooth
6:20 warp/distort shapes with width subtool (twirl tool)
7:30 a more uniform way to make shadows than the first tip, the important takeaway is width profiles which is in the stroke panel
9:00 pathfinder crop
9:44 how to manipulate fonts
10:30 masking and gradients
12:10 point type vs area type
12:40 object > path > split into grid
13:30 literally just lasso select
14:00 for selecting similar objects: select > same > [attribute you wish to select]
14:50 object > compound path > make
15:30 duplicate fill color and go to town on transform effects

bloody windbag

[peterburns]

I feel proud that I know some of these tips already, but love that I learn something new too! I never really used the Transform panel before but, seeing how easy it is to create 3D text, I definitely will be, thanks!!

[JerryN]

There were a few of those I already knew about, but a lot of them were new to me so, I’m definitely going to be trying them out!

[terencegibbins]

Fantastic video presentation and thank you so very much for making and uploading. I always struggled with Adobe Illustrators more advanced techniques, but am gradually making progress thanks to your wonderful video's. Thank you so very much:) 😊

[NoelSufrin]

Great tips as always, Dan! I always feel validated when I already know them, but even then you'll still find a way to showcase a nuance of said tip that I hadn't thought of. 👏👏👏

[thuyvuphamnhat]

thank you so much, it's really helpful

[ChrisZappa]

Love all your videos, Dan. Thank you for sharing all that you do.