How to Use The Pen Tool on the iPad | Adobe Illustrator iPad App

In this video I will teach you how I vectorize a letter I created in Procreate using the Pen Tool in the Adobe Illustrator App on the iPad! I find that it's much easier to vectorize using the iPad app instead of the desktop version of Adobe Illustrator. What do you think?

[skerdoo]

You’re an angel. Thank you. I’ve literally never worked in vector and was about to start scrubbing through some guy’s 3 hour long Ai tutorial just to get a short and convoluted description of how to use the pen tool.

This video covered it perfectly.

[nataliam]

One of the best tutorials about Ai☺️💙 It helps me a lot😊 Thank you💙

[freedomwryta]

This is I spent (literally) the last 24 hours trying to learn the pen tool on desktop because I needed to recreate a design I did in Cricut Design Space. I got it done….. but this would have been so much more easy! Thank you so much 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💜💜💜

[philr]

Great tutorial. I have been looking for a good explination of the pen tool for a while. I use photoshop on desktop and ipad so I get Ai ipad for free and it was a needed getting started type video. Great work keep it coming

[LaVonDesigns]

Wow. Great video!!! Very clear and easy to follow. FYI I know NOTHING about Illustrator. But I have a circuit and do embroidery so vector files are important.

[baldeagles]

Like how u don’t time lapse and take time to show details thank u

[lastshoesyourfriendlyneigh]

I found this really helpful, thank you

[PrintServicesUSA]

This is exactly the video I’ve been looking for…thank you!!!

[ladycne]

Thank you so much! This is the most helpful video I have seen. One question. Why the 0 Degrees on the nodes?

[tangaengphsihoze]

It’s very helpful to me. Thank you so much

[blade-pokemon]

Kudos! I should thank you for this pen tool tutorial!

[kimjojo]

Thank you alot it was easy to follow ❤️

[azzam]

Wow, that’s was too helpful to me.
Thank u.

[shelbygrammer]

This was super helpful I really struggled with it on pc now I can do it on iPad . Would you ever do a tutorial on how to get a file ready to print with foil ?

[innerpull]

I cannot for the life of me manage to continue a path after selecting off from it with the pen tool. I want to create a straight line off from the last existing point. I use the direct select tool to begin from it but it does nothing. I use the pen tool and select from the last point and it does nothing. I use the pen tool off to the side on the canvas to plot a straight line, using both ‘shift’ on my iPad keyboard and also using the circle and it just disengages as if I deselected something. The pencil tool is no problem for continuing a path but, this just about has me pulling my hair out on the pen tool for continuing a path. Any advice? Anyone?

[TheGirlyScratcher]

I’m new to Illustrator. Could you Do a video with using a Cursive font ?

[dongyeonkim]

Hi thank you for this helpful video, do you have any idea of deleting layers btw on iPad?

[haleyholeman]

I feel so so dumb, but ive never used illustrator before let alone on the iPad. When I want to continue with my next shape the pen tool will connect a line from my previous shape to the new one. I don’t know how to turn this feature off besides clicking select at the top. How can I complete a shape seamlessly with the pen tool and move on to the next one without having to click select at the top? Your help would be so so appreciated. Thank you

[jabulaniharvey]

do you have the ability to set the trace layer to keyline mode in Illustrator for iPad? The desktop version has this (each layer you make/use can be set to keyline or preview independently) and this obviates the problem of trace line (with stroke) getting thicker when zooming in whilst tracing. little tip - instead of reducing the opacity of your image...use a grayscale/greyscale version of your image and then colourize it by selecting it and giving it a fill colour of your choice...works great on the desktop.

[jordansawesomeadventures]

why is my apple pencil not working in illustrator?? I can use it in other apps but it only works using finger in illustrator?