I know... but your iPad won't like that. Keep going , it takes time - Illustrator has it's own language, and it's not always intuitive, but it's worth learning.

I agree Kathy, I think it's an easier way to get into to the Illustrator mindset, especially for beginners.

So nice to hear! Thank you!

You're so welcome!

Great to hear! Thanks!

Wow, thanks! So nice to hear!

@@LauraCoyle Hello... How was your day?

Thank you!!

Glad you think so!

That's so nice to hear! Thanks 😁

I'm so glad to hear it!!

You are so welcome!

So glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!!

You bet!

Thank you for saying that!

Thank you 😺

Thanks so much! 😊

Great to hear!

You're very welcome!

Thank you! That's so nice to hear!! I hope you are having as much fun with the iPad version as I am 😃

I totally agree. For the first time I fully understood the drawing dots and it’s uses. Thanks!

Agreed!

Q. Cassetti is right

@@lephilistin thank you!!

Thank you!

Thank you. Glad it was helpful!

Glad it helped!!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

I'm glad to hear it was helpful!

Glad you think so!

So glad to hear it!!

Agree 100%- thank you!

Yes!

Many thanks!

So glad!

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful! Change the line weight of anything you draw with the Pen tool or Pencil tool by using the stroke weight icon in the common actions menu ( or Properties panel) when you select path with the dark selection arrow. Next line you draw will have this stroke weight setting.

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you so much!!

Fantastic! So glad to hear it!

So glad you liked it

@@LauraCoyle - THANK YOU for taking the time to put this all together. Will definitely be using this channel as a vector to becoming proficient on Illustrator.

You’re welcome 😊

Thank you!! I agree that the pencil tool on the iPad is a contender for the Pen tool’s job! Glad my tutorial was helpful!

@@LauraCoyle now if only they made the clipping mask easier to do. It’s way easier in Affinity Designer on iPad. Hopefully Adobe will adopt that method of simply dragging the object “into” the other object in the layers panel. It’s so easy. For some reason when I make a clipping mask in Illustrator iPad my objects lose their fill color.

@@WelbornJeff that sounds interesting, I haven't used Affinity, so I don't have a feel for how that works. In Illustrator on the desktop, the clipping mask shape always loses its "appearance" (stroke, fill, color, etc) and become invisible, so it's working the same way on the iPad - it's the expected behavior for Illustrator, but I can see how it seems weird. You always have to put the masking shape on top of the thing you want to mask, select them both, then in the menu choose Make Clipping Mask. At that point, the masking shape becomes invisible, the appearance of the object underneath stays the same. Once you have a clip group in the layers panel, and you draw a new object on the layer you can drag it inside the clip group and it will be masked with the other objects - so in that way it sounds like it works a little like Affinity.

@@LauraCoyle great tip! Thank you for replying.

Thanks for watching! 😊

Glad you liked it!

You're very welcome!

This is my first time using adobe Ai so this is quite difficult to me.. But your video was really helpful! Have a good one :)

Glad it helped!

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You are very welcome

Thank you so much! That's an iPhone SE - does an amazing job!

I have not seen that functionality in this version of Illustrator on the iPad - I know what you are talking about though. I'm hoping in the future there will be some version of the smooth tool, that you can use to could push the path around, reshape, after it's drawn, but we'll have to wait and see!

I was looking for this aswell. Doesn't seem possible as of yet sadly. I wonder why they haven't added it (yet).

I actually came here looking for this also. I'm a regular desktop Illustrator user and have come to rely on both the "Smooth Tool" and the option you're talking about which is called "Edit Selected Paths" in the pencil tool's options (double click the pencil tool to turn it on/off). It's unfortunate that the iPad version doesn't have either of these, because they save me so much time. Hopefully they will add them in a future version. You can put in a feature request for these on Adobe's site. Laura, this is a really helpful video, thank you for sharing it!

same! This is so frustrating! Is there a way to save a favorite brush property possibly?

Sounds fun!! Happy New Year!

Glad you liked it Shannon!

Hello

Happy to help

Thanks Jody! I don't know if they have plans for Android, I have not heard that mentioned.

@@LauraCoyle Ok. Thank you so much for your reply.

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Definitely zoom in, so the distance between your endpoints is faster apart as you are closing shapes. In the desktop version there are more settings and tolerances you can control, but for now I don't see those kind of settings for the Pencil on the iPad - granted, these mobile apps get updated, so that may come in the future.

@@LauraCoyle thanks so much Laura, I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. Keep up the great tutorials, I'm following with you! 🤗

Thank you! Cheers!

For the Pen tool on the iPad it's like the desktop version, you either grab another tool to let go of the Pen, or you can use the touch shortcut. Just touch the center ring and then tap with your stylus/finger in an empty space to stop the line drawing. Release the touch shortcut and you are back to the Pen tool.

Thank you! Yes! you figured it out. In Illustrator, you create filled shapes by drawing with shape tools or by using the pen tool, pencil tool to draw a path and close it, by finishing at the starting point. Then, choose the stroke and fill settings for that shape. The bucket on the desktop is the Live Paint feature which does not exist on the iPad.

Use the Selection tool.

Not in the app, but you can access your CC Libraries in the app. You can add Image traced/expanded objects to a library on the desktop, then go to the Image button in the menu on the left side of the iPad app, choose Libraries and get it there. Same thing with the Capture mobile app, you can add those "shapes" to a library and get them inside Illustrator on the iPad.

If you use Color Themes like from the Adobe Capture app, you can open them in the color panel in Illustrator on the iPad. Click the fill/stroke, go to the swatches at the bottom and choose Libraries.Choose the library you saved the themes in and select from there. In Capture you can use a photo or take a photo to create a color theme. Alternatively, you can place a photo in Illustrator and use the eyedropper in the color panel. Click plus to save it as a swatch in that document.

It's inside the color panel, look in the lower right corner of the color wheel.

Thanks! The 12.9" iPad Pro and pencil.

No, that option isn’t on the iPad.

Thanks! Not in the Pencil tool, but underneath it, you'll find the Blob Brush and it has pressure sensitivity controls. The pressure settings are at the bottom of the tool bar when you have the blob brush selected.

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Unfortunately, this is how the iPad version works. You can change transparency after the fact, but you can't continuously draw with that setting. Please consider adding your vote and comment to this post on User Voice. illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/931888-illustrator-ipad-feature-requests/suggestions/44422002--remember-last-stroke-and-new-art-has-basic-appe Adobe prioritizes the feedback they get on User Voice with the most votes.

It depends on which tools you are using. If you are drawing with the Pencil tool, Blob brush, or Paintbrush, I think it's easier to draw on an iPad. If you are using the Pen tool, it's easier to use that with a mouse and desktop. I work back and forth between them, depending on what part of my project I'm working on. There are many more tools and features available on the desktop.

Yes, select the text and use the font menu in the properties panel.

You could make the shadow object larger than the ground object and then use a copy of the ground object (placed on top) to make a clipping mask. That way, when you change the ground object, you would have to re-clip but you wouldn't have to change the shadow (if you made it large enough).

@@LauraCoyle Thanks for the answer! - But I finally found a much easier way, which I think is even intended. When you use an object as a clipping path, its fill and stroke are being deleted, but you can select it in the layer panel and give them their stroke and fill back! The easiest way to do this is copy the appearance before you create the layer mask, and then paste it back to the mask shape when you are done.

@@ddi7i4d I like the way you think! So yes this is kind of a ninja move you describe :-) You can compare this to Draw Inside mode on the desktop. Which is a feature that I've always thought kind of "breaks the rules" of Clipping masks, which is to have the masking shape on top. With Draw Inside, objects you draw in the mask stack up above the masking shape. The drawback is that on the artboard, you can't select the object on the solid fill of the masking shape, only by the path/edge of the mask shape - or by the mask contents. This has always frustrated me on the desktop, having to think how I have to select some things differently than others when I have a lot of objects in my art. At least on the iPad though, you have that common actions menu with the crosshair icon, you can click that to move the clip group around. I already use that all the time. I might start working your clip mask tip into my iPad work - thanks for the idea!

I can't picture the first problem you are having, but not being able to erase things with the eraser, I understand. This is the way paths (lines) work in Illustrator. To remove part of a path you have to cut it. Draw a squiggly line with the pencil tool, then get the Direct Selection tool, select an anchor point where you want to cut, and tap the scissor icon on the left of the common actions menu. This would be a great topic for a video - I'll add it to my list. If you try using the eraser, it closes the path, and can make more shapes. Eraser is better with closed shapes. See this video for demo in desktop Illustrator: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLaCft2YubKlfqs.html

Awesome video btw, thank you

Yes, tap the 2 circles on the left hand side of the app under the tools to choose the stroke color and the fill color for any path you have selected. The red slash means none. Been busy lately, can't wait to get back to making more of these videos - you ask a good question!

Use the Pen tool, then click on the path to add the point.

The iPad version of Illustrator does not yet have effects, like drop shadows and feathering. You could draw them by hand and use transparency (also gradients) to make shadows.

Haven't done any pet portraits myself, but best of luck! You can do it!

It's free if you have a subscription to Illustrator - there's also a free trial for 30 days.

I totally understand what you are saying and I will look into making a video for that.

@@LauraCoyle thank you for responding, I was finally able to figure out the issue just haven't figured out how to connect paths.

@@esmeraldaleal4911 To connect 2 existing end points it seems to be really tricky (depending on the points) because it's difficult to align them perfectly one on top of the other. Use Smart Guides to get as close as you can, dragging one over to the other, then you can marquee select the 2 endpoints with direct selection tool and use the Join command in the common actions bar (also in Path menu). If you wind up with tiny extra path segment between the 2 endpoints, select one and use Smart Delete - you have to zoom in and then sometimes convert the final point from corner to smooth, etc. not as simple as I'd like. Working on the video now ;-)

Thank you im excited for your video to come out. I'm more of a visual person so the video will so much handy. I appreciate your help. Honestly it's been a nightmare with it and haven't gotten anyone but you to respond.

@@esmeraldaleal4911 it's live now on my channel! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpuYrKmB386-f5s.html

if you close the shape fully (like a circle) you can then get the Direct selection tool and select the inner path of the circle, then delete it.

@@LauraCoyle I guess I'm confused. Whenever I use the blob brush, it doesn't let me select the inside. I can easily fill the inside with the pencil or any other brush, but not the blob brush

​@@matthewtucker3248 When you draw with the blob brush the instant you lift your pen, a filled shape is created, in the shape of the paintstroke. Blob brush strokes of the same color merge into a blob as paint, so you could scribble a fill - see my video for a better explanation, it's a tool that behaves differently than other drawing tools in Illustrator: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJ-ZmauHtLS4pnU.html

No, the one in this video is the newer one.

It's brand new - released today at AdobeMAX, which is free to watch online: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7yGettlnNKykmw.html

@@LauraCoyle thanks, attended several Adobe Max sessions today. So nice to have it virtual.

Hello

You can place an image in an Illustrator document. Then, you can select it with the black arrow and choose the vectorize option on the left of the common actions bar. This traces the image, creating vector paths. To access the paths for editing tap Expand at the bottom of the properties panel.

Yes

Hello

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@@LauraCoyle thanks for replying🙂

@@shlokapoojary5069 I'm saying hello to you, how was your day?

Heey! Is this a 'chicken and egg' question?

@@LauraCoyle 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ok its vector, sorry i'm complete new in this business🤦‍♂️😅

@@ziCoiner Oh silly me! I didn't understand. Yes, it's vector, and welcome to Illustrator!! All Illustrator's drawing tools create vector paths with anchor points. The Pencil tool automatically places the points along the path as you draw the line, and the Pen lets you click and place the points where you want them.

@@LauraCoyle thank you very much.... i tryed it bevore on procreate, and it was pixelart. But i need vector graphics, so i want to ask you if this is 100% vector bevor i buy this abo from illustrator! Have a good evening:) 🍀

yes, it's the larger one

The Pen tool takes time to get the hang of, but it does some things the Pencil doesn't do precisely. But I agree that the Pencil tool + iPad and Apple Pencil goes a long way! 😎

@@LauraCoyle Thanks Laura for responding. I was frustrated with the pen tool at the time. I've cooled down and see that the pen tool is indeed more precise than the pencil tool.