NOT A TUTORIAL!! SHOW AND TELL :) haha...

Do be careful with working outside the artboard. It truly is one of the greatest aspects of Illustrator, but if your file becomes corrupted/broken you will almost certainly lose anything outside the artboards in your document. These days i tend to make one oversized art board to put WIPs in addition to my main artboard(s). BTW you can alt-drag artboards, just like you do shapes, by using the Artboard tool (Shift + O). This will also duplicate any (unlocked) objects on the target artboard. :)

I think it could be fun if for a video you try to recreate one of your works/in your art style but in Microsoft paint. I love your work keep it up!

Can't wait to see that revenge developing across multiples episodes of the saga ! Also, I learn much better from this kind of show-and-tell rather as opposed to tutorials because you never know what to expect.

17:08 Tip! You can flip that text inside the circle with selection tool. If you look at your text, you have beginning and end points represented by long lines and rectangle, there should be a third long hairline (like in 18:20) in the middle point of your text where you can click&drag the text inside! After that you can finetune the way you want the text look on the path from Type -> Type on a Path options.

As a beginner designer I learned a lot :) thanks elliot

I’ve been using illustrator for a year now and didn’t know about the Ctrl + D trick or blending modes. That’s so helpful, thanks!

elliot learns illustrator series????

im really excited about the concept of scaling things up and it still looking good!

I've been learning illustrator since the beginning of the year and I never knew about the recolor artwork tool! Thank you for sharing! :D

Hey Elliot! What a fun ride you're on. I've been using Illustrator for the past 10 years, and it's very refreshing to see a new user's perspective on it. Keep up the learning. I might pop on one of your streams someday to add my 2 cents :)

This is so relatable! I used to work only in Photoshop for years and then at some point I thought let’s not be stubborn and give Illustrator a try! You know what happened next! I fell in love with it! 😃

I remember in the beginning you were AGAINST that you could put things outside of the canvas, so glad you like it now!! I’m very happy mr Elliot thank u for the video :))

Congrats Elliot! Great video! Also shoutout to Photoshop- you’re always there

I've been using Illustrator since around 2012 and I didn't know about most of the things you showed in the video!! This was so cool I hope you keep sharing the interesting stuff you find, and wish you luck on your journey with good 'ol AI ! Also, sorry this is random but I have the same lego bonsai you have in the background too! I'm thinking its about time to swap out the greens for the springtime cherry blossoms soon :)

same. I LOVE the recolor tool! it's so great. I recently discovered it too. and ctrl+D duplicating action is mindblowing.

illustrator is by far my favorite program to use in graphic design!! I've worked with it for over a year and i still have no idea how you make the blending mesh thing... it's so cool tho

If you use the knife tool to cut diagonal lines in a black shape and then use the freeform gradient tool to add highlights to each section you can set the whole thing to screen or soft light for some dope sun-rays.

Your mood when discovered brand new things makes me feel so excited and relaxed

Your love and appreciation of the recolour tool is the most relatable thing i’ve seen on youtube

you are such an inspirational funny silly guy. i’m learning and giggling at the same time hehe so cool!!🤪💗

A few things re: paths/type on paths: - You don't have to select the 'type on path' tool, Illustrator will select that tool for you. - When typing on a path, there are little lines at the start, end, and middle of the text. You can adjust what area you want to the text to cover with the start/end (and right/left/center aligned text will respect that), and you can use the center one to flip the text from one side of the line to the other (so from the inside of a circle to the outside, et cetera). - When using the pen tool, one of my favorite things to do is to draw a line then hold the alt/option key and click somewhere on the line and drag it around. It will convert the line to a curved line with bezier handles (and if you hold shift while doing this, it will make the handles go perpendicular to the original line path)

I laughed so hard watching this video, love it! Your next step is learning InDesign and using grids. I use Illustrator or InDesign to make the layout and Photoshop for texture and Ps specific things

i had to hold my head in my hands for a bit after learning about recolor artwork :,)) all these years,,,, all the effort that could have been saved for more important things oh my god that being said, very good video thank you for saving my life with this

watching this one year later, but, since its a video for us to be proud of you... IM PROUD OF YOU, ELLIOT! Ps: a have my highs and lows in my realationship with graphic design, discovering ur videos recently made me rediscover my love for design, thank youuuu! 🇧🇷❤

i was mind blown with the mesh thing on the circle; twas really cool! also, a little quick tip for the type on a path thing! type > type on a path > type on a path options... > flip thanks for sharing this video, elliot. loved it! 🥰❤️

It was so good! I hope you'll make a part 2

10:44 I thought you said keep BREATHING and right now I’m having some difficulty to breath so that was a really nice Elliot message - even if I misheard it

I loved this & I'll love to see your future After Effects journey, that is, before the 3D midlife crisis of course.

this actually helped a lot thank you elliot :-)

Instead of Blend you can add another stroke and transform it and you have a shadow that you can easily change later. Especially useful with text because you keep editability.

To change the type from the outside to the inside of a shape, you can also go to Type >Type On Path > Type On Path Option. Check Flip and select Alight to Path: Ascender. So you don't have to draw a new shape with the pen tool. You can use any Shape.

Thanks, working for a long time in Illustrator I didn't know about a few of these things. But also a thing I extremely love about Illustrator is that I am capable of exporting all of my artboards as multiple files, multiplied by multiple file formats with just one click. Exporting variants of a logo has never been so easy. Would be nice if they grouped the different artboards in different folders, but hey at least I don't have to export 500 times.

I'd reccomend working on a bunch of artboards for each asset, it can help you do some more technical things when you export

A tip for anyone wanting to use the type on a path tool with a circle: instead of making a half circle with the pen or curve tool, to get a perfect half circle every time make a circle, use the scissors to cut it in half, and use the bottom path to start typing:)

i love u and ur videos and ur new sleeping dog mat....

what a great video thank you elliot for the video

Lovely video elliot :) you are swaggy :)

play around with the pathfinder! it's very usefull

dying of laughter the entire video. Illustrator really is SUPREME

I’m the opposite I only know illustrator and barely know the BARE minimum of photoshop 😫

you dropped this 👑

came for the show & tell, stayed for the dog rug (p.s the duplicate shortcut is such a good tip haha!)

Bit late to these videos, but glad you have seen the light.

I was in the same spot as you man, I used to make logos in Photoshop which made problems when clients asked for logo in vector format. :D

Looking forward for when you discover InDesign 💥

Absolutely enjoyed this video

Wait til he finds out about type on a path options... its easier in my opinion :) I'm so glad for all the love illustrator is getting. I feel that illustrator got me through famine and plauge. I will die for illustrator.

proud of you m8!

omg we wanna see more of what u learned please

YASSSSS I KNEW IT THIS DAY WOULD COME

i knew you would love it!!!

This guy subbed 👍 Cool tutorial BTW 🙌

elliot im so glad u started using illustrator

Our adobe illustrator king 👑

ayo share us you skincare routine wtf you're glowing

It makes me really happy to see other people learning how to use Illustrator, its by far my favourite program to work with! I’d also HIGHLY recommend ‘The Bézier Game’ for learning how to use the pen tool! It was a saviour for me back when I started properly learning illustrator, its frustrating at first but its very helpful!

omg the mat

Ive been using illustrator for 10 years now and i actually didnt even know abt the envelope mesh thing hahaha

No, you're right, coming to Photoshop from Illustrator, it was really frustrating.

elliot is so good and smart and cool please tell me where the dog rug is from please

need a part2

Came for the knowledge, subscribed for the humor.

Sir Elliot the Humble, Lord of the Gradient Orbs Master of Photoshop

new vid always good time

Yo bro, I've also been photoshop user for a long time before I dig into Illustrator, but believe me, it is worth it, especially in combination together, invest some time and you will to regret, I promise :)

Great work Son. I'm proud.

Here for more of the skit content let's gooooo

Wait untill he figures out how to change workspaces so blending modes and everything else won't be hidden away hehe

Cool video. I'm not even a graphic designer. I'm a fan though. Cool video. Bravo

I feel you 😂

I would pay for a tutorial illustrator series by yourself. Hope it will happen

Okay, you've convinced me. Ill go learn illustrator 🙄🙄

What is the shortcut? how did you move it? 11:28

Anyone can tell me how to use the mesh tool to have the different stroke like in 11:48 ? i've tried but can't do it. Thank you so much 🙏

Dog mat!!! 😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

"there's your lorem ipsum" LOL

i knew you would love it

Elliott, let me write you a long comment about my illustrator experience. I know you really want to read it. So here you go.

16:44 wait my illustrator can't even do this, anyone know how to fix it? i already tried using different fonts, size, stroke etc and the text only appears inside, and not even arcing

I use photoshop because I've used it for 7 years, 4 self taught and 3 professionally taught. I just don't feel comfortable switching to illustrator even though I know its better for my designs and workflow

YOU CAN LOVE ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP TOO!! ( I started on photoshop... no I actually started on PicsArt LOL)

I also use to hate Illustrator. It’s such an unintuitive tool. I know all the cool things you can do in it but I can never remember where they hide the tools to do it. When I do find them I just can’t understand why it is where it is…

can you do a video about COLOR CHOICES? I think this is a very interesting topic that you might wanna share. I can't help but notice you always have some certain colors comfort zone.

the way you typed text inside circle was so noob XDXDXD. DO THIS INSTEAD: Select type from top menu > type on path > type on path options

If you wanted more control over your stroke width you should play around with the width tool. Under the gradient panel you can explore 'freeform gradient' that can give similar options to the mesh method. It is usually a little softer. Shape builder is a godsend for illustrating, as it offers a lot more flexibility to create and edit multiple shapes compared to pathfinder. Blend (under object - not blending modes!) will be a great one to explore with how you design! Offset Path is fun for duplicating objects. The pattern tool is brilliant for creating patterns/backgrounds! If you ever break into the world of After Effects, the Overlord plugin will be your best friend for exporting assets from ai to ae :)

I’ve been using illustrator for two years now and I didn’t know any of this

bullying works (jk of course, happy to know you're enjoying illustrator!)

I just download it, didn't even draw a thing... and I'm watching this

Very cool 👍🏿

❤

You can add noise in Illustrator too ;)

I am old enough to be your Grandma. You are adorable. And I say that in a Grandma way, not in a creepy way.

Change layout from essentials to ESSENTIALS CLASSIC

Wait till this guy learns about InDesign

graphic design adobe illustrator elliot

nah man i've been a photoshop believer too since day 1 like who's gonna know if you're not using illustrator right??

Wow I feel like a proud parent

Daaamn Elliot! What’s next? Figma? 👀

Can we get a skin routine tutorial?