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Illustrator Shapes Tutorial

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By milkbun |

Published: May 21, 2008

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This is an Adobe Illustrator Tutorial on How to Make Shapes

I can confirm the usage of versions as early as 9/10. Everything is there, it might look or be labeled slightly different (noted in tutorial). Everything works the same on a mac and a pc only the combination of alt/shift/control/command/apple changes.

Although I go over some very basic principles, this tutorial is meant for people with somewhat of a grasp on the fundamentals of Illustrator. If you are just starting the best tutorial is self taught so keep playing around.

Please note, this tutorial is not a definitive guide on how to make shapes. I'm only providing a foundation to learn that there is more than one way to do anything and it can be done with precision.

Thanks, enjoy the tutorial! n__n

EDIT: Thanks so much ^znow-white for giving me a DD... so fast too...!

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Thanx Milkbun

thank you so much

Gorgeous work.

sweetsstoreHobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks for sharing this.

Jun 5, 2017

ujnasera

Hi, could you please let me know how to do "double spread illustrations" by using illustrator ?

Jun 16, 2016

silentjanStudent Digital Artist

thanks for sharing this with us.

Apr 19, 2016

IsahyunStudent Digital Artist

ty <3

You deserve a llama

Wow

PixelateSRDHobbyist General Artist

I'm so happy I found this! :happybounce:

I've been trying to do some stuff in illustrator, so this really helps.

May 31, 2015

kenngsimply

Awesome!

Feb 21, 2015

ana182Professional Photographer

Just starting with Illustrator, very useful thanks! Huggle!

Nov 9, 2014

tiffakneepham

Thanks!

Nov 8, 2014

capo4designeProfessional Interface Designer

cool

Sep 26, 2014

aru-aizo

Thank you

let's see if I can make something nice with this

Sep 24, 2014

EtherealMatrixHobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you. This helped me figure things out in illustrator! <3

Sep 1, 2014

cdgrantProfessional Writer

Thank you for one of the best Illustrator shapes tutorials I've ever read!

Aug 17, 2014

Leshiye-ArtStudent Digital Artist

Thank you for this tutorial. Here my work --> fav.me/d7rx81h
I add your credits on description.

Jul 23, 2014

GreySnakeHobbyist Digital Artist

Hi, shape-making humans! I still use this tutorial when throwing together quick images for presentations at my job, and I wanted to add for anyone like me who had trouble with it, as of CS5.5, you have to shift-click a given point to be able to edit the angle of the path attached to it. That should let you created altered shapes like the strawberry in the second example.

Jun 10, 2014