Illustrator Shapes Tutorial by milkbun

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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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Given 2008-05-21

Illustrator Shapes Tutorial by *milkbun is a clear and well explained tutorial that will give you excellent tips for creating clean and symmetrical basic shapes in Illustrator. ( Featured by znow-white )

CatfishStu Featured By Owner Mar 12, 2018

Thanx Milkbun

ngheconn01 Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2017

thank you so much

DubaiBunniesUAE Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2017

Gorgeous work.

sweetsstore Featured By Owner Jun 5, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks for sharing this.

ujnasera Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2016

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

silentjan Featured By Owner Apr 18, 2016 Student Digital Artist

thanks for sharing this with us.

Isahyun Featured By Owner Mar 5, 2016 Student Digital Artist

ty <3

purpleoctopuss Featured By Owner Jul 29, 2015

You deserve a llama

purpleoctopuss Featured By Owner Jul 29, 2015

Wow

PixelateSRD Featured By Owner May 31, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

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

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

kenngsimply Featured By Owner Feb 20, 2015

Awesome!

ana182 Featured By Owner Nov 9, 2014 Professional Photographer

Just starting with Illustrator, very useful thanks! Huggle!

tiffakneepham Featured By Owner Nov 7, 2014

Thanks!

capo4designe Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2014 Professional Interface Designer

cool

aru-aizo Featured By Owner Sep 24, 2014

Thank you

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

EtherealMatrix Featured By Owner Sep 1, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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

cdgrant Featured By Owner Aug 17, 2014

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

Leshiye-Art Featured By Owner Jul 23, 2014 Student Digital Artist

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

GreySnake Featured By Owner Jun 10, 2014 Hobbyist 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.

issique Featured By Owner May 30, 2014 Professional Filmographer

Thank you so much!!! This is the most helpful thing!!!

fabioknife Featured By Owner May 7, 2014

thank you so much for this tutorial, now i will practice for have a much better work

JEricaM Featured By Owner May 5, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing tutorial!

Circus-of-Dreams Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you, this tut is wonderful

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syedaliraza Featured By Owner Jan 20, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

great great. thank you for the tutorial

odcinki Featured By Owner Nov 27, 2013 Professional Writer

Simple yet priceless.

EnjoyMyHate Featured By Owner Oct 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Have been using this for years, still one of the most useful tutorials I know.

danwin4peace Featured By Owner Oct 1, 2013

This helped me a lot in my studying AI. Thank you!

drlight113 Featured By Owner Sep 30, 2013

Thank you, very useful

RaphaelaDesign Featured By Owner May 27, 2013

very interesting, thanks! <3

muelglory Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2013 Student General Artist

woow.. i learnt a lot from your tutorial. thanks..!!!
love it..

FruityRainbowX Featured By Owner Apr 6, 2013

Nice tutorial, but I have a question: How to apply round corners?

Kitsunekon13 Featured By Owner Mar 29, 2013

The tutorial is amazing and it helped me with a lot of things, but what I can't get is the '3' mouths. You say to delete the top line with the direct selection tool, yet I have no clue what to do at that point. I am literally lost. But that is the only thing I couldn't get in this whole tutorial. Thank you for it ♥

ObscuroArcanum Featured By Owner Mar 8, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Thankyou very much for this tutorial!

necoragha Featured By Owner Mar 4, 2013

Thank you very much. Very clear instructions and very helpfull.
I don't know how to color the different parts in the pencil.

Argobargo Featured By Owner Feb 5, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

im a beginner trying to get around illustrator to begin my graphic design course (im used to photoshop). I would have to say THIS IS the BEST and simple tutorial for shape making EVER. And i have viewed and tried ALOT!