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If I needed to create a similar cascading layer effect without using different width strokes I would use the offset path feature to create a larger or smaller version of a shape.
No matter what I do the center keeps disappearing. I make one ruler guide then when I go for the second the center is gone. I can make the square a guide and I can see the center but I can't snap to it. I'm using Illustrator 2020. Anyone have this issue before?
This is amazing! Thanks a lot. I really like drawing zentangles with hands. Before this video, I tried it a little differently and the filling areas did not fit together perfectly. And your method worked out great! It's a pity that you can't give 10 or 100 likes 😍
Pretty cool. I do something similar and it is fun to put these designs together. Make sure you reference your art as " Not AI'. I predict people will get sick of AI images and look for the art with the " Human Touch" which may increase its value. :O)
What a crazy time to be alive! Never thought I’d have to tag disclaimers on my work that I actually made it with my own skills. I supposed keeping behind the scenes footage and screen recordings of the creative process wouldn’t hurt to have on hand if those accusations ever arise.
Thanks for the feedback. I struggle trying to find the balance between detail and speed when making these videos. At least my voice is entertaining though.
i hate how difficult and unintuitive illustrator is. I've been using it for several years now and compared to almost all other adobe products this one is so frustrating... even the simplest things are difficult to achieve. unexpected things happen all the time making the process tedious. they should learn a lot from XD or photoshop, one would think that the products share the same designer principles
jfc I was about ready to punch something until I found this video haha. Thank you! Great audio level, clean work space, perfect length, easy to understand and perfectly outlined. Seriously, thanks for the video.
Show/Hide corner widget is located in the View Menu. Unfortunately if you’re using an older version you may not have that feature. I believe it was introduced in one of the first CC versions.
You know, I have watched this 4 times over the year and I still cannot wrap my head around the different swatches. Perhaps I am too ridged, but I draw the whole work and then delete/merge sections to create each layer. I am missing something vital, I just do not understand this. Others have replicated this video and used the swatches in the same way, and still, it confounds me.
There are lots of ways to get Illustrator to give you the same result, and each designer is bound to have different workflows. I personally like having visual swatches set up off my canvas for easy access with the eyedropper. The same principal of having settings easily accessible for application to paths can be achieved with the Graphic Style panel. Or of course, you can tailor your workflow to your own liking. I'm just trying to share the building blocks of my process with the internet. I hope you were able to extract something of value from here :) Thanks for taking the time to check it out.
@@davewatkinscreative Thank you. I did, gain value that is. I think my workflow needs to change, as I come from Blender mainly as my only art. So I deal almost in absolutes if that makes sense? If I want a 3in a circle with a .5 line I type in 25x3, copy, -.5 on the copy and cut one circle from the other. I am currently going through multiple videos to relearn "the right way" so who knows, maybe in another year this video will make sense to me, ha.
Best of luck on your learning journey! I know the frustration of switching software can be rough. I have spent so much time in Illustrator that the switch to After Effects broke my brain a little bit.
Did you ever pick up a laser since you made this video? If you did, I bet you make some amazing wall art! This was really well done and easy to understand. Thanks!
Awesome to hear you enjoyed the video….. it’s 2024 and still haven’t picked up a laser cutter. The bright side is… once I do get my hands on one, I’ll have all kinds of ideas of what to make!
@@davewatkinscreative You are right about that! I have a laser. I love what it can do in the shop but outside of buying files online, I’m at a loss spending more time with (ctrl+z) then actually making something…The finished product might be a nice walnut or mahogany design I cut and assembled but the real art starts with designers! Shoot, I’d send you mine if I could learn to do what you did that fast and accurate.
Thanks Dave! Awesome tutorial to Illustrator. I was struggling with the paths you made it easy to understand. I have used Illustrator for years in the printing business but just to basically to make dielines for die cutters. I have since retired and I am trying to start a laser cutter side hustle.
If you are having an issue downloading a map please check your scaling in my case it was not updating and my svg size was always in 210 KB range. In scaling type 11000 and you are good to go :)
Hi! Thank you for this kind video! I have a question! Sometimes I need to make the round corner manually to give different round for each corner. I can do that in the “Rectangle Properties” which is attached “Transform”below, but sometimes it’s disappear and doesn’t show. In that case, how/where I can pull up that again?
With a basic rectangle on your canvas if you use double click on a corner widget, the rectangle properties will pop up. From there if you unlink the radius sizes you can input different size radius measurements for each corner. If you modify the original rectangle with the pen tool, or by pulling and dragging points around, these properties will no longer be available. I'm assuming that's what's happening in your project. If that's the case you can still double click on those corner widgets to enter a radius in. However you will need to do it one by one.
