20 MUST KNOW Tracing Tips | Illustrator tutorial (Flat Character Design)

In today's Adobe Illustrator tutorial you'll learn 20 must know tracing tips. In this Illustrator tutorial I will show you methods that will boost your tracing speed and will allow you to quickly bring your sketches to life and fully concentrate only on creative part. You will see interesting tool combinations and will learn how to use pen tool, scissors tool, shape builder tool, ''outline'' and ''divide'' from pathfinder, how to pick colors and much more. You can also download my sketch and try everything that I will show you in this video. By the end of this Illustrator tutorial you will discover amazing tracing methods that you'll be able to use in each illustration that you will create. This Illustrator tutorial is for beginners and advanced.
I hope today's Adobe Illustrator CC tutorial about 20 must know tracing tips will really help you out. Drop a comment below and let me know what you liked about this video!
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↓ VIDEO GUIDE ↓
0:00 Intro
1:26 trace with sharp corners
1:58 how to stop drawing the current line quickly
2:11 remember about overlapping
2:42 how to use the scissors tool
3:07 use direct selection tool
3:24 how to quickly copy objects
3:56 how to quickly lock all layers (and unlock)
5:14 use ctrl+Z as a tool
6:10 how to use the rotate tool
6:55 use shape builder tool
8:34 how to quickly zoon in out
8:55 how to trace arms
11:12 use shape builder to check if everything is correct
12:33 how to use outline from pathfinder + how to use lasso tool
15:15 manage layers
15:46 how to use divide from pathfinder
17:43 adjust stroke width
18:28 how to duplicate artboards
18:50 how to pick colors
19:16 how to use magic wand
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↓ VIDEO GUIDE ↓ 01:26 trace with sharp corners 01:58 how to stop drawing the current line quickly 02:11 remember about overlapping 02:42 how to use the scissors tool 03:07 use direct selection tool 03:24 how to quickly copy objects 03:56 how to quickly lock all layers (and unlock) 05:14 use ctrl+Z as a tool 06:10 how to use the rotate tool 06:55 use shape builder tool 08:34 how to quickly zoon in out 08:55 how to trace arms 11:12 use shape builder to check if everything is correct 12:33 how to use outline from pathfinder + how to use lasso tool 15:15 manage layers 15:46 how to use divide from pathfinder 17:43 adjust stroke width 18:28 how to duplicate artboards 18:50 how to pick colors 19:16 how to use magic wand Thank you for watching! I hope this Illustrator tutorial will be useful for you. Do you have a question? Feel free to ask in comments.

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Hi, this is my first month ever with illustrator and your tips have helped me so much! 🥰 My question is, can we draw overlapping lines first, and then use shape builder to directly erase unnecessary line segments and then click the areas to create closed shapes? (Instead of using outline and divide on pathfinder as you mentioned here). I was trying the shape builder method before to practice and now I'm not sure what to do. 😓Thank you

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Hi! Thank you so much :D The answer is simple: with this method Shape Builder won't work correctly. You'll have many unclosed paths.

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Practice! Just practice 😀

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