9 Shapes Every Designer Must Know in Adobe Illustrator

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This video will demonstrate 9 mind-blowing techniques to help beginners create popular shapes in Adobe Illustrator. From time-saving shortcuts to advanced design tools and techniques, this video is your gateway to elevating your Adobe Illustrator skills to new heights. Whether you're a beginner seeking to level up, or a seasoned designer looking to refine your craft, this video will help you to unleash your creative potential.
0:00 Intro
0:40 Sparkle
1:19 Droplet
2:33 Heart
3:49 Arrows
4:57 Sponsor
5:54 Shield
7:09 Starburst
8:01 Linear spiral
8:56 Lollipop
10:15 Coil
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[@johnfury8834]

The arrow technique is pretty awesome, we've dubbed this type a "swoopy arrow" at my work and I'll plan to pull up illustrator next time it's needed instead of doing it manually.

[@ForeverDansky]

Any arrows you create can also be added to the "Graphic Styles" panel and applied to any path with a single click! 🙌

[@safiya2u]

Amazing techniques, thank you

[@SkArifHossain]

Amazing tips, love the coil 😍😍😍

[@rejaraju7469]

Learning day by day

[@HAYRINmy1986]

Totally awesome.

[@Adouleh5]

Thank you very much for this valuable information

[@mohamed-of6wx]

Thank you very much for these tips ❤

[@HTARAVI]

Thanks 😊🎉

[@mohamed-of6wx]

Thank you very much for these tips

[@vobmomen640]

I will now have to hone my skills, which you have recently demonstrated

[@Samuel_aparici0]

Cheers mate!

[@kathresmee6204]

Great ways!

[@steevo1976]

Bloody love your videos Dan. It’s like a best mate giving out great tips and throwing in a bit of humour here and there. All the best.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you sir, I very much appreciate your kind words 😊

[@PenumbraCh]

This is pure gold! THANK YOUUUUUUU!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome!!

[@stoleymo79]

Superb job. Thanks Dansky.

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@lawrencetateart]

So helpful, Thank you for posting this ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

You're very welcome 🙂

[@amer4716]

very appreciated, please keep making videos like this, simple, direct, and informative

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks, will do! 🙌

[@afifakhan2687]

wow🙌

[@TheINKspiredLife]

Simply fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

[@ForeverDansky]

Cheers Jason! 🙌😁

[@inayathkhan100]

Too good, every shape is very unique technique thank you.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you so much 😀

[@________________D]

Illustrator will definitely wake up - perfectly fit 😂

[@ForeverDansky]

😂👍

[@flytetime7637]

Good tips! 👍🏼

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome!

[@100hundert]

First shape into the video and I already learned something. I used to make that sparkle by filling the negative space between four circles 🤣

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome! 🤩

[@robertgarner11]

Very helpful!

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Robert 😊

[@mehmethimmetoglu3879]

Thanks for sharing

[@ForeverDansky]

My pleasure! Thanks to watching 😊

[@mcly6490]

the best, thank you my friend.

[@ForeverDansky]

Thank you too!

[@polacofaggiolani1169]

Buena remera!!! 👕👌

[@zackjons3702]

Very helpful ❤❤

[@ForeverDansky]

Glad it was helpful! Zack! 🙌

[@Natalia-oe2cq]

I have made all of them! Thanks really good tutoryal

[@ForeverDansky]

Nice! Great to hear! 😊

[@Sufyanshots]

thanks !

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome!

[@ziaulhasankhan8690]

Excellent

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks!

[@tobiaslunte6992]

Just in case anyone would rely on this: That is absolutely not an archimedian spiral, the curvature does not change smoothly. Might be okay if you just need something spiral-y looking, but unfortunately there are no shortcuts if you actually need an Archimedian. (The other trick I sometimes see uses the twist tool, same as the lollipop swirl. That one would work in theory, but breaks down due to compounding errors due to lack of precision when calculating the new path). (The pucker/bloat star in the beginning is nice though)

[@tooooooooooooota]

Nice! ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks! 😄

[@DesignWho]

Hey.. the chair didn't spin at the end

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha the chair is under the desk, as I'm standing up in this video! 🙌

[@DesignWho]

@@ForeverDansky poor chair..

[@GraphicIdea-GI]

❤

[@samiansari8872]

You are Amazing. ❤ from Pakistan.

[@Content860]

I am from Bangladesh , take love dear ❤

[@jaysonfontela5761]

👍

[@brevman71]

Nice Punisher-Tee… could you tell which brand and where to get it from? Thanks and many greetings from Tirol/Austria

[@ytrpaz]

greatly amaziingly

[@Mr__Fogg]

Interesting - adding that arrow head to stroked line crashes my illustrator!?

[@ForeverDansky]

Woah what?! 😭 Is that Illustrator 2024? Also are you on Mac or PC?

[@SemaAkgun3]

1:06 ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Here is the simplest way to make a 4-pointed star Thank you Dansky, excellent educational video as always. 🧡

[@ForeverDansky]

Thanks Sema! 😊

[@zackjons3702]

Hello Dansky when will you stream ?

[@MXBash087]

i have a 60% keyboard i ant use arrow keys idk how

[@josephbradford4455]

Why are my lines in the twist tool not smooth? There are no settings that I can find to adjust this. And the smooth tool doesn't work. I'm using AI 2024.

[@danpuiu3325]

same happens to my lines they are not at all smooth and my Iatest updated version of Illustrator keeps crashin sometimes when I use this tool.

[@JoeBodego]

thanks but there is a much easier way to create a heart

[@ForeverDansky]

There’s a lot of different ways, depending on the type of heart shape 👍

[@JoeBodego]

@@ForeverDansky would you believe its with a rectangle? I am working on launching an illustrator channel and this is one of the tutorials in the pipeline.

[@ForeverDansky]

@@JoeBodego Awesome, that's great to hear Joe! 😍

[@somefroggyhere]

Why not just use scissors on the top and bottom anchor points of the ellipse to cut it in two? Only two clicks instead of... how many have you done?

[@ForeverDansky]

There's generally a lot of ways to do the same thing in Illustrator. Makes little difference in terms of speed when using keyboard shortcuts, and sometimes just depends which technique someone prefers to use.

[@Karabanka]

0:57 i did this today with square and circles xd