Adobe Illustrator: How to use the gradient mesh tool for beginners

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[@lachimolalart]

This tutorial is underrated. This is really helpful! I finally understand how gradient mesh works.

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Thank you so much!!

[@waynelewis7334]

Great tutorial. I LOVE the way you refer to the tools by their keyboard shortcuts-- "Grab the "A" tool . . ." etc. by the end of the tutorial the viewer has learned some valuable shortcuts.

[@GDHT]

Aww thank you so much!! I used to be a trainer at my old job, and I would FORCE trainees to use the shortcuts. I think once you get used to them, it speeds up your workflow so much!

[@franklyrahat]

Lasso tool!! That lasso tool !! Nobody showed that before!! Thanks a lot 💓

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Oh yes, it took me a while to discover that too. Now I use it all the time! :D

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[@playpiano2264]

The best tutorial ever. Thank you KZbin Algorithm for recommending this wonderful channel 😀♥️

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Thank you so much! And thank you KZbin Algorithm for bringing you to my channel! 😊

[@Gabriel_Tang]

Finally there are people who want to give tutorials about mesh tools, you are the best. Keep spirit

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Aww thank you!!

[@Monkey_Slasher]

Admittedly, I forgot how to do a gradient mesh. So let me start off by saying thanks for the tutorial. What I do remember from school is that we kept the mesh on top of the image. That way, we could sample each color right at the intersection for a more detailed result.

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Great idea! :) Thank you!

[@shimmerychick]

thank you for the video! It reliefed my 2-hour frustration with mockups with gradients and shadows

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Thank you so much! I'm so glad the video helped!!

[@dggd]

BRAVO! Nice learning to access more of the quick tools than I knew! THANK YOU, MUCH APPRECIATION! ❤

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You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@glennhanna244]

Nice, I not only got what I came for, but you gave some tips I wasn't expecting. The "I'm going to save you from looking up another video on the next issues you will come across after doing this" tips.

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Awww thank you!! I'm going to try to do that for future videos!!

[@ahmedyaaqoub3234]

That's really pedagogical... You are a talented explainer 🤩 ... Thank you so much!

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You're welcome - and thank you so much!!

[@rachelsegrest3643]

You are so helpful! I really appreciated the casual tips you peppered in during your explanations as well as the hot keys for all the functions you used. Thank you!

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Thank you so much!!!

[@SoulTouchathePoet]

i so love you for this tutorial. This was the best one I found to assist me with gradient mesh for my class project!!!!!!!!!

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Soul Toucha the Poet Oh that is great! I’m so glad I could help! :D

[@SoulTouchathePoet]

You have no idea. I was so frustrated lol

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Soul Toucha the Poet I remember those days learning Illustrator! Oh wait actually I am still learning! Haha

[@glennracoma7481]

Thanks for a simple way to fill the mesh, especially using Q selection tool to do larger selections. Made using the mesh a little friendlier. Great tutorial doing some basic images...thanks.

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Thank you so much!!

[@travissmith7471]

This will be extremely helpful... Thanks for sharing...

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You're welcome 😊

[@gabaysalakbay]

Wow, simple but all you want to know about Gradient Mesh tool is in this tutorial. Thank you Ma'am!

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Thank you!! I'm glad it helped you!!

[@himanshuvaghela523]

great tutorial.. I was looking for extra realistic object.. !

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Thank you so much!!

[@ytmm11]

awesome video.. great teacher.. using illustrator over 25 yrs. never knew about Move command (end of vid) do more!

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Thank you so much! 😊What a great compliment!!

[@lilinessy]

This was very helpful! Had to make a fruit with the mesh for my class and your video was a life saver! Thank you!

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You're very welcome! I'm glad it helped!

[@pixileads]

Best best best !!!! Best tutorial ever 🔥🔥🔥 Better than Udemy. Love from India.

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Thank you so much!!!

[@phixphixation7261]

Hello Anne, have a great day! Thanks for the tutorial!

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Thank you! You too!

[@dancu9271]

a lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!

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You're welcome - I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@dolores234]

Thanks for sharing and making the gradient mesh tool easy to understand.

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Dolores Sesker-Jones You’re welcome!!

[@sivaprakash8683]

I like this tutorial and I found similar tutorial which is very interesting with gradient mesh tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DPkoOLoMSpg68

[@aebass4ever]

Thank you! This was very informative 🙂

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You're welcome - I'm glad it was helpful!

[@jeristunkard9723]

Love this video. It makes the mesh tool easy to use. Thanks!

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Thank you so much!!

[@moussaballacoulibaly3273]

i learned more about gradient mesh and shortcuts, thank you

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You're welcome - I'm happy to hear that!

[@jj31hon]

Great tutorial, very easy to understand!

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You're welcome!! I'm so glad it helped!!

[@tedomi7301]

Your video helped me a lot ❤

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That's great to hear - I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@lgdesigns5065]

Really good tutorial with lots of useful information, and it was so painless to follow!

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Thank you!!

[@robinherrick2177]

Great video. Fast but covered all the details.

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Robin Herrick Thank you so much

[@yousafmajeed1520]

So nice,Great respect from Pakistan

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Thank you!

[@edmondopowell]

this is very well done!!

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Thank you so much!!

[@UncensoredScion]

3:05 OR whatever colour the layer is when you make it, as the guide colour is determined by the layer number. Though you can change the guide colour whenever you want by double-clicking on the layer and choosing the colour you want from the drop down. A Cyan would work well on a darker colour like this aubergine.

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Good info; thank you!

[@lauraking2728]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you! Easy to understand and follow along with, even when muted and auto-generated captions are on :D

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Laura King thank you!!

[@singbora]

Great explanation! Thanks for upload

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You're welcome! And thank you! :D

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Im sharing this channel everywhere ♥️

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Awww thank you so much!!

[@sivaprakash8683]

I like this tutorial and I found similar tutorial which is very interesting with gradient mesh tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DPkoOLoMSpg68

[@lucaswrod112]

Thank you so much! What a great video! Quick question: When creating the mesh, is there a way to draw the lines by yourself? Let's say with the pencil tool?

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Not that I'm aware of - I think Illustrator makes a 'best guess' based on where you click.

[@glennracoma7481]

Don't think pencil lines will apply to the mesh. The mesh lines are, in their basic sense, control the spread of color inside each mesh space. The closer or tighter each mesh line is positioned determines how far apart the color will spread. So with less space between mesh lines, the sharper (less spread) color appears to have a sharper edge. Not sure if pencil lines would work that way with the grid being isolated in its own layer. Remember, mesh grids are functional only in their own layer. You could, however, draw with a pencil on a separate layer but still, it can't integrate within a mesh layer.

[@poster242]

Morning... EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!! Thank you for this!

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Morning! Thank you so much!!

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[@Moodboard39]

Mesh tool is the best way .

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It makes things sooo realistic!!

[@mikahd1660]

Really very helpful tutorial. Thanks a lot.

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I'm glad it helped. You're welcome!!

[@stevesculptor1]

There is a lot packed into this, really great. and moving one of the points on the edge, just messes up? . . . update: hold Shift, click and drag . But, How do you delete one of the mesh lines? In my version I can turn down the opacity if I select all (click & drag) so I don't have to move my work to the side. Zoom tip: Alt + scroll wheel. Thx

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Thank you! You can delete a mesh line by selecting specific anchor points and deleting them. But it might not give you the outcome you want (I've had it delete more than just the line I wanted).

[@mahfuzah.abdulrazak8257]

A very useful video 👍🏻i love the way u teach..thank you!

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Thank you so much!!

[@TeamFizaAhmad786]

Love and Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰

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Thank you!!

[@michaelvanwaegevelde9783]

Great tutorial! Thanks!

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[@maggieterrazas490]

Loved it.

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[@mardychum2479]

I love you. I wish a woman like you wins miss world. You are truly amazing and thank you so much for this lesson. Mwah!

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Awww thank you so much!!

[@romasingh7300]

Thanks for this amazing video.

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You're welcome! Glad you liked it!

[@simoncastao]

Thank you!

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[@danielaitani5105]

Thank you for the tutorial

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You’re welcome 😊

[@RodGibsonMusic]

You are beautiful and talented. Thanks for these very useful tips. :)

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Awww thank you!

[@nubar100]

Hi, there is another way. You dont need to remove shape, just make opacity=0 , then select anchor points and then you just pick color from pic under shape. 💯🌹

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Great tip; thank you!

[@vickryfadillah]

I just found a person that use light mode for adobe thanks for this tutorial tho

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Illustrator in light mode all the way! 😀 but Photoshop in dark mode.

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

Thank You. Great tutorial.

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[@MC-vj5hr]

Easy to navigate tutorial :) thank you!!

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[@VincentVega987]

Cool video. Quick question: is a gradient considered a raster effect ?

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No, it will scale like any other vector. But other programs might convert it to a different shape - I think Acrobat changes it to a rectangle, maybe because it doesn’t know what to do with a gradient. But it is still a vector - it can be scaled to any size.

[@sivaprakash8683]

I like this tutorial and I found similar tutorial which is very interesting with gradient mesh tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DPkoOLoMSpg68

[@maddiem5921]

@@GDHT Hello! When saving a file which contains different gradients, blend modes and opacities, is there anything particular that needs to be done to preserve those settings in a file to be uploaded for stock (e.g. flatten transparencies first etc)?

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@@maddiem5921 ​ Maddie M I think gradients will be fine, but the others; maybe not. You can save as EPS10 (that's what most stock sites require), then open that file and take a look in your Links window - if there are bitmap files in there, you'll have to change the way you created that part of the image. If you're saving as JPG or something like that, you won't need to worry about it, of course.

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@@GDHT Ah I see, I am still very unfamiliar with illustrator and didn't even know what a bitmap file was! This is a revelation to me as I thought the point of illustrator was that everything done in it was pure vector, so I'll have to be more careful when making work for stock. Thank you!

[@maxlima9165]

Good Job! Thank you!

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[@KokoRicky]

Very useful, thank you.

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You're welcome! I'm happy it helped!!

[@amjadahdab]

nice

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AMJAD AHDAB Thank you!

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Thank you!!!

[@anuragjyoti8]

How can we add grainy effect that is there on egg plant to look it more realistic

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You can try adding a distress, or using Photoshop to add grain.

[@angelosa.3178]

Thank you :D

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You're welcome!!

[@saranshafiq4657]

This helped me alot....♡♡

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Thank you!! I'm so glad it helped!

[@2011manbeast]

this is great!

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Thank you!!

[@2011manbeast]

@@GDHT I'm very new to Illustrator and want to learn more about creating custom shapes and other things

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@@2011manbeast I have a ton of short tutorials on how to do specific things in Illustrator - and I'm trying to create tutorials for every tool on the toolbar! So maybe those will help you. I also have a couple full length courses on Skillshare - if you're a member, those are free for you (it's a subscription service). If you want 2 free months, I have a link in my description - check it out! :) Thank you so much for watching!!

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@@GDHT Thanks for putting these out!

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[@maryamshalbafzade4959]

❤Thanks

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You're welcome!

[@hippiechicks9918]

if i copy a mesh from one artboard to another the mesh colors and appearance get messed up.. and turn white how do i fix?

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Are you using Effects, like Multiply, etc? Do they have the same background color?

[@annev1]

Do you have videos on meshing glass objects like bottles or vases?

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No I don't, but it would be a very similar process.

[@toonwale3183]

Nice tutorial it's useful for me to making cartoon video for my channel

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Thank you so much 😀

[@dabo777]

THANK YOU OMG THANKS!!!

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You're welcome!! :D

[@dabo777]

Graphic Design How To Hello, I got a 9 for my grade! Thanks again for your tutorial, it really helped me. Bless from Arg🇦🇷

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@@dabo777 that's great - awesome job!!

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great ¡¡ love u.

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Jorge Ledezma awww thank you!!

[@sivaprakash8683]

I like this tutorial and I found similar tutorial which is very interesting with gradient mesh tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DPkoOLoMSpg68

[@sajjadahmad6113]

i learned here that we can use lasso

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It's an awesome tool!

[@andrewbizar7727]

Very helpful, CAN YOU DO IT ON POTRAITS please

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I've never actually tried that! It would probably take a loonnnnng time. :D

[@andrewbizar7727]

@@GDHT thanks anyway i noticed it takes ages

[@yousafmajeed1520]

Your videos as beautiful as you are.so sweet

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Thank you!!

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Hi i really like u..do u do any freelance for artwork??tq

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Sorry, I'm not accepting new freelance clients right now.

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your mom

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thats a thick eggplant

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Pretty average, really. 😊

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you are so beautiful

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Thank you!

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your grandma

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Amazing tutorial,thanks a lot !

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Thanks!

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[@colorappshbn1468]

nice

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Thanks!!

[@sivaprakash8683]

I like this tutorial and I found similar tutorial which is very interesting with gradient mesh tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DPkoOLoMSpg68