Create Complex Geometric Shapes EASILY - Illustrator Tutorial

[@tutvid]

If you finish this tutorial, post your results on Instagram and tag me @theNathanielDodson I'd love to see your work!

[@DJinaShoebox]

love seeing you back making videos bro!!

[@hassanmasood186]

I wish I had learned how to make shapes like that

[@theredmaster_superbee]

please, can you help me? I have a question, can you follow a path with the illustrator blade and drag the tool with a freehand but follow the line drawn with vectors as if it were an automated path? It would be great... but I don't know if it's possible.

[@emmaw1435]

Thanks so much👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mayavichy4987]

So glad to see you are back, Nathaniel, looking forward to more tutorials, this one is splendid !

[@tutvid]

Glad you like it! Thank you! :)

[@happyfarang]

regarding making CMYK black by giving everything 100% - don't do that. You end up with 400% color and it will dry very slow when printed. If you do any kind of commercial offset printing, stick with 40% for everything except K that you crank to 100. then you have 220% ink on the page. Still a lot but it dry fast and won't give errors and is still a true black.

[@dihboas]

I almost didn't believe my eyes when I saw this was posted "40 minutes ago" SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK! Yes, yes and yes!

[@tutvid]

Haha, thank you! I'm glad to be back, too. Lots more stuff to come!

[@malonecustomdesigns]

Within the first 7 minutes...I had learned about 3 new things that I didn't know were possible in Illustrator!!! Thank you!

[@MatthewEncina]

What a great tutorial. Thanks for making this so easy to follow. Cheers.

[@joshlatinka9235]

So glad to see you back in action!!!!

[@apsinthosarts2707]

it's great to see you back you taught me more about adobe and art than college for graphic design did.

[@alisina5477]

Brahhhhhh. I am so glad that you are back. Really missed your videos. Hopefully you will be uploading more frequently.

[@ibrahimayad6732]

Finally you're back. Great to see you again.

[@thomassurbellajr3840]

Nathaniel...It is so nice to have you back with these tutorials that you are sharing and teaching us. I look forward to more in the future. Thank you!

[@tea_reed]

Best Adobe CC tutorial content creator on KZbin. So glad you're back!

[@shiftcmdoh]

Ive been watching your stuff years ago when I got into design and became successful and still find myself going back to brush up on my skills so thank you for putting out all this content!!!

[@senseijaye]

GLAD TO SEE YOURE BACK!!!!!!!

[@bonkers46]

Love that you left in the flub at the beginning. :) I'm enjoying your tips and tutes. Great stuff.

[@friendlyman5262]

welcome back bro nice to see you again.

[@jeffdobson4625]

definitely going to need a tutorial on that instagram call out! that was incredible

[@FunDumb]

Shape tool is one of my favourite shape builders. You instantly know how it works. But when use pathfinder I have to click nearly every button and it's never what I intended.

[@videomarknet]

right on!

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Good to know you are alive ...

[@shehan_perera]

16:37 Love that 😁 Your tuts are always awesome...

[@tutvid]

Haha, thank you! I appreciate it.

[@ggheemo]

Love to see you back, Thanks for the video.

[@ftimagens4854]

Hello from Brazil, That is fantastic you are back Nathaniel

[@tuguldur1130]

Welcome back!

[@vkompis]

So good to see you back! Wihaa! :-)

[@pacassa]

Helpful tip. There’s no need to make a black swatch with 100% CMYK values, it’s already in the swatch panel. It can easily be identified with the target on the swatch icon, and in printing terms is called registration. It is also a swatch that cannot be deleted from the swatch panel.

[@anubhapant5227]

OMGG waiting for you since very long time ❤️ missed your tutorials really badly. Love from India ❤️❤️

[@UzayrKader]

I missed you Nathaniel! Nice to see you getting back into the groove of things again :) I binged a tonne of your illustrator videos in mid 2020 and realised at some point "hang on, I know how to use this software now even though I've never opened it". I took the plunge and got Adobe Illustrator and it's been a great creative outlet for me. I can throw myself into a project and happily wipe out a Sunday just making something cool which is really refreshing since normally I write code and I've never really been an artsy person. I get sunlight and go outdoors don't worry! But I just want to say thanks for doin that you do!

[@craigburton4447]

Very happy to see you back dude!

[@Knil11]

Happy to see you back in the game!

[@nicolacalandriello4928]

Welcome back! Nice tut, please something about retrowave on PS thanks!

[@videomarknet]

channeling the 80s vibes

[@rimashaji4152]

Wow.. You are back 👌👌

[@mouryachakraborty6252]

Wellcome back missed your and you amazing videos for a long time ❤️❤️❤️

[@vickryfadillah]

7:13 if the output is like that, I think this way is faster. So, A lil circle stroke > action and record and set the key > offset path > stop record > press the key you set up, so it does offset path > and expend the result because you need it as a fill not a stroke for shape builder tool

[@alanxie3550]

I would actually use the circle tool, click on the canvas, set it to let's say 100px radius, give it a 20px stroke, then make another one with 140px, 20px stroke, and repeat the process, select all of them, center both ways, and object-expand, then voila. and instead of the shaper tool, especially if you are not using a pad, the shape builder tool is much easier to use with a mouse in this situation

[@CatalinGulan]

You really made my day Nathan seeing you are back! Thank you very much indeed for restarting to share amazing creative things ❤

[@TroubleTee_Roy]

Love your energy so much ! Can’t wait for future videos 🙏🏽🔥

[@aselrahc]

Wow, that's how you do that! Most of what I do is very flat and cartoony stuff, but it's great to see how these slick graphics can be so easily made. Thanks!

[@studiodidio]

Hey, I just watched your Adobe Express tutorial/hype video and thought you were hilarious and your enthusiasm was great so I'm browsing your other videos to see what else you have that can help me. The beginning of this video is great; that intentional lean in to the goofy side made me smile. Great job!

[@LuckyStriker89]

When I got the notification I couldn't believe it! Welcome back Nat! Hope you're here to stay!

[@tutvid]

I hope so too! (I am!) Thanks for the kind words.

[@Ghazkul666]

Good to see you are back!! Been missing your tuts. You had easily the best tutorials in a very educational way, easy to understand and follow. Keep up the good work 🧡

[@JATINKUMAR-wn3js]

I am not a graphic designer anymore but i still love to watch your videos.

[@hisham_alsabahy]

Welcome back, Nathaniel!

[@tutvid]

Thanks! Glad to be back!

[@husainmadraswala14]

Its been a Loooooooonnngggggg time, I'm happy you are back. This time...STAY!!!

[@TiXeNo1]

You're the king of doing tutorials! Love your videos! :D

[@rifugpx7278]

welcome back sir

[@aminoamino3709]

Welcome back man

[@emmanuelgabriel9125]

It's good to see you back man It's been a while

[@AzzedOff]

welcome back !

[@radharcanna]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@MischMaster]

Woohoo... you are back! Nice!

[@videomarknet]

NDOD is BACK, baby! wohooo.....

[@tutvid]

Thanks!!

[@glenboid]

Hey Kevin, the only thing I’d change is to avoid a 400% total ink colour for black! I’d go with 100%black 60%cyan, 40% magenta & yellow to get a 240% total ink

[@hard_corecrypto]

Yessssssssss TUTVID IS BACKKKKKK GOD BLESS YOU MAN

[@bazwillrun]

Thanks for this excellent Photo...i mean Illustrator tut !...good to see you back.

[@hans-anneveldt]

welcome back .. !!!

[@IanJones942]

12:08 - I hit the thumbs up button. ...but I stayed!

[@IanJones942]

For what it's worth - everything worked like a charm until about 20:53, somehow. I still love the result!

[@kaysarzamy3680]

Welcome back

[@jackyiakovenko]

huh finally !! welcome back dude 😎✌

[@boldlinedesignllc]

5:14 Vectorstyler has an option in it's offset path panel to choose the number of sets to avoid having to count them out

[@tutvid]

Yeah, I was thinking there has got to be some kind of Astute, or other third-party extension to make that process easy and fast. Thanks for the tip!

[@scientist100]

is it free?

[@dutch4motion662]

great mannnnn i have learn.... about the shaper tool and transperancy.... i use alot of gradient colors... but now i see you can make some awsome depth art works.... thx for this tutorial...

Nathaniel is back, party like it’s 2017!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Shape builder tool is amazing makes it fun to cut up shapes.

[@videomarknet]

100% agree

[@protonprotonfix5749]

Great and fun to follow. Thanks a bunch, Nat. Boom! 👍🏻

[@jonathoncunningham]

Awesome tutorial! Your tutorials helped inspire me to pursue a design career so I am super glad to see you back. Thank you!

[@rameshsingh-mp6mi]

beautiful .

[@davidsmusic]

What a great video!! greetings from Germany

[@jayeshmal211]

sir love from india .. U r the best mentor ever ..Thank you sir

[@deividaskrupstas]

Omg legend is back! Hope you are doing well!

[@3DJapan]

I don't have illustrator, just Photoshop as far as Adobe apps but this is pretty cool.

[@videomarknet]

I remember doing a Photoshop paths tutorial once

[@ne0tic]

Another great one! Awesome work dude.

[@vmaxdani]

Super cool an fun to watch tutorial! Thanks! Good to have you back! And I liked it very much that you kept your Photoshop intro in the video 👍

[@tutvid]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lorresnels8945]

imo using the shape builder tool is way more usefull and easier to work with than having to divide using the pathfinder tool and then having to squiggle using the shaper tool. but good tutorial!

[@SuperASHIK4u]

*enjoyed as well & definitely learned something new 💗*

[@noahm]

I believe the app you’re talking about is Spectre, from the same developers behind Halide.

[@SouthernCat732]

You are my HERO!!! Thank you a lot!

[@2010lakshitha]

Wow you are back.

[@angelbear_og]

Nice! Love seeing new and easy ways to create complex looking shapes. Sorry to hear about your IG account hack! Just followed your new one. Good to see you again! :)

[@videomarknet]

One step after another

[@judahgamermedia]

awesome as always!!!

[@pat2ude]

Cool! Thanks

[@mrdhanstube]

amazing presentation .. detailed and interesting way to express things boom boom boom....... have a good one.

[@Ghostxvii]

Just found your channel. I’m trying to learn photoshop! Easy to follow!

[@videomarknet]

You rock, Ghostxvii!

[@konkonmike2]

Thanks for the Tuto brother. Used this on a background.. UFFF

[@SIA-uw6ln]

u r the best dude

[@zanderbresler]

this was really cool man! you're a great teacher.

[@theukstutorial268]

Thanks for sharing

[@gogivan88]

i love the new logo glitch effect. But the old one was awesome too.

[@3DJapan]

I think there's a movie that uses a similar design, but square on their poster. I can't remember the name and I haven't seen the film but I see the poster occasionally and it always stands out to me.

[@Totorus]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!!!

[@jelenajemjem]

Hi! Welcome back, Nathaniel! I belive this tutorial is inspired by new Matrix movie :-)

[@dezyncraze8657]

Amazing

[@dweezildejean8969]

really sick

[@charlesfoster7151]

This is great! Thanks for the great tutorial.

[@ProPhotoRGB]

Super dope 👌🏻😍🔥

[@layschipsdude]

Thanks nate

[@ArtVandelayInc]

So good!

[@Streetsam]

Great tutorial!

[@jaydrawsthings7201]

Fun stuff. Thanks.

[@bahardara3009]

You are the best. Thanks 👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@Navigator777777]

Welcome back! I became your fan when you turned a beautiful woman into an avatar creature. Loved it! Made some great files of gals and guys using your video for a guide. I earn a good living with Illustrator yet I've never ever used the shaper tool. I thought you were gonna talk about the Shape Builder Tool which I use every day so I wasn't gonna watch your video but my dawg, a 100 pound Doodle interrupted me and to my great surprise, you were using a tool I've never used before...ever. How can that be? ;-)

[@butterpaper-illustratortra4009]

Very nice

[@LaiqQureshidesigner]

Thanks a lot buddy. i enjoyed it a lot, i am making it again and again. thankyou so much. :)