Design an Isometric Grid Illustrator Tutorial

[@filipepertel2844]

I'm afraid you forgot to mention something that got me confused here till I figured it out. The isometric grid will only fit perfectly if you have an odd number of lines drawn in the first vertical grid you need to make. At first I had an even number and it just wasn't going into the right place. Thanks for the tip, helped a lot!

[@williammendoza001]

took me forever to figure out why mines didn't work, thanks! I tried the odd number route and it worked!

[@keikun17]

Same here. Just hit Shift left or shift right on one of the rotated group if you encounter this prob.

[@Zephyr411]

Thank you a lot!!!

[@Edelrasterin]

Thanks! You are a lifesaver!

[@michaelbhoy3011]

Couldn't make it work and never would have realised an odd number of vertical rules was the solution. Cheers for that.

[@Hariharan-sh6bo]

By far the best solution for isometric grids. If someone is following this, please read this comment as this might be helpful for you. His artboard size is 900x900px. My needs were 388 x 278px, much lesser. So I went ahead and change the Keyboard increment to 1.5px and set the corner radius to 0.17px. 1.5px decides the space between the lines. Most important note is to keep the number of lines in an odd number greater than the sum of ((x dimension/10 + y dimension/10) - 10). My dimensions were 388 x 278px - tenth of 388 is 38 and same of 278 is 27, so 38+27 = 65, 65 - 10 =55 And 55 lines worked like a charm for me.

[@wendellpo3814]

This is the best and fastest method on KZbin for isometric grid thanks👍👌

[@Neventual]

So many doors just opened up with this new grid. Thank you for sharing!

[@ForeverDansky]

Awesome!

[@Visual_Writer]

Thank you. It was fun to work along your instructions. Excellently explained, clear and without unnecessary informations.

[@z01234matthew]

4 different tutorials couldn't teach me this. Then you did it in 3 minutes flat. Thank you, Sir!!

[@ForeverDansky]

Aha awesome! You're most welcome!

[@YousifPhotoshopTutorials]

that was awesome ♥

[@alyspeters8163]

Absolutely one of the best tutorials I've seen on youtube. Thank you for putting the effort into making this so clear and simple to follow!

[@ledqueen1553]

Quick follow up: why do we need to change settings for increment and radius? Is it just for more accurate results and smoother workflow or is there some other reason? Thank You :)

[@debjitmajumder3590]

Isometric is a whole new Dimension when drawing in Illustrator !!!!! Thanks Dansky .

[@NaveenKumarErroju]

select a shape > object > path > split into grid this is will you shape to split into the number of the rows and columns you need.. and copying it and pasting it and then rotating can also make it. and its so asy and handy. try it once, dear dansky.

[@dirgahutama7212]

this is what I've been looking for all this time ... thank you very much for the tutorial ... this really helped me learn isomtric design easily

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome Dirga :)

[@aisyjeff95]

this is awesome it helps me a lot!!!

[@MohsinAli-cn5dl]

Thank you Dansky. for Every Tutorial you made. In One Video I have seen your Boy. Give his Uncle Love to Him.

[@erikmattson8629]

Simply brilliant. Thanks!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're very welcome!

[@TWESHELLSHOCKR]

Just followed this. Great tutorial. When you guys decide to follow along and complete the tutorial, do yourselves a favor and save it as a template.

[@watsonj.r3447]

Thank you for the tutorial ❤

[@ForeverDansky]

You’re welcome 😊

[@57jamari]

nice and clear for a newbie Ai user. Thanks.

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome!

[@alexandravega9474]

extremely helpful, thnks!

[@iyado_Travel_sketchbook]

I loved the way you explained the process, very clear and organized !!!

[@rachelyeo2648]

This is amazing. Thank you!

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome Rachel :)

[@TechUnboxedtu]

If Anyone is Facing a problem having a line between the Symmetric Triangles then make sure u have selected the last layer and press Cmd+Down Arrow a few Times...This will solve it

[@huckaf]

thanks! exactly what i faced hehe...

[@samsloanmusic1749]

As a curiosity, what was the importance of setting those particular values in the preferences? Thanks!

[@michaelbhoy3011]

The keyboard increment I get but the corner radius...

[@marcotigno2902]

thank you

[@faizandhami]

Very easy to learn. Great Dansky. From Pakistan

[@TazzM]

I couldn't get perfect alignment- so I had to move the first group two steps to left. Thank you, enjoyed the video

[@TazzM]

@@ankithedau1137 Thanks for the tip, will try it

[@munnyl7837]

Such clear instructions and it's been so useful, thumbs up! :D

[@delpro3735]

If you don't get it perfect, make sure that "reference point" is set to middle and you HAVE to make UNEVEN number of lines in the beginning. Cheers :)

[@keithr.4645]

Wow thank you for pointing this out! I didn't understand why it wasn't working!

[@АртёмМардежев]

Thank you bro!

[@OscarObians]

You are a life saver. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to make it work.

[@alenjoejoseph6540]

Thank you!

[@ccerench]

where is there? how can i find it?

[@wulumgames]

Excellent tutorial, dude!!! Thanks.

[@Lightning_StrikesAgain]

Fantastic! I was first intimidated to even attempt to try this but you made it so simple to follow. Thank you!

[@bidon7013]

This video is very important for creating logos

[@logicr8r]

Wonderful ! It's really helpful and thanks for your time...

[@mukelee6701]

This tutorial helped me a lot. Thanks !

[@fernandajesuscatalanabrego7165]

This is so helpful and clear! Thank you for sharing!

[@wackko300]

Thank you. This helps me a lot!:)

[@fanji424]

Awesome tutorial as always c:

[@priyankabiswas3489]

Thank you so much.

[@ForeverDansky]

You're welcome Priyanka!

[@indigoboy]

Hey, great video. Question: how do I snap the pen tool to the points on the isometric grid? I'm drawing on top of the grid and having to fine manipulate every line, which is a real pain.

[@danielwatson6529]

you figure this out? i think its something to do with snap to point. what i cant figure is making the "point" our actual grid rather than some hidden grid points

[@sarakajira]

I have this same question.

[@Daniel-pj3wx]

turn on smart guides, works for me

[@remko1313]

Im jist started how do you get that with behind the artboard its grey on my screen

[@WanderingMeanderer]

annoyingly, following your exact steps, my verticals don't align with the centre of the angled lines diamonds formation. If that makes sense. Is this likely down to number of lines created horizontally?

[@WanderingMeanderer]

Ah awesome, it did the same for mine, interestingly with out counting also.. maybe our keen design eyes, just happen to both be accurate first time. :P

[@SoldererOfFortune]

If this happens, just delete one line at the end or beginning. It happens because you need either an even or odd number of lines (too lazy to count), but either you copy the correct number and they match, or you delete one line and redo the rest of the steps.

[@hugoederstahl2003]

thanks guys i was stuck too ! probleme resolved :)

[@912bam]

thanks dude! it resolved haha

[@KharaokeTube]

Using an odd number worked for me! Thanks.

[@vickfranco5130]

OMG THANK YOUUUU so much I really needed that

[@wael14]

thank you man from saudi arabia. you the best

[@hungry_goldfish]

Thanks man......learned something new!!

[@mrkliker496]

Thank you so much Sir Dansky

[@jorgebaron.b4807]

gracias, ningun tutorial explica bien, por fin uno que si, gracias!

[@alexrummel2120]

What if I would like to make the grid as guides instead of paths? Clipping masks do not work with guides. Every line is a path, which is causing strange snapping points, and every line has a stroke which makes it difficult to see the true middle of the line itself (whereas a guide has no stroke and is only a thin, uncompromising line).

[@takunization]

Thank you so much for this! So useful and well explained! 🙏🏽🙌🏽❤️✨

[@vanessahurtado5911]

Thank you for sharing!!! You have a new subscriber!

[@ahmedsheheryar9047]

Awesome Tutorial Well done great Job , Thank you for your precious time.

[@lilyannarose]

Thanks Danksy - ummm I am not the Brain of Britain, but feeling slightly smug for an old bird. One line copy paste and distribute - rotate 30 degrees and copy paste and reflect... done :) x

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey that’s so great to hear, glad the video was helpful 🙂

[@cakoyi]

very useful! thank you

[@valdupin]

Very good tutorial thank you!

[@badaisembuang1489]

excuse me dansky ,,, im stil confused ,,, im using an pc , making an artboard 900 px width and 900 px height ,,, and go to prefrence , general , when im inputing 0.125 in ... it become 1925px i still dont get it why ,, please explained to me , #ps im still begginer in this process ,, thankyou very much

[@웃어보세-o6u]

I have a question. What key should I press in 1:42? (Using the translation machine can be strange.)

[@kappachino2569]

shift+alt+right arrow key

[@erick-nobre]

Why is it that when I enter the value 0.38IN in the CornerRadius text field the value changes to 1296 px?

[@zenitsuagatsawa325]

Nice grid

[@sindy77777]

Thank you! That was wonderful!)

[@drawwithpaws6763]

thank you so much really easy to follow :)

[@ryanfield1891]

This helped me. Thanks!

[@borekworek69]

Thanks! Working for me! Helpful!

[@214GNR]

Is there a way to make it snap to this grid?

[@MrJohntra]

Just select grid, go to View > Guides > Make Guides

[@deanpodolsky]

Great video! How did you determine the spacing for the vertical lines so that they lined up with your 60-degree rotation? I'm trying to make a grid at 22-degrees and obviously your spacing here doesn't line up at that angle.

[@sydneybristo22]

Thank you so much for all of your fantastic videos. There is SO MUCH I need to learn. I was wondering is there any quick reference guides or cheat sheets like they have for other subjects like those laminated ones you see for subjects? If you sell a version I can print out I would love that if I could afford it. Thank you for making your videos available to the public. I am disabled so I am unable to work and creating art is a therapy for me. I am learning calligraphy by hand and I wanted to make it digital so I could make stuff for my family etc for personalized gifts. I enjoy that your videos are specific and to the point. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@magdaluciarojas7143]

hi! i can´t copy the line with shift-alt-right click :(

[@ForeverDansky]

Hey Lucía, drag with left-click, and as you drag hold Alt + Shift 🙂

[@emanuelmangili3735]

I cant do It too

[@unovaxan]

guys it's not 'right click' it's alt+shift+ 'right-key-on-your-keyboard'

[@AleksiLalas]

It's alt+shift+ right ARROW key on your keyboard

[@abbayar]

Just drag ALT+left click once and just click CTRL+D on your keyboard.

[@iAlexLopes]

great job!

[@rizalfauzisyahdan3567]

how do you adjust the distance between each line ... I want to make the distance around 0.318 cm

[@williamspompei2522]

Thx very useful!

[@taylantorunoglu9755]

What i really want to know is how we can determine the width and height of isometric grids? I mean this create a random grid but let say you want to make 32x16 grids or 16x8. How u can calculate that? It will be really beneficial when u want to create assets for games.

[@taylantorunoglu9755]

Okay changing the keyboard increment will do the job for width.

[@tasinchowdhury5007]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ForeverDansky]

You're very welcome Tasin!

[@guismo72]

Thank you 🙏🙂

that 1:40 shortcut doesn't work for me :c

[@spetauskas]

why you changed keyboard increment and other things in preferences?

[@nowshowtime2457]

how to use this with shape builder ?

[@samk5244]

Whats the best way to go about filling in the grid once we make it? Pen tool?

[@pixelandbracket]

Aseph 88 how would you like to fill it in exactly? The entire background behind the grid? Just single shapes?

[@samk5244]

Just the single shapes. Sometime after posting this I looked up some stuff on the Live Paint Bucket tool, Id imagine that might be the way to go, just havent tried it yet.

[@pixelandbracket]

Aseph 88 ya I was going to suggest that! Might be the quickest method

[@ahmadmikhailalpha7975]

if i use 1000x1000 canvas, how much keyboard increment and radius that i should add?

[@DaughterofEve87]

Thank you!!!

[@derekeversley9214]

Hi Dansky, I've followed your tutorial and each time I try to make this isometric shape using the Rotation and reflect quantities you've given? I have to adjust the shape myself to make the perfect shape?? When I then get to the part of "Clipping mask/make" I'm left with one set of lines? the rest of the shape disappears? please can you help as i'm sure I have done something wrong somewhere.

[@WanderingMeanderer]

Strange thing in illustrator, where by - if you group, it won't mask properly, however if you make a compound path object>compound path>make It works fine.

[@ankithedau1137]

please help first time it came with proper alignment later its not coming. why is it so ?

[@iamtheone23]

Lovely!

[@JPBoraso]

Im having troubles using this grid as a guide to draw in isometric form... the line tool just does not snap! anyone?

[@marlyverzijl4391]

Same! What I did: 1. Delete the clipping mask 2. Select the lines you created 3. View > guides > make guides - The lines turned into guides 4. View > snap to point (make sure this is the only 'snap to...' that is activated) When drawing with the pen tool the lines will snap to the grid :) For a better view at your illustration you can easily turn off the grid by pressing cmd+; Hopefully this will help you out! Good Luck! :)

[@GeorgeHandle0]

I'm on a pc and want to know how to get grids on top of my image so I can keep everything aligned. How do I do this?

[@kappachino2569]

1. select the grid and Ctrl+X 2. make a new layer on top of the image 3. edit > paste in place (in the new layer)

[@mystery5252]

I've made this kind of grid before and they look exactly the same as this. But my lines are at 30 degrees not 60. why do they look the same?

[@Red_Rebel]

Many things teacher!!!

[@sgouri3519]

dear dansky how r u ? thank for grid making tools.. i would to know 1 more option that how we can fill the color in this grid different different color in each box like i want this grid colorful red .yellow blue . if try to fill color it goes to fully selected with all lines i want to fill separate separate part .. please mention how we can fill

[@veronicaberta]

thank you!

[@Iveta709]

Thanks, it was very helpful! Btw, do not try to be smart and type the px values (not inches) because then apparently you won't get the correct grid :D

[@muzeyyenbusrapiskin3042]

very thank you

[@heartruck471]

thanks !!

[@elenaseaton1358]

thanks so much!

[@alfiziyad9084]

Can we make it on adobe illustrator draw?

[@ayoubelyatimi2710]

amazin tutorial tnx

[@PSSSSSH]

what's the reason behind setting the pref's to those figures at the beginning?

[@JustRiivox]

Yeh I wanted to know that aswell...

[@KeithRodri]

If you don't change the gird's scale (like he does in the video) than you are able to use the left and right arrow keys to snap vertices on the grid's x axis. Unfortunately the up and down arrows (y axis) are just barely off enough to be inaccurate. But perhaps I messed something up.

[@kylejennings819]

I believe it determines how much space is added when the arrow keys are pressed. I personally skipped this step. The vertical lines created at the start can be close together (tons of lines) or far apart (a few lines) The important part is rotating each by 60 degrees, if you do, things should line up. I personally like making the grid and lines with the blend tool (blend 2 lines[specify steps], expand, then duplicate and rotate layers)

[@midnightmemery]

Because the artboard was 900 by 900 px, which is divisible by the 9px width he chose, which allowed him to fit the grid perfectly within the confines of the artboard's dimensions without cut off.

[@mae2309]

SWEETTTOOO!!!

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

easy, clear, smart

[@divside]

can i just download that?

[@screencast402]

Please help me out... Isometric drawings are drawn at 30deg, but you rotated to 60deg? Please explain

[@thinnamendes2520]

screencast quiridader

[@itzPrime007]

all i am getting is star shaped grid which i have no idea to correct

[@ososom]

도움이 되었습니다 감사합니다 ^^

[@KayaEsp]

wow, thanks!

[@buenosdiasprincesatv2149]

Very good