How to Make Soft UI in Illustrator (Neumorphism) | Tutorial for Beginners

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In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial, I'll show you how to create Soft UI elements, also known as Neumorphism. I'll guide you on how to make Neumorphism in a single object in Illustrator, as well as show you some tips and tricks that are key to this effect! This is a tutorial for beginners and advanced users alike.
Neumorphism, also known as Soft UI, is a design trend that became very popular in 2020, but people overused it so much that it died just as quickly. The name Neumorphism was created by combining the words "Skeumorphism", a design style which tries to mimic real life objects, and "new", for it was sort of an attempt to shine a new light on this style that is becoming less and less used.
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Adobe Illustrator is a vector drawing software for graphic design, web design, UI design, social media, logo design and so much more. With over 20 years of updates and upgrades, Adobe Illustrator has become the standard tool for Designers around the world. With 2 decades of history, Illustrator accumulated a wide range of tools and features that might look daunting for a beginner, but with tutorials like this, you'll be creating amazing things in no time!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:26 - Part 1: Raised Button
3:32 - Part 2: Lowered Button
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[@chasebros4948]

I was experimenting with this and figured out another way you could do it. You can use a stroke with a linear gradient that goes from black to white. Make the angle of the gradient 90 or 120 degrees. Then apply a gaussian blur to the stoke. Doesn’t really matter how the stroke is aligned when using a gaussian blur. Then you can either set the blend mode of the stroke to soft light, or leave the blend mode on normal and lower the opacity of the black and white colors in the gradient. What’s cool about doing it this way is that all you have to do is flip/reverse the colors in the gradient to alternate between a raised and pressed button.

[@AndyTellsThings]

Yes, I have tried this way before as well. But you can't get a 45° lighting like in the way I do. This way the lighting is from the top, shadows and highlights are all around the button.

[@chasebros4948]

@@AndyTellsThings if you change the angle of the gradient to 120 or 135 degrees, it’s essentially same thing as 45 degrees. You can also play with the locations of the white and black color stops and mid point of the gradient to get the shading just right. I tried it on a rounded rectangle and square and it worked great. 👍🏻

[@madsrasmussen1594]

Okay, this is just how you make tutorials! If I could, I would've smashed that like button 10 times at least!

[@AndyTellsThings]

Thanks for the kind words my friend. I'm glad to help!

[@babypinili7403]

thanks i learn a lot

[@miriamweinert3400]

Thank you so much, now it is easy!!!

[@xfarhan6562]

Wahhh thank u so much

[@AndyTellsThings]

You're welcome!

[@fumar.official]

Pretty nice UI design!

[@AndyTellsThings]

Thanks! 😄

[@JaiShreeRam-co4qi]

Thanks a lot

[@tonyguyable]

thanx, realy helpfull

[@edengro7737]

Thank you for this AMAZING video!

[@AndyTellsThings]

You're so welcome! 😊

[@madihasiddiquii]

Thank you ❤

[@AndyTellsThings]

You're welcome 😊

[@gunayfarzalibayli2172]

Thank you so much.

[@AndyTellsThings]

Always welcome

[@tommycatt]

Thank you for a very successful video🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@AndyTellsThings]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@kayday323]

gracias amigo

[@colocrates503]

what´s the name of the font on the thumbnail that says neumorphism?

[@AndyTellsThings]

It's called Barlow :)

[@prabathnissanka5462]

You are one of my favorite explainer 👍 keep it up! 👨‍🦱

[@AndyTellsThings]

Thanks, man! :)

[@easydesign3984]

very nice

[@AndyTellsThings]

Thanks!

[@Harry-xe8kh]

Please make a videos on photoshop all tools

[@nicolekesselring3398]

Would "Inner glow" work for the second button?

[@AndyTellsThings]

No, because inner glow doesn't have direction or distance, so it'll just apply a shadow coming from all sides

[@chasebros4948]

For the pressed button could you use an inner glow as an inner shadow effect for the shadows and highlights?

[@AndyTellsThings]

Technically, yes. But you wouldn't be able to offset the Inner Glow effect, so you'd lose the perspective (you can't have Inner Glow on just one side or the other).

[@zeeblogger1702]

Amazing'

[@AndyTellsThings]

Thanks! 😁

[@HamzaMobileRepairing]

how can i save pressed button in graphic styles

[@AndyTellsThings]

Since they are 2 different objects, I'm afraid you can't. Not until we get a inner shadow effect :P

[@pizzaparkerhotdogmaguire3225]

It's not working. I'm not getting the "highlights" part. Enabling, disabling it makes no difference.

[@IqroJunio]

1 year later, still no inner shadow option... **sigh**

[@AndyTellsThings]

Hahahahaha no sight of it

[@kleinmarshall]

Idk why but I'm trying over and over again but it still looks different. :(

[@AndyTellsThings]

Can you explain how different? :)