How to turn your hand drawn artworks into vectors in Illustrator

[@danielavaldes3301]

Best tutorial out there! And you don't even need expensive tools, only a notebook and a computer. Thank you.

[@legendyt6933]

U are my new editing teacher 🥰

[@japneetkaur952]

THANK YOU! CRISTINA IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING TUTORIAL, YOU HAVE CLEARED THE CONCEPT PROPERLY

[@NiazMohammad]

Thank you so much. This is probably one of the most comprehensive tutorials on this subject matter.

[@Wallz455]

I like your way of explaining! Nice, calm, and easily defined. Good job! 😀

[@flossyfox]

Thank you for this video on turning drawings into digital images! I’ve been wondering how to do this for a long time but most other videos are not as clear or as concise. Thank you again!

[@nightynight2534]

Your tutorial has been so incredibly helpful - thank you! It's packed with so many great tips!!

[@EachDayForever]

Maybe the best tutorial I’ve ever seen

[@kcmthedesigner]

You are very helpful and thorough in explaining each step...great tutorial!!! Thank you!

[@stefsterCA]

I think I love you. Thank you! I love this tut!

[@LaurelHawkswell]

Thank you! Very helpful. Much appreciated!

[@Prymex3000]

This was so so so helpful. Thank you very much.

[@trixieandellie1]

BEAUTIFUL job explaining!!! Thank you so much for doing this!

[@kqxx]

I just discover your channel! I love it! Thank you for teaching in illustrator. I always struggle in that program. I’m excited to learn more from you

[@bycristinasilvia]

So happy to hear that, Cindy! I also struggled with Illustrator, so I'm sure you'll soon learn how to use it :-)

[@kqxx]

Is it possible for you to make a video on drawing on illustrator? And colouring one day? :)

[@bycristinasilvia]

Yes, I plan to do that, but I'm not sure when they will be available.

[@japneetkaur952]

Lots of love from India! god bless you

[@keziafrederick8262]

Thank you so much! I've been looking how to colour just a section of an image like you have done with your leaf! and because of your video I now know how to do it! Great videos thanks!

[@carajiayingliang9887]

this tutorial just saved my day!!! it is super helpful. thank you so much for sharing.

[@tigathon]

You have officially saved my hide in a major way, I can;t thank you enough for this tutorial!

[@TitusChristina]

I will be referring to this tutorial repeatedly..soooo Helpful...Quick question..is it possible to change the threshold of an illustration after it has been converted to a vector image.

[@DaTangVuTru]

Awesome! Thank you!!!

[@luliitahhful]

VERY USEFUL! thank you so much!!!!

[@mjmajin]

amazing tutorial thank you so much

[@augustvalek]

Damn, I got almost all my drawings in notebook pages (I doodled when I was bored in class), well, let's see If I can pull it off Update: Everything went better than expected. the worst part is that I realized how bad I am at drawing, the amount of smoothing I had to do was insane, I'm glad my life doesn't depend on my drawing skills haha

[@dreamchaser9935]

your tutorial is just so awesome! Thank you so much ❤

[@intanjournals9285]

oh God ! it was awesome, it was really helpful . thank you very much .

[@brandimartin5224]

Great Video - very helpful! Thank you!

[@Eat_Dawg]

Yes exactly what i was looking for. Great video. Thanks

[@walkingdolphin9513]

i wonder why videos with less views are better than with billion of views

[@simusayeda5927]

very helpful video. Thank u so much! we want more tutorial from you.

[@shaneyofcourse]

Sooooo many good tips! Thank you so very much!! 💟

[@AditeeRashid]

thank you so so much finally i found something that i am looking for lots of love and bless for you

[@saurabhganorkar4716]

Excellent

[@ThisIsChrisWebb]

I’ve never done this before so I’m asking from a non practitioner point of view but couldn’t you just hand draw each image bigger and a little more precise so you didn’t have to add/delete so many anchor points to shape your leaves, or does that cause more distortion in the image?

[@fernandogardeazabal930]

so helpful thanks alot

[@BrendahAriesAkoth]

Thank you for your awesome tutorials!!

[@bethanyreynolds1292]

If you only plan to get illustrator do you recommend getting a good scanner so you don't need it?? is it possible to get a good quality art work without putting it into photoshop?

[@bycristinasilvia]

Yes, with a good scanner you can skip Photoshop. I usually save my scans as PDFs and open them directly in Illustrator.

[@saratravain]

great video

[@andrarun8623]

very useful, congratulations !

[@nafisafiroz9382]

That was really really helpful thank you so much, very grateful for the video!!!!

[@BD-hy8bl]

Recommend for this type of work Astute Graphics plugins.. especially vector scribe tool where you can replace anchorpoints , clean up in few clicks and more. Cheers. B.

[@samwinter2874]

Hi, Please can someone help! I have downloaded Adobe Illustrator. I have scanned a hand written note into my laptop (Windows) , and converted this to a SVG file. I have then tried to open this on BROTHER PE Design PLUS 2 software, however when i am trying to open the file it says 'unexpected file format' and i can not continue. I am trying to digitalise text to embroider on to items. Thanks in advance.

[@aracellimorales9783]

Hi! great tutorial! I am having an issue though, once I 'copy merge' and paste onto Illustrator, the 'embed' and 'edit original' are grey and my picture on Illustrator doesn't look like yours at 4:52. I don't get the X. Help! I don't know if my scale is wrong or if my image is too large. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[@shaneyofcourse]

I am not sure but the Illustrator layer that contains your image may be locked once you paste it. Check your layers and make sure to unlock the pasted layer by clicking on the lock next to the layer name. Hope this helps!

[@asokaruwandeniya821]

thank you

[@karab6078]

thank you so much wow! you explain it so well. What happens when the object > expand button is not able to be selected? Mine is grey and won't let me select it! what does that mean please?

[@kameronjohnson8949]

you the best

[@vandeanprescod6512]

how do you paste when you move from photoshop to illustrtor do you just paste regular? Im not getting the same size as it was in photoshop and im not getting the big blue x either.

[@bycristinasilvia]

I press Ctrl + V, but you can also paste it from Edit > Paste. It should be the same size. Anyway, it doesn't really matter because you will be able to resize it without losing quality once you vectorize it. I have the X because the image was not embedded. It seems to automatically embed it in newer versions of PS/AI so you won't see that anymore.

[@marshoul2717]

i hope you respond, even if this video is sorta old... does this work with more complex images or no?

[@annajoy6357]

Can you use the same technique for drawings made in photoshop?

[@bycristinasilvia]

Yes, it works for all raster images.

[@2pambo]

Hi there :).... May I ask what version of Illustrator you are using please.

[@bycristinasilvia]

Hi! It's Illustrator CC.

[@2pambo]

Cristina / Elan Creative Co thank you for you quick reply - Cheers Pam

[@JohnAndrew1010]

Thanks. Great Video!

[@departinGCyborg]

Really helpful!

[@nsa7752]

why my image trce box is greyed out?

[@izasf4707]

thank you :*

[@bycristinasilvia]

You're welcome!

[@kameronjohnson8949]

i love you

[@WeaponiZed-p8v]

good sister.. that resolved my damn day lmao

[@Simon_Electric]

With a new Adobe illustrator 2024 software they've completely made it even more complicated I can't find any of the things you're talking about now.

[@AidanaDreamer]

Your awesome tutorial saved me from buying sketchpad lol. Thank you so much!

[@bycristinasilvia]

You're welcome! Happy to help :-)

[@spFOX-pz3fx]

or, buy a scanner

[@ms.khushboorawani7183]

Great video