Quick Paper Cutout Effect - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

[@majorpaiyne2124]

For those having an issue with the parts hiding behind the white "Layer", make sure when you select all the lines, that you select the box you made also. THEN you use the "Divide" button.

[@joshhuang4457]

Thanks for your kind reminder! It's truly helpful.

[@trondnado]

Do i need to group them before dividing ?`

[@majorpaiyne2124]

@@trondnado No, no grouping necessary.

[@deadboyjoe2509]

@@majorpaiyne2124 When i do it my shadow is not on the shapes but a bit more outside of the shape. How can I fix this?

[@majorpaiyne2124]

@@deadboyjoe2509 And this is using "drop shadow" with the same settings as in this video?

[@emmaatkinson7641]

This has been a huge help for a project I'm currently working on, trying to create a 'cutout' effect that will work flawlessly as a vector graphic. Thank you so much!

[@IlliTutorials]

Glad it helped!

[@aliasgarparekh9002]

If anyone has issue regarding the outer shape not being in proper effect try making the box object before all of the drawings and follow the steps it should work.

[@asherriyaal]

This was so helpful! I love this effect in design and have been wanted to learn how to do it. This video was very clear and concise. Thank you for sharing this :)

[@abdallaaref3718]

you can use inner glow with black color to mimic the effect of inner shadow

[@sandeepkumarsharma3191]

yeah ..But in that case we can't shift the direction of inner glow on x y axis ( like in drop shadow )

[@IlliTutorials]

Exactly, you have more fine tuning with this method.

[@jaegerschtulmann]

Awesome tutorial, very easy to follow and great results. One small question though, is there any way to hide the shadow on the top shape (in your example it applies the shadow also on the white background box)

[@SusanHealyVonAchen]

THANK YOU!!! I watched countless other tutorials before I found this one. Thank you for making it easy!!!

[@IlliTutorials]

Awesome; I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Seaskunk]

So easy and looks cool. Great pace and understandable tutorial!

[@IlliTutorials]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@trondnado]

Do i need to group them together before i use the divide ? cuz my blob goes behind everything

[@nellinajmalsisi]

How do you send the drop shadow filter in the back and fix the shadows that are on the outer parts I didn't get it when u said it

[@RohitKumar-eq5xp]

While using pencil, hold alt after starting to draw so the loop gets completed.

[@luciavictoriacirstea7629]

doesnt work, it makes the paths straight

[@silje.on.youtube]

Edit: I think I figured it out! Hi! Thank you for this tutorial! I am trying to change the shadow to an inner shadow, but I don´t get what you are doing to achieve it. You hold ctrl (or cmd) to get the white cursor and then press b or e? For me nothing happens.. Is there any way you could help? :)

[@FireTrap1994]

How did you do it? I can't figure out how to change it to an inner drop shadow.

[@IlliTutorials]

At what time point in the video are you stuck?

[@umamochilaeumsonhoo]

@@IlliTutorials I also have the same question and the specific point is at 3:10 you say: Select this and .... I can't understand the command you execute to change a shadow to the internal one

[@IlliTutorials]

@@umamochilaeumsonhoo Hey Nata, now I see whats up. I say control-B, it's paste in the back. However, now using Illustrator CC this doesn't work for me anymore. But it's easy to fix, right click on the smallest shape in the middle and arrange, send to back. That should do it.

[@kirstyb.6037]

I had to go to Pathfinder and Divide to make them into cutout shapes so that the smaller shapes would still be visible when sent back. This worked for the effect but I couldn't find a way to do it that didn't also leave a shadow on the white base

[@КухняАнаит]

Спасибо, поняла и без знания языка! Вам всего хорошего и успехов вашему каналу!!!

[@maschera2220]

[@how2doittutorials525]

At this 3:17 , what command did you use to send that centre shape to the back ?

[@Azulamei]

uhuh i can't hear it as well

[@larsr3062]

everytime i try to send the middle object to the back, it just disapears behind, it doesnt create te depth effect. PLS HELP:)) any1

[@bela812]

You probably forgot to divide all shapes..? That helps me

[@dustypumpkin]

This is what i need! Thanks!

[@IlliTutorials]

Happy to help!

[@sellymurry8357]

is there on youtube a tutorial where I can find something like this, but explained?

[@Red_Rebel]

Easy and simple!

[@IlliTutorials]

You're very welcome!

[@junedeguzman]

Very nice and clear tutorial. Thanks! It helps a lot in my digital design class, thanks you very much Illi

[@IlliTutorials]

Happy to hear it helped!

[@healwithquran5032]

Hey man when i do this on a text which has been cut by the knife tool it only gives me shadows on x and y. The layers should loook like that in the video which they're not . what can be the problem ?

[@dreamscapeai7]

Wow that looks really cool!!

[@IlliTutorials]

Thanks!

[@SkyforApurv]

Thank you so much Very easy that you explained

[@IlliTutorials]

You are most welcome!

[@aipsdesigner]

How to create the same effect without drop shadow? Only vector element

[@GamerTalk8]

When I divide and ungroup it pairs 2 lines as a group. was making it into compound paths I had to divide like 3 times, and alos like most the last drop shadow is an issue. is the white a background a shape I don't understand how it reverts onto the last shape to be honest.

[@IlliTutorials]

I don't entirely follow the question but the white background is indeed a shape. See the timestamp at 0:08.

[@Designer4real]

thanks for the tutorial

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@RYUtvPIES]

La mejor forma y la mas fácil!...Gracias!

[@IlliTutorials]

De nada!

[@talhaahmed5575]

thank you bro❤

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@RudefoodArchive]

Hi, thanks for the video, for some reason it is not quite working for me. When I try to send my upper layer to the back, it disappears. I made sure to divide the shapes. Not sure what else I'm doing wrong - have you got any tips? Thank you!

[@IlliTutorials]

I may be releasing a simplified paper cutout tutorial that might help with that. I'd suggest looking through your layers and moving the layers around until you get the desired effect.

[@alblimycompany3914]

Thank you so much. this was really helpful.

[@IlliTutorials]

You're very welcome!

[@laurenmccormick5365]

I'm still not getting the shadows to go the right way. I can get to around 3:10 and then I do the re-ordering and it doesn't work like in the video.

[@fatg320]

helpfulf. love it.

[@quantumvirtualassistants2276]

hi! it's amazing, just can't understand how did you make it into inner shadow at 3:16?

[@IlliTutorials]

Hey Noemi, sorry that I wasn't clear enough. Could you specify, exactly which inner shadow are you referring to? So after applying the dropshadow, I move the layer to the back with ctrl-B and reverse the order. I'm wondering, did you divide your shape (01:32)?

[@IlliTutorials]

I think I see whats up. I say control-B, it's paste in the back. However, now using Illustrator CC this doesn't work for me anymore. But it's easy to fix, right click on the smallest shape in the middle and arrange, send to back. Try that, that should do it.

[@quantumvirtualassistants2276]

@@IlliTutorials thank you very much!!

[@nicaw4119]

Thank you very much!

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@_Pixiara_]

Could I fill it with an image instead of colours? Like fractals?

[@IlliTutorials]

No reason why not but I'm not sure that it would give you a fractal-like appearance.

[@_Pixiara_]

Never know unless I try:)

[@jwqlb]

Thank you for this nice tut. I added another layer at the end and subtracted this with the pathfinder to get a transparent background. Unfortunately, the outer shadow is still visible. How do I get it away?

[@bevandino]

I think he forgot to tell that first you need to draw a rectangle with no stroke and no fill. You should select it together with the other paths and select "divide" and so on the other steps of the tutorial.

[@IlliTutorials]

Do you mean the shadow off the artboard? If so, then draw a rectangle over the entire artboard when you're done, then select everything including this new rectangle and right click and make clipping mask.

[@pablodrawsx7702]

I won’t let me fill in the layers with the color

[@haninhaha]

Thank you, this is so interesting!

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome, hope you enjoy our other tutorials on the paper cut out effect!

[@sanhdiep3485]

Hello, I'm stuck at 3:31 - I couldn't place the white layer on top of the Cyan layer. Please help :D

[@majorpaiyne2124]

Start again, but when you choose the lines @ 1:33 , make sure you also choose the Box you created @ 0:08. It took me a few times to figure that out. Choose ALL the lines AND the box before you press "Divide".

[@giuliodigiusto7501]

Don't understand the part where you say control I and invert the shadow can someone help?

[@orincywhytedesigns]

And easier and faster way to do this!! So cool thank you

[@IlliTutorials]

You're so welcome!

[@JonathanAyers]

Very cool! Always looking for tips for my own tutorials.

[@ajg.9979]

Great artwork! May I know what are the colors you used? Thank you very much!

[@IlliTutorials]

Colors are from the outside in #f0fffb, #96d4e2, #239bb7, #00849e and the center is #003e53. This is now in the description.

[@ajg.9979]

@@IlliTutorials Thank you very much!

[@TheTiagonskim]

Thank's from Brazil!!!

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@MforMovesets]

Uhmm... Control B copies the layer... it would be helpful to have on-video text because I had to watch that part three times to even hear if you said Control B.

[@patriciamoosbrugger7606]

I feel so dumb. Do you have a written tutorial for this, too? Are you using a new later for each shape?

[@IlliTutorials]

I don't have a written tutorial, but you can set the speed of the tutorial to 0.5x in the bottom right hand corner of the video. That might help.

[@gwenlow370]

i am stuck from here (3:18) how do u move it back ?

[@IlliTutorials]

Open the layers and select the layer you want and drag it to where it needs to go. So in this case, we want the darkest layer to be at the bottom of the layers so we drag it until it's the lowest of the layers in the tab. Then we do the same for each layer.

[@lillysalazar3221]

When i do this, it is still showing an outer shadow. What am i doing wrong?

[@IlliTutorials]

Do you mean a shadow on the lightest layer on top (onto/off your artboard)? If so, you can draw a rectangle over top of the cutout + light area and select everything, including the box and make clipping mask. Then you won't see the drop shadow off your artboard.

[@IvanMelnikov]

@@IlliTutorials ^ This. Was running into the same issue before it clicked. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@skroutzaki]

Thank you! It's the simplest way!

[@evenevening2011]

Thx for sharing :)

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@necrocitus8965]

how did you change a shadow?

[@jessieli2251]

Can procreate make the same effect?

[@IlliTutorials]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that app.

[@salomejananasvhili4374]

Thank you for a great tutorial, but for some reason for me it does not make layers, it is just 1 single layer. Does someone know how to correct this? I divided the shapes and also ungrouped them

[@LakeLouiseR1210]

Thank you so much! I love your tutorials.

[@IlliTutorials]

You are so welcome!

[@FAJRIPAJAR]

ijin save

[@zizijones3081]

Thank you you have made the tutorial simple and easy to follow.

[@IlliTutorials]

Glad it helped!

[@yashikamalik8634]

great tutorial but couldnt hear the main step. :///////// had to watch 5 other videos to get it :/

[@naute8001]

Thank u so much 🙂

[@IlliTutorials]

You're very welcome!

[@massimehrkhah607]

thanks

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome!

[@frisk7755]

Thanks!

[@IlliTutorials]

Welcome!

[@dripGoat23]

thank you

[@IlliTutorials]

You're welcome

[@eimanfaith5257]

Thank you for this effective tutorial, can you please do paper cutout effect on text?

[@IlliTutorials]

Thank you for the suggestion. It should be rather similar; I'll look into it!

[@orincywhytedesigns]

Illi Tutorials did you ever do it? Curious

[@sagha_photo]

woww

[@pablodrawsx7702]

I press control E it still stays the same

[@IlliTutorials]

You have to press I, click on your box with a colour, then hold alt and click on the shape that you want to color.

[@ankanpramanik9362]

what are you pressing to close the pencil outline shape ?

[@IlliTutorials]

When you're using the pencil tool and you approach your initial point you'll see the icon change from a pencil with * to a pencil with °. If you let go of the pencil tool when the icon has changed, the shape will close. Otherwise you can either select the shape and press control/command J, which will join both end points with a straight line.

[@ankanpramanik9362]

@@IlliTutorials thanks a ton, man!

[@iraceruk]

@@IlliTutorials This doesn't work. My Pencil Tool cursor doesn't change when approaching the original point. If I let go of the mouse button or stylus, it just leaves a gap. Also, using CTRL/J creates a straight line when joining the two open points. Possibly a setting in the Pencil Tool options?

[@IlliTutorials]

@@iraceruk Hi I Racer, if you double click to the pencil tool there is a setting called close paths when ends are within: XX pixels. Check that box. My setting is 15 pixels. That should do it for you!

[@erikdgroot]

Thanks! However, if I reverse the order, the inside drawing will disappear behind the layer on top ... Any way of fixing this? Thanks!

[@IlliTutorials]

You can always manually rearrange the layer to the correct position by dragging the layers.

[@mkerstingflynn8063]

Great tutorial! I always wondered how to make these. Thanks so much.

[@IlliTutorials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@xuii_0]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@IlliTutorials]

No problem 👍

[@tareqghorbal6761]

nice

[@IlliTutorials]

Thanks

[@bevandino]

Nice tutorial and great job, as always! Is it possible to know the colors codes? Thank you so much in advance!

[@IlliTutorials]

From the outside in #f0fffb, #96d4e2, #239bb7, #00849e and the center is #003e53. Enjoy!

[@bevandino]

@@IlliTutorials thank you so much! Find nice colors, sometimes, is the hardest part of the work!

[@abdullahawadh8085]

It didnt work Go trophy whats that?

[@nestordeleonrodas7108]

dope

[@IlliTutorials]

Rad

[@DotyAudioswaps]

I dont get this part 3:15

[@IlliTutorials]

You need to rearrange the shapes after you've divided them. You can do this simply by opening the layers and manually dragging them as I do at that timestamp.

[@zoetrandoan7305]

@@IlliTutorials But if I move the top layer to the back, it's covered by the top layers. It does not show up like your tutorial

[@mind_thegap5051]

i changed the layer order and still looking like shiet

[@mind_thegap5051]

I did it again and I got it ✌️

[@IlliTutorials]

Gj ;)

[@yash697]

design copied from Freepik

[@АннаОдарченко-щ4л]

Когда не знаешь английский

[@IlliTutorials]

Извините, hopefully KZbin will auto-translate in the future!

[@luciavictoriacirstea7629]

what do you do with the midle section, beacause i rly dont understand whatever you are saying you're doing from the keyboard :(