Create Complex Geometric Shapes EASILY - Illustrator Tutorial

We’re going to explore the Offset Path function and the Shaper tool in Adobe Illustrator and see how they can help us quickly create all kinds of shapes, from the simple to the complex. It’s a great bit of fun and extremely helpful for all of us as we build our artwork and designs from basic shapes.
🧠 The basic shape in this design was inspired by and stolen from this app: apps.apple.com/us/app/spectre...
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00:00 Back to the start
00:21 What we’re making
01:20 Making the color scheme
03:13 Build the basic lines
05:59 Punching the gaps between lines
07:53 Create the bar spacers
10:12 Use the Shaper Tool
12:20 Please don’t leave yet
13:03 Using the Shaper Tool MORE
17:30 Adding color/gradient
20:53 Create a glowing reflection
23:30 Adding more sparkle and highlights
25:52 Wrap it up!
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  • @tutvid
    @tutvid2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DJinaShoebox

    @DJinaShoebox

    2 жыл бұрын

    love seeing you back making videos bro!!

  • @hassanmasood186

    @hassanmasood186

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had learned how to make shapes like that

  • @theredmaster_superbee

    @theredmaster_superbee

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @emmaw1435

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @dihboas
    @dihboas2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @malonecustomdesigns
    @malonecustomdesigns2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MatthewEncina
    @MatthewEncina2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mayavichy4987
    @mayavichy49872 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tutvid

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it! Thank you! :)

  • @thomassurbellajr3840
    @thomassurbellajr38402 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Ghazkul666
    @Ghazkul6662 жыл бұрын

    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 🧡

  • @shiftcmdoh
    @shiftcmdoh2 жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @CatalinGulan
    @CatalinGulan2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @joshlatinka9235
    @joshlatinka92352 жыл бұрын

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

  • @apsinthosarts2707
    @apsinthosarts27072 жыл бұрын

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

  • @UzayrKader
    @UzayrKader2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @TroubleTee_Roy
    @TroubleTee_Roy2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @senseijaye
    @senseijaye2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ggheemo
    @ggheemo2 жыл бұрын

    Love to see you back, Thanks for the video.

  • @jonathoncunningham
    @jonathoncunningham2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mouryachakraborty6252
    @mouryachakraborty62522 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MischMaster
    @MischMaster2 жыл бұрын

    Woohoo... you are back! Nice!

  • @craigburton4447
    @craigburton44472 жыл бұрын

    Very happy to see you back dude!

  • @protonprotonfix5749
    @protonprotonfix57492 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tea_reed
    @tea_reed2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bonkers46
    @bonkers46 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @happyfarang
    @happyfarang2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aselrahc
    @aselrahc2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @anubhapant5227
    @anubhapant52272 жыл бұрын

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

  • @vkompis
    @vkompis2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TiXeNo1
    @TiXeNo1 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ne0tic
    @ne0tic2 жыл бұрын

    Another great one! Awesome work dude.

  • @rimashaji4152
    @rimashaji41522 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. You are back 👌👌

  • @Knil11
    @Knil112 жыл бұрын

    Happy to see you back in the game!

  • @SuperASHIK4u
    @SuperASHIK4u2 жыл бұрын

    *enjoyed as well & definitely learned something new 💗*

  • @studiodidio
    @studiodidio Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @friendlyman5262
    @friendlyman52622 жыл бұрын

    welcome back bro nice to see you again.

  • @jackyiakovenko
    @jackyiakovenko2 жыл бұрын

    huh finally !! welcome back dude 😎✌

  • @aminoamino3709
    @aminoamino37092 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back man

  • @ibrahimayad6732
    @ibrahimayad67322 жыл бұрын

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

  • @judahgamermedia
    @judahgamermedia2 жыл бұрын

    awesome as always!!!

  • @ftimagens4854
    @ftimagens48542 жыл бұрын

    Hello from Brazil, That is fantastic you are back Nathaniel

  • @charlesfoster7151
    @charlesfoster71512 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Thanks for the great tutorial.

  • @emmanuelgabriel9125
    @emmanuelgabriel91252 жыл бұрын

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

  • @zanderbresler
    @zanderbresler2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @vmaxdani
    @vmaxdani2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, thank you!

  • @bazwillrun
    @bazwillrun2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tuguldur1130
    @tuguldur11302 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back!

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna11 ай бұрын

    Wonderful. Thank you.

  • @dutch4motion662
    @dutch4motion6622 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @pat2ude
    @pat2ude Жыл бұрын

    Cool! Thanks

  • @alisina5477
    @alisina54772 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Totorus
    @Totorus2 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!!!

  • @AzzedOff
    @AzzedOff2 жыл бұрын

    welcome back !

  • @pcgalvintoybonnie2827
    @pcgalvintoybonnie28272 жыл бұрын

    thx man for this cool tut❤️✨👍🏻

  • @ProPhotoRGB
    @ProPhotoRGB2 жыл бұрын

    Super dope 👌🏻😍🔥

  • @ArtVandelayInc
    @ArtVandelayInc2 жыл бұрын

    So good!

  • @LaiqQureshidesigner
    @LaiqQureshidesigner2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision
    @The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision2 жыл бұрын

    Good to know you are alive ...

  • @konkonmike2
    @konkonmike22 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SouthernCat732
    @SouthernCat7322 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Streetsam
    @Streetsam2 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial!

  • @jaydrawsthings7201
    @jaydrawsthings72012 жыл бұрын

    Fun stuff. Thanks.

  • @mrdhanstube
    @mrdhanstube2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dweezildejean8969
    @dweezildejean89692 жыл бұрын

    really sick

  • @rifugpx7278
    @rifugpx72782 жыл бұрын

    welcome back sir

  • @theukstutorial268
    @theukstutorial2682 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @hisham_alsabahy
    @hisham_alsabahy2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back, Nathaniel!

  • @tutvid

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Glad to be back!

  • @hard_corecrypto
    @hard_corecrypto2 жыл бұрын

    Yessssssssss TUTVID IS BACKKKKKK GOD BLESS YOU MAN

  • @hans-anneveldt
    @hans-anneveldt2 жыл бұрын

    welcome back .. !!!

  • @shehan_perera
    @shehan_perera2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tutvid

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha, thank you! I appreciate it.

  • @rameshsingh-mp6mi
    @rameshsingh-mp6mi2 жыл бұрын

    beautiful .

  • @jeffdobson4625
    @jeffdobson46252 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dezyncraze8657
    @dezyncraze86572 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @jayeshmal211
    @jayeshmal2112 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SIA-uw6ln
    @SIA-uw6ln2 жыл бұрын

    u r the best dude

  • @deividaskrupstas
    @deividaskrupstas2 жыл бұрын

    Omg legend is back! Hope you are doing well!

  • @bahardara3009
    @bahardara30092 жыл бұрын

    You are the best. Thanks 👌👌👌👍👍👍

  • @videomarknet
    @videomarknet2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tutvid

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @davidsmusic
    @davidsmusic Жыл бұрын

    What a great video!! greetings from Germany

  • @kaysarzamy3680
    @kaysarzamy36802 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back

  • @fullfreshtv
    @fullfreshtv2 жыл бұрын

    Wow bro😘 You are amazing person☺️

  • @husainmadraswala14
    @husainmadraswala142 жыл бұрын

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

  • @yasirjaved6677
    @yasirjaved66772 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot Sir i wanna learn more effects please keep it up more effects tutorials.

  • @2010lakshitha
    @2010lakshitha2 жыл бұрын

    Wow you are back.

  • @JATINKUMAR-wn3js
    @JATINKUMAR-wn3js2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nicolacalandriello4928
    @nicolacalandriello49282 жыл бұрын

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

  • @videomarknet

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    channeling the 80s vibes

  • @theredmaster_superbee
    @theredmaster_superbee2 жыл бұрын

    Super chido!

  • @butterpaper-illustratortra4009
    @butterpaper-illustratortra40092 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @JeremyMuradesign
    @JeremyMuradesign2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @videomarknet

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    100% agree

  • @jelenajemjem
    @jelenajemjem2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @layschipsdude
    @layschipsdude Жыл бұрын

    Thanks nate

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @the-good-chad
    @the-good-chad2 жыл бұрын

    Love the video! I use the shape builder tool constantly, but I'm not very familiar with the shaper tool. Is there a difference between using the shaper tool vs. holding alt or optn with the shape builder tool?

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    Nathaniel is back, party like it’s 2017!

  • @LuckyStriker89
    @LuckyStriker892 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tutvid

    @tutvid

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gogivan88
    @gogivan882 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ghostxvii
    @Ghostxvii2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @videomarknet

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    You rock, Ghostxvii!

  • @pacassa
    @pacassa2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zeedot01
    @zeedot012 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @IanJones942
    @IanJones9422 жыл бұрын

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

  • @IanJones942

    @IanJones942

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @angelbear_og
    @angelbear_og2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    One step after another

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @videomarknet

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember doing a Photoshop paths tutorial once

  • @FunDumb
    @FunDumb2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @videomarknet

    2 жыл бұрын

    right on!