The KZread algorithm needs to recommend more of your videos. You're an awesome teacher.

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much! My channel has been picking up some momentum the last few months.

Many videos on YT about this subject which don't really explain properly. This is by far the best. Simple yet so effective, well explained also. Thanks Dave for creating this.

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, Thanks so much for your comment, it made my day! It's great to know you found the tips I shared to be useful.

Thanks Dave, for such a nice tutorial on creating these designs! I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Being at home with all this crazy coronavirus stuff, it's so nice to feel a win for once. Thanks a million!

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm really glad that you were able to get something useful out of this video in these uncertain times.

this is awesome and like your speed/approach. Makes it easy to follow. Keep up the good work

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you found it useful.

I can't express how helpful this was: THANK YOU!!!

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Glad you found it helpful.

Great video my friend, keep them coming, especially when it comes to this style of work.

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Antonio! I have a some new Illustrator tutorials in the works. Stay tuned.

Really well done! Just everything. Your explanations and approach are clear and concise. Also, I really appreciate little details like the artifact-removal trick you showed us. Thanks for the video.

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the awesome comment! I'm glad you found the video useful.

Thank you! This was so helpful. You really have a talent of teaching and also of brilliant design ideas :)

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the wonderful compliment! Glad you found the video helpful.

More than amazing

This was really cool and fun, thanks for sharing

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Really glad that you enjoyed it.

These were perfect. Thank you.

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Thanks for this simple and effective tutorial

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

underrated channel. great content. keep it up! : )

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've got some new content coming to the channel soon.

so cool, I was looking for this and couldn't find anything like it, thnak you so much! ;)

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the tutorial!

Great Tutorial . Thanks for you patience.

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Antonio! Glad you found it useful.

Love this idea. Nice work man 👍

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jett. Really appreciate that!

I love your videos bro !!! SO much

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Esteban! I really appreciate that.

Can I tell you how much I love this video? thank you for posting this. It is going to help me a lot on my projects.

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shirin! I'm so glad you found it useful.

Clever, well done

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joel. Appreciate that!

Loved the vid, man! Subbed!

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate that!!

gave you a like and a subscribe for the simple fact you got right into it without wasting time.

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really appreciate that.

perfect, thank you

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the support. Thanks Shieko!

Really really interesting. Thanks so much

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Liz glad you found this tutorial useful!

reminds me of my physics prof at college during my sophomore year. He sounds dead af yet teaches his student so well and super smart too.

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment... I think right? It's cool that you're learning Physics and Illustrator, quite the combo of skills.

Good job man🍀

@davewatkinscreative

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Appreciate the kind words.

WoW!

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

this helped me a lot :)

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mia - Glad you found it useful!

Its so funny because your voice is so monotone and nonchalant yet you do mind blowing awesome stuff! Funny contrast

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I have been told that my delivery is pretty mellow. That I create "Mind blowing awesome stuff" is new though. Thanks for that!

Great video! Keep it up

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

great video and comunicator, all the steps were clear, thanks

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words! Really glad you found the video helpful.

@bocoouri8190

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative you are welcome, keep it up mate

So cool

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the vid!

very helpful,thanks.

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Glad you found it helpful!

I wish i found this video when I started graphic design 2 years ago

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Toast E! Hopefully you still found it useful now :)

you rock

Awesome Work!!

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Royston. Glad you liked it!

@assafrosen9128

5 жыл бұрын

Well done! Bravo! Good job!

Best video

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex. Appreciate it!

Great work man! SUBD!

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Much appreciated.

Awesome now I can upgrade my logo...

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck putting together your new logo!

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that!

This was a lovely video! You put across fairly complex ideas in a clear fashion, thanks! I was wondering though, if you knew of a way to make string art patterns in Illustrator? Geometric patterns with the spots marked off where I should place my nails is what I'm interested in.

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the wonderful compliment! Really appreciate the kind words. I'm going to put together a tutorial for you on creating printable nail placement guides for string art. Stay tuned!

@bagbunny

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative You are more than welcome and I will definitely be keeping an eye out!

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there. The string art template tutorial that you requested just went live. Thanks so much for the suggestion! Had a lot of fun putting the video together. Let me know if it was helpful. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJqmzbGcgtzNd6w.html

Thanks

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

No problem at all. Hope you found this useful!

Excellent video. Please make more, pretty please?

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

I've got a lot of ideas that I'm working on. Is there anything specific you want to see?

I am interested in learning how to make adult or childrens coloring pages using either PS or AI. I'm sure that might be of interest to other people as well. Thanks for asking!🖥🖥🖥

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can put together! Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank You Much for taking the time to create this educational video and to share your expertise. This is much better than what my professor taught me in an art college class "Vector Illustration".

@davewatkinscreative

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear! Thank you so much for the kind words.

🆒

Hi Dave. Great video.. I've made shape based on your flower petal image.. When in resize it to make it bigger it changes the shape entirely as if i'm using the direct selection tool. I'm a noob when it comes to illustrator. I've rasterized the image just so i can resize it as its going to be sat behind some text in a logo i'm creating that will go to print.. Obviously though i shouldn't have to do this as when i previously had a play i used the hexgon shape you made and when i resize this it resizes accordingly unlike the flower petal one.. as you can imagine this is rather frustrating.. any help would be greatfully appreciated.. thanks callum

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Callum. Thanks for checking out the video. Based on what you're describing the rounded corners you created are not scaling, which changes the appearance of your paths. If you select an object and go to the object menu > Transform > Scale, there will be an option box called "scale corners". If you check that off any shape that you scale afterwards that has a rounded corner should retain the appearance you were hoping for. One more thing to consider if you're using this element as a logo that you will be distributing to other people. It would be ideal if you outline the strokes (object>path>outline stroke) and unite all the paths together in one compound path using the pathfinder palette. This will ensure that your logo remains consistent and isn't changed accidentally by others. Hope that works for you! Let me know if you need any other help.

Hey I enjoyed this video very much but I ran into an issue when I highlight the entire shape and use the direct selection tool it only works for rounding one corner, so then I used effect -> stylize-> round corners but it does not let me make them circles. Any advice on how to fix this so that I can manually round all corners at once?

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Melissa. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I'm sorry you've run into issues with the live corners in Illustrator. Without seeing your file it's a bit difficult to know exactly what's going on but I'll explain two issues I've come across that might help solve your problem. One issue that sometimes pops up for me is the total number of corners selected at once. Individually all of the corner handles appear and can be rounded with the direct selection tool but when the entire shape is selected the corners don't appear at all. I don't know exactly what the number of useable handles is at once but this is an issue I only run into with complex shapes with a lot of corners. The second issue that I have run into is where the corners in question are too small to be rounded by illustrator at all. This can happen because the size of your artwork is too small, or because there are extra points along the path that fall extremely close to the corner that you'd like to round off. Let me know if either of these issues sound like what you're running into. Cheers!

I'm gonna spend the rest of the day mentally going over how to optimize the process.

@davewatkinscreative

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there's a crazy elaborate way to automate this process... I just have a simple Illustrator action recorded for the rotation/copy portion. That way I can just start with a random shape and press play and watch the copies fly.

Have been exploring this alot. Made some cool shapes and art so far. I'm trying to do the technique in the 2nd part of the video. I modeled a shape exactly like yours and pasted it over a photo as a smart object. I follow the procedure to a T but when i try and click inside smaller areas within the shape w the wand for some reason it only selects the entire shape and not the individual lined out areas.... does it have something to do with how you layered the original polygon shapes? Any help would be great thanks dave!

@brycethomas1138

Жыл бұрын

disregard. was not hitting shift

@davewatkinscreative

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you were able to figure out the issue you were having.

Cool stuff....SLOW DOWN

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phill. I've been trying to work on my delivery. Hopefully my newer videos don't seem so rushed.

Awesome video, thank you for the great information. I am running into an issue where I can't see the lines that the shape creates. They're just stacking onto each other as I rotate. Would you have any info on a solution for this? Thank you so much

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment Luis. Could you double check that your shapes only have strokes applied? If you have a fill applied to a shape it will appear to cover up the shapes that are below in the layer order. For this tutorial all of my shapes used outlines only.

@luiscarrasco5986

2 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative thank you so much I found what I was doing wrong. Are there any new sacred geometry videos in the works? One on how to create the platonic solids would be really helpful! Thanks again Dave!

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Luis - Thanks for the suggestion. I'll investigate and see if I can put together a video for you.

@luiscarrasco5986

2 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative thank you so much! 🙏

I'm so new at this and i really love what you're doing but i can't get past the first step with the hexagon, i do exactly what you do in the rotate dialog box, and hit copy, but then no copy appears, for me to even continue on with what you do... am i missing something super obvious?

@davewatkinscreative

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Myecha - My guess based on what you're describing is that your first hexagon wasn't selected when you started using the rotate function. With no object selected, the copy function in the rotate dialog box will not have any effect on your design. After creating your hexagon, by default it should be selected. With the hexagon still selected you can press R on your keyboard for the rotate tool, then hold down the alt key and click somewhere off center of your shape to alter the center point of your rotation. From there you should be able to use the copy function to create the same effect in the video.

Great vid... What is that object to your left and how can I acquire such a device? Asking for a friend... and that friend is me...

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

It's a retro Jack sculpture. I found mine in a store called Homesense but I have seen them for sale on Amazon as well.

@iamYork_

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative I thought that was it possibly or some sort of medieval weapon head... thanks for the info

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

No problem at all! It's too bad it wasn't a medieval weapon head. That would have been much cooler.

6:49 when I do the circle thing, It didn't start at the center outwards, like what you did, but the circle starts at its outside/ outline not at the center of the supposed circle

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that. With any shape tool if you hold the option key when starting the shape, the centre point will be locked in the location where you clicked instead of starting from the edge. Hope that helps!

@oupiuopi641

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative ooohh okay thank you for answering! ✨✨☺️ I'll try this tomorrow!

How did you lock the guide without me noticing? When i use guides, i started selecting them by accident when i selected the shape and started copying and rotating the guides. Is there an auto lock or something?

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Hey James - In illustrator if you had your guides unlocked at some point and then quit, the next time you started up the guides would remain unlocked. Even in a new document. Because I almost never work with my guides unlocked I didn't even think to mention this feature. You can lock your guides by going to View > Guides > Un/Lock Guides. Or you could use the key command CMD + OPT + ; to do the same thing. Once you have locked your guides and restarted Illustrator, the next time you start working, any guides you create should start out automatically locked. Another option that I use in my latest Ornate Mandala tutorial is where you create all of your guides on a separate layer and name it guides. You can then use the lock symbol in the layer palette to ensure that nothing moves and no other artwork gets mixed in with your guides. Let me know if that helps! Dave

Demystified in minutes.

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

That's a catchy tagline for the tutorial.

Some it doesnot work in my photoshop. Does it work in CS 5.1?

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

This tutorial was created using Illustrator and Photoshop CC2017. Unfortunately the rounding corner widget feature that I used in Illustrator was not available in the CS versions of Illustrator.

Nice tutorial but you could use command names instead of shortcuts for noobs

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Edward - Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it! I know how important pace and clarity are when learning online. In my latest video (The one with the owls) I have added in graphics that call out the key commands and the name of the features I'm using. I'm hoping that will be a detail that will help designers of all skill levels follow along with the project.

the lines of backward objects are hidding for me how to rectify it

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean as you make copies of your shapes they're hiding the shapes that are beneath them in the layer order? If so - that means you'll want to set the fill of your objects to none so only the strokes are visible and your shapes aren't being hidden by objects stacked on top. In the colour palette the option for having no fill will look like a white square with a red line through it on an angle. Hope that helps :)

Why is it whenever I press Window(command) + D it won't repeat. the copied shape will just move to the other side :(

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

The windows key command for "Transform Again" is Control + D and it should repeat the previously executed transformation. Did you copy the object first and then rotate it in a second step? If so the transform again command would only repeat the transformation and not the copying of the path. For these radial designs be sure to use the rotate dialog box and click copy at the bottom. Then use the transform again function to create additional copies around the same centre point. Hope that works for you!

@dreamfyre1811

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative thank you! got it figured it out !

@davewatkinscreative

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for checking out the video.

what is alt + click mean?? what is click😔😔

@davewatkinscreative

5 ай бұрын

The alt(pc) + click or cmd(Mac) + click means to hold the alt/cmd key down and click/press the main button on your mouse.

mine isnt copying what am i doing wrong

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there - I'll type out the process that I use for creating copies around a centre point. This applies here and to the mandala video you also commented on. First you'll want to have the object you'd like to work with selected. With an object selected press R to activate the rotate tool. Then you move the cursor to the area you'd like to be your centre point. I generally have guides or a circle set up so that I can use the same centre point over and over again in a document. Then holding option (Mac) or alt (Win) click on the centre point. The rotate dialog box should pop up. There you can enter in a specific angle for the rotation or you can let Illustrator do the math for you by typing in 360/10. (360 being a complete circle and 10 being the number of copies you'd like to evenly space around that circle). Then you would commit this transformation by pressing "copy" and not "ok". This should generate a copy of your original object rotated around your centre point by the measurement you entered. Finally without making any other transformations or deselecting your object use the Transform again command (CMD + D (Mac) or CTRL + D (Win)) several times to quickly create copies around your centre point . Hoping this helps. Let me know if you're still stuck.

@marshamello8680

2 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative I got to the point of rotate, 60 and copy but it didn't copy

@davewatkinscreative

2 жыл бұрын

To me that sounds like you didn't have an object selected. Using the rotate tool, the rotate dialog box will still appear and allow you to define a centre point and press copy even if you have nothing selected.

first step.....smoke dmt

@davewatkinscreative

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Rogan? Is that you?

@OwlFPV

4 жыл бұрын

@@davewatkinscreative XD SECOND STEP EAT SOME ELK MEAT AND TALK ABOUT UFC

What did I miss? My shape is not transparent?....

@davewatkinscreative

Жыл бұрын

Could you check to see if you have a fill active in the colour panel? The original shapes that you rotate and copy should only use strokes to have the middle appear transparent.

Sounds like this is for Machintosh users. No wonder this did not work with PC.

@davewatkinscreative

5 ай бұрын

You're right. I have used Macs almost exclusively for the last 20+ years. The actual content in the video should translate over to PC with the only major difference being the CMD key on Mac gets replaced with the Alt key on PC. I don't believe there are any other features that I talked about that don't work on PC