How to Give Shapes a NEON GLOW in Illustrator

This tutorial will demonstrate how to apply a neon glow effect to shapes in Adobe Illustrator. This neon glow effect uses a combination of gradients and blending modes, specifically colour dodge, to influence how objects and light interact with each other.
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  • @kovacspistol
    @kovacspistol2 жыл бұрын

    Let me just say I've looked at so many videos, and I totally understand that making a video is HARD work so this isn't shade to others who contribute to this platform, but I understand your tutorials the best. The struggle was real, I genuinely thought "I guess I'll never figure out illustrator and I should give up." until I found one of your videos. So thank you so much for uploading all these, I'm going through the illustrator playlist, again, thank you.

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thanks so much Krystal :)

  • @rahdigga6031
    @rahdigga60312 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial was so quick and easy to master, I immediately clicked the subscribed and bell to see what else you have in store. Fantastic

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Rah!

  • @carolinafchen4882
    @carolinafchen4882 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the tutorial! :D It helped me so much, also easy to follow, simple and clear. Love it!

  • @Tri_Pix
    @Tri_Pix2 жыл бұрын

    This is what I call a channel for me. Thank you this channel has changed my approach in design

  • @LamoshQa
    @LamoshQa2 жыл бұрын

    absolutely amazing! more stuff like that please ))

  • @rainbowsandmorerainbows841
    @rainbowsandmorerainbows8412 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS SO COOL. Im gonna play with this for hours

  • @vM_VIC
    @vM_VIC2 жыл бұрын

    Incredible! Please share more of your genius.

  • @smokyx
    @smokyx2 жыл бұрын

    thanks for all you doing for free Dansky, it's insane!

  • @nababaruah8229
    @nababaruah82292 жыл бұрын

    This is a very complex thing taught in a very small time. I liked it. Please make a tutorial of the animation that you did at the intro.

  • @Stevenastudillo90
    @Stevenastudillo90 Жыл бұрын

    Woooww! So amazed about this! I haven't seem anything like that. Thank you very much, Dansky!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it Steven :)

  • @anabediashvili959
    @anabediashvili9592 жыл бұрын

    This is so fun🤩thank you so much for sharing ❤️

  • @azrieltafre5211
    @azrieltafre52112 жыл бұрын

    So amazing! Thanks Mr Dansky!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome Azriel 😊

  • @floriancelli9913
    @floriancelli99132 жыл бұрын

    Very useful trick! Merci beaucoup Dan!

  • @osks
    @osks18 күн бұрын

    Brilliant presentation, and no vulgarity! Well done!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you very f-ing much 😜

  • @prokassim
    @prokassim2 жыл бұрын

    amazing talent how you make complex things so easy follow !! thanks a ton.

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Alaa! Ah it’s my more recent voiceover style of videos, that makes it super easy for me to explain things in more detail 🙏

  • @markscott8639
    @markscott86392 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dansky, super Tutorial. Looking forward to more good tips. Thank you for your support!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome Mark! 😀👍

  • @user-cz7ye2dq7o
    @user-cz7ye2dq7o8 ай бұрын

    It's so amazing .thank you

  • @sharon_hart
    @sharon_hart Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I've been searching for this, Thank You.

  • @Totorus
    @Totorus2 жыл бұрын

    Looks awesome, thanks for sharing!!!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Totorus 😊

  • @hashhCM
    @hashhCM2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!!

  • @alexxenaosas2416
    @alexxenaosas24162 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial man , thank you !

  • @cadreentertainmentrsa3574
    @cadreentertainmentrsa35742 жыл бұрын

    DANSKY IS UNDEFEATED!!!

  • @TheBobberVlog
    @TheBobberVlog2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome thank you!

  • @Adouleh5
    @Adouleh52 жыл бұрын

    Great job, thank you

  • @SSHK237
    @SSHK2372 жыл бұрын

    This is certainly mind-blowing! Thanx!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Sheji 😊

  • @md.bulbulislam5373
    @md.bulbulislam5373 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Experience!

  • @hasbulla2012
    @hasbulla20122 жыл бұрын

    Oh damn, I’ve been doing neon logos recently by offsetting a path, then adding a blur and outer glow, super long winded. Thanks for this! Will save me loads of time

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aha yea, there’s definitely a few ways to do neon/glows! I’m learning quite a bit from downloading vector stock assets, and then digging through the effects in the appearance panel 😊

  • @melvinchai7927

    @melvinchai7927

    2 жыл бұрын

    same goes to me, i never thought this kind of method even create better neon glow. i going to try it into after effect to create great neon animation effect!

  • @user-ff8ju7pz9l
    @user-ff8ju7pz9l2 жыл бұрын

    Incredible and Super!👍

  • @JohnLedford
    @JohnLedford2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @tichannel3200
    @tichannel32004 ай бұрын

    love it, amazing

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @SuperJammed
    @SuperJammed Жыл бұрын

    Just wow i love it. I used the same concept and recreated it in CSS for my web project. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @AT-bz2fm
    @AT-bz2fm6 ай бұрын

    Super! Thank you!❤

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    6 ай бұрын

    You're welcome 😊

  • @rakinar2
    @rakinar22 жыл бұрын

    This man is incredible!!!

  • @chebucreker
    @chebucreker2 жыл бұрын

    It's awesome!! Thank you very much!!!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you too! :)

  • @woodsyowl9379
    @woodsyowl93792 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial

  • @kunal8652
    @kunal8652 Жыл бұрын

    really amazing😇

  • @Verrx133
    @Verrx133 Жыл бұрын

    this really good, ty for sharing these

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @dnamie98
    @dnamie98Ай бұрын

    and here i was thinking i'd have to mess with blending modes and effects for hours. this was seriously a great tutorial, props!

  • @lukmanjfr0355
    @lukmanjfr03552 жыл бұрын

    Awesomeeee

  • @utopiesadok9877
    @utopiesadok98772 жыл бұрын

    thanks it was so quick and easy to master

  • @sheylaramosvillegas5273
    @sheylaramosvillegas52732 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, and surprisingly therapeutic

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! :)

  • @jonathanformlyrics5355
    @jonathanformlyrics5355 Жыл бұрын

    For those who doesn't work, change your document colour from CMYK to RGB.

  • @lugovoy1

    @lugovoy1

    8 ай бұрын

    THANKOOOOOYYYYYUUUU

  • @dpsproservices

    @dpsproservices

    7 ай бұрын

    woohoo thanks!@@lugovoy1

  • @jcjmedia787
    @jcjmedia7872 жыл бұрын

    Your slogan is truly represented by your content. I’ll be putting this to practice. Thank you

  • @ajinscreation7228
    @ajinscreation72282 жыл бұрын

    Amazing 👏

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers, thank you!

  • @highway27studios51
    @highway27studios512 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dansky! Excellent tutorial, thank you. How can I play around with the offset path settings after the object's been made? And to apply this effect to text, do I just need to make text an object? Lastly, what if we wanted a complete black background - is that possible? Thank you!

  • @ogidarmatena
    @ogidarmatena2 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool

  • @roido4304
    @roido43042 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god so good explained thank you!!!!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Roido! 👊

  • @Marjanne0031
    @Marjanne00312 жыл бұрын

    Very awesome

  • @SabbirHossain-jv7nn
    @SabbirHossain-jv7nn2 жыл бұрын

    SUPER EASY TUTORIAL DUDE, YOU JUST MADE IT SO EASY,

  • @rovivodesign9387
    @rovivodesign93872 жыл бұрын

    I love Dansky

  • @westfield90
    @westfield902 жыл бұрын

    Superb

  • @coolfeet77
    @coolfeet772 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial!!!! Can't wait to duplicate it! Thanks, mate!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! You’re welcome 👍

  • @03-uswahsaeed64
    @03-uswahsaeed642 жыл бұрын

    THANKYOUUU!!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😃

  • @all4ege
    @all4ege4 ай бұрын

    This is way better tool than multiple gaussian blur effect

  • @mehb8b
    @mehb8b Жыл бұрын

    That's such a amazing tutorial. Love🇵🇰

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @pemichael5264
    @pemichael52642 жыл бұрын

    thanks bro 👍

  • @LADALIDI
    @LADALIDI2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect 👌

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ladalidi 😊

  • @LADALIDI

    @LADALIDI

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ForeverDansky I have also made a video with the same technique 11 months ago, and you have made it with a clearer explanation 👍

  • @hamidalikhani932
    @hamidalikhani9322 жыл бұрын

    best for ever

  • @hibaa7105
    @hibaa71059 ай бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @arvinbaghi8329
    @arvinbaghi83292 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome, I don’t have any other thing to say.

  • @regularvids
    @regularvids2 жыл бұрын

    Hello. Great video. Question. The animation of the spot touching the circle was done in After effects?

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    perfect

  • @nikhitamandava9156
    @nikhitamandava91562 жыл бұрын

    Amazing one.. learnt something new and exciting does it work similar for other shapes ?

  • @JayRho17
    @JayRho174 ай бұрын

    Is there a way to cut out the background and just have the neon circle by it's self with a transparent background?

  • @sotekirk
    @sotekirk Жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @bichoutzed9691
    @bichoutzed96912 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mr Dansky

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome!

  • @am_that_guy
    @am_that_guy2 жыл бұрын

    WOW! When you started to move the gradient from one side to the other, it completely left me shook. Can this effect be achieved in AfterEffects?

  • @fayezabdurrahman853
    @fayezabdurrahman8532 жыл бұрын

    Cool 😎

  • @ondrejbudinsky7326
    @ondrejbudinsky7326 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, fantastic work. I have one question, how do i put on black background without changing the effect? Thanks a lot for your work

  • @reverseview01
    @reverseview015 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @ryanclark8728
    @ryanclark87288 ай бұрын

    For those who got stuck on the Expand part, I had to change my stroke for the object to "Align Stroke to Center" I originally had it set to "Align Stroke to Inside" and Expand was not available.

  • @arockianathan6924
    @arockianathan69242 жыл бұрын

    hi bro super and i have packaging design and some working tips bro thank you bro

  • @yusufkoklu3884
    @yusufkoklu38842 жыл бұрын

    tanks bro

  • @lizardking_7
    @lizardking_79 ай бұрын

    Loved the tutorial! How do you do this for outlined text? When I copy the steps it doesn't blend it randomly copies the text.

  • @tobyg3391
    @tobyg33912 жыл бұрын

    First off, awesome video! But, I do have a problem. When copying what you did in the video, using a circle it works just fine. I do have an object comprised of several lines and arc shapes. Adding the outline path works, when using the blend tool it acts very strange and doesn't spread right and left of the line. It spreads in random directions with different intensities. Do you or anyone else have a solution for it, what am I doing wrong? Thank you!

  • @annapurnaseelam5324

    @annapurnaseelam5324

    3 ай бұрын

    I have the same issue

  • @agentprudent
    @agentprudent2 жыл бұрын

    I think Dansky is the Grandfather of Leonardo Da Vinci😍❤️✊

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha, thanks 😂

  • @agentprudent

    @agentprudent

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ForeverDansky 😃😃😃 you are a great teacher boss

  • @pollyhannah8392
    @pollyhannah83922 жыл бұрын

    I am trying to create this but with using a line shape that looks like a T with a extra two horizontal lines one line 3/4 way and the other halfway on the T shape, drawn with pen tool then merged, able to expand but blend tool just multiplies the lines instead of giving that blurred look where you used blend. I followed your tutorial and had success with using the circle shape. Would anyone know why it does not work with the shape I described? ...Thanks!

  • @EbaaTab
    @EbaaTab2 ай бұрын

    Oh god this is amazing it didn't work for me at first bcz I was working with cmyk colors

  • @annaj.6577
    @annaj.65772 жыл бұрын

    Hi, thank you for the tutorial. But I have a problem with it. Whenever I try to blend the expanded ring and the offset path (I tried Blend > Make option too) it doesn't come up blurry or glowy. It looks like a flat stroke in between both shapes. :( Any suggestion?

  • @annaj.6577

    @annaj.6577

    2 жыл бұрын

    OK. I figured it out. Maybe it will help someone else. Go to Blend Options > change it from 'Smooth Color' to 'Specified Distance'.. It worked for me. And if there is no plus sign appearing go Object > Blend > Make

  • @jinyeh8593

    @jinyeh8593

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! That did help me!

  • @annaj.6577

    @annaj.6577

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jinyeh8593 glad that it helped!

  • @gianxander

    @gianxander

    8 ай бұрын

    for some reason the blend looks pixelated

  • @glenc5185
    @glenc5185 Жыл бұрын

    Um, when I play around with the sliders, (3:05) the whole background rectangle changes color, not the ring. What am I doing wrong?

  • @Sciagurai
    @Sciagurai2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, love the tutorial and intro music. Track name please? :)

  • @andreacorriols6917
    @andreacorriols69172 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks! It's very useful. But when I saved mine, it doesn't save as it looks. Somehow, the neon brush looks more saturated 🥴 help!

  • @Bellandpets
    @Bellandpets5 ай бұрын

    QUESTION: How can you keep the integrity of the dark black background once you've edited the color palette sliders to the glow you want? I have a client that wants pure black background and can[t seem to achieve this.

  • @justmarul2093
    @justmarul2093 Жыл бұрын

    photoshop: hi

  • @fatimafatimaali674
    @fatimafatimaali674 Жыл бұрын

    Hi sir Sir I have a problem plz must reply when I pic colour blend tool the color fill box change into this mark option 👉? And when after blending when I click colour doge in transparency all colors gone in the background I mean don't show plz tell me about this I have seen many tutorial but I couldn't understand plz must reply

  • @t_valerie
    @t_valerie2 жыл бұрын

    When is project glow stick coming out?

  • @corinnecuozzo3677
    @corinnecuozzo36772 жыл бұрын

    Hi Danksy, thanks for this. My "shape" keeps getting filled in when I blend, so it's blending on outside, but filling white in the middle. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!

  • @jameswang4655

    @jameswang4655

    Жыл бұрын

    same to me, any help pls

  • @xdpico652
    @xdpico652 Жыл бұрын

    is there any way to make this in illustrator with the laser being transparent?

  • @pascovicidinmoscova
    @pascovicidinmoscova2 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @skye478
    @skye4782 жыл бұрын

    Hello Dansky! I have a question, right as I change the circle into color dodge. I'm not getting the glowy circle your getting, I'm getting a more thicker version of it, idk what happened, but I may need your help thanks!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Skye, if you follow the same steps, the glow intensity will be dependant on the size/thickness of the circles you create, and how much of a graduation there is outwards from white to black 😊

  • @phantomslayer9714
    @phantomslayer97142 жыл бұрын

    Yes we can move it around ✍️ *takes notes* forgets everything else

  • @cripto5840
    @cripto58402 жыл бұрын

    hey dansky first of all thanks for this nice tutorial. but how you animate that neon ball around circle?

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Create the gradient shapes (black and white) in Illustrator, export out as separate files and bring into After Effects. Change the blending mode to Colour Dodge for objects in After Effects, and animate each object’s position using keyframes 👍

  • @SakshamAnand-qs5jx
    @SakshamAnand-qs5jx8 ай бұрын

    im stuck at 2:46, when i change the opacity normal to color dodge the blue ring is very thick for me & not thin like in the vid

  • @siryessirnosir
    @siryessirnosir3 ай бұрын

    This is great! Major bummer though; it doesn't work in CMYK.

  • @Kolddeth
    @Kolddeth Жыл бұрын

    This was a super easy tutorial to follow, instant subscribe for me. My only issue is now that have my shapes created how to I use them so that my background isn't the color for the glow? do I just have to shrink that color box down to the same size as my object or what?

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Group everything together including the background (Ctrl + G) and then change the blending mode to “Screen”. The background will blend over an image or photo for example 👍

  • @Kolddeth

    @Kolddeth

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ForeverDansky awesome thank you!!

  • @misangremivida
    @misangremivida2 жыл бұрын

    I guess you can do this even with types right? Amazing btw

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much anything black and white using colour dodge!

  • @roverdrammen3977
    @roverdrammen39772 жыл бұрын

    Would nice to see how to do this with text!

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great idea! I’ve got a few neon tutorials for text already, but would definitely be fun to try and apply this technique to text 😊

  • @lonelyff3429
    @lonelyff34299 ай бұрын

    Can I make this on illustrator 10 Version?

  • @DeAndaMax
    @DeAndaMax2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dansky, I keep running into an issue when trying this. I have followed step by step and whenever I try to use the blend tool I do not get the + option on my tool until I click on the object then I have to click on it again and it does not function properly. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

  • @ForeverDansky

    @ForeverDansky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aha it can be very fiddly! You can also go to “Object -> Blend -> Make” instead 👍

  • @DeAndaMax

    @DeAndaMax

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ForeverDansky Thanks so much! Last question, I promise, any suggestions on how to flatten the image/take the new object out without losing too many details? This is for a screen print so I am needing it without the background.

  • @jekkebessje
    @jekkebessje10 ай бұрын

    I have a problem on 2:06. I can not do 'expand'. I want to give my text the neon glow effect like in your video. Can you help me?