The Width Tool Is A Design Hack For Logos & Simple Illustrations
In this tutorial we'll be going over how to use the Width Tool in Illustrator to create simple illustrations like logos and icons. In this example we'll be creating an abstract planet with orbiting rings around it.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:13 Creating a logo with the Width Tool
04:05 More options for using the Width Tool
05:41 Conclusion
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Excellent 👌
I guess i am the first one to comment. Just to appreciate your good work , i have learnt a lot from your videos .. thanks man for being so consistent .
@jxckchen
Жыл бұрын
He’s really the goat of random illustrator tips
finally, a video showing how to use width uniformly! i can make al this swirly but sometimes need to use in one section or all over.
Great lesson with Illustrator. Learned a lot from you already, keep up the good work as usual and I will be watching. Gave you a like, comment and thank you.
Amazing video! The width tool is such a powerful tool that I use a lot. Thanks for the tip to center the line at 1:22 , I didn't know this. Nice to learn from each other as designers. Keep up the great work. 😎
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Hi! why I can't see the handlers to modify the width once I added one point? help! thanks
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Do you have this tutorial for Affinity designer?
@DesignMadeSimple
Жыл бұрын
It's not possible with AD unfortunately. The workaround would be to create custom brushes.
@kumosworkshop
Жыл бұрын
I was about to ask the same thing. 😅
@sigibischof
Жыл бұрын
Sorry Nick, I have to disagree with you, even though I really appreciate your work and don't know half as much about vector design as you do. I just tried it, it is very easy to do in Affinity Designer. You start with a circle, no fill, just stroke obviously. Convert to curves, use the pressure adjustment to make the variable width planet stroke, duplicate to make the orbit. Expand appearance and then it's literally the same workflow with the Affinity shape builder tool as with the Illustrator shape builder.
@DesignMadeSimple
Жыл бұрын
@@sigibischof That's a good workaround, although not a complete replacement for the width tool. Thanks for sharing!
@dubbledown
Жыл бұрын
@@sigibischof make a quick screencast to demo?