BEGINNER TUTORIALS

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

DOWNLOAD OUR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR BRUSHES + RESOURCES. Many of you are coming over from YouTube looking to Download our (updated) 200+ Adobe Illustrator Brushes to Follow Along with our Tutorials or use them with Your Own Artwork. Download the Illustrator Brushes + Tutorial Resources to Follow Along with the 50 Step by Steps on the Website or the 100 Beginner Tutorials Playlist on YouTube.

FOLLOW ALONG + GETTING STARTED. Our Tutorial Resources are included with the Brushes and Resources. I have included our Anchor Point and Tablet Friendly Guides to Follow Along with our 50 Step by Step Tutorials on the Website and YouTube. Our Tutorial Resources will come to you as a Zipped Folder. Follow Along with the Resource Guide to Learn How to Download Resources, Place Guides, and Create Template Layers.

FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE OR YOUTUBE. Many of you are looking to Follow Along with the Playlists on YouTube or the Step by Steps on the Website. If you are following along on YouTube, the Resources are for the 100 Beginner Tutorials Playlist. You can also download the brushes to use with Your Own Artwork. Follow Along to the Learn How to Use the Building Tools, Apply Brushes, and Basic Coloring Techniques using Live Paint.

BRUSHES + RESOURCES

1ST DAY WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

If you are brand new to Adobe Illustrator and you are in that highly frustrated, awkward or cursing at your computer screen, this will be your playlist. The easiest way to approach Adobe Illustrator is to think of it like it as an extremely expensive tracing program. The main thing to take away as you following along off of our anchor point or tablet-friendly guides to give ourselves a path to trace. If I see a line, I am going to trace my line with the Pen, Pencil or Paint Brush Tools. If I see a Shape, I will plop down a shape (usually an ellipse) that aligns with the shape I see. Most people starting out will over-complicate this first step. If I handed you a marker and said "Trace your Drawing," your decision on a stroke or shape should be obvious.

BUILDING WITH SHAPES

If you know your own artwork will be mainly shape-based or geometric, start with the top of the list for using shapes as the primary building tools. The Monkey, Popsicle, and Taco with use Shapes, Align Tools, and Pathfinder.

USING THE PEN TOOL

The Pen Tool is extremely easy to use once you get past the awkward phase. Most of our Beginner Tutorials will use the Pen Tool. I recommend using the Anchor Point Guides when you are starting out. The Whale, Cat, and Puppy Tutorials will use Pen Tool, Brushes, Editing Options and Live Paint.

USING YOUR TABLET

Many of you are looking to use your Tablet in Adobe Illustrator. What I would be focusing on is how to lay down your paths and then apply your line variation as a second step. The Pug, Duck and Tag Kid would be a good place to start if you are looking to use your Tablet.

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Top notch video as usual man. Cheers!Made by Mighty

I really love your channel, thanx for your tutorial really helpful 🙂 Sara Abdalla • 1 year ago

First time dive into Illustrator. This was great, learned a ton! ThanksPhilippe Lachenal

Such a cool drawing ! My favorite in this series !!!! Espermaschine • 1 year ago

I appreciate your videos. I have been an illustrator user for years and have my own ways of doing things. It's great to see other ways of using tools and learning tricks I didn't know were available! It's also good to see you doing the same thing as me in other instances, confirming I'm on the right track!Andy Zenz

Awesome tutorial! I don't think I've picked up something so easily from someone who knows what they are doing. I managed to draw my first vector art and it was a joy! Great work keep it up!blitz145

Great job Jason, you make it look so easy. And it actually was. Thumbs up!Little Richard • 5 months ago

That was a fun tutorial. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for such a detailed, easy to follow tutorial! Daniel Huckabay • 1 year ago

Love your video thanks so much. you blow Lynda.com out of the water!!!!Steve Yensel

Brilliant video. So much great info packed in here. I'm just getting started drawing cartoons with my Wacom tablet, and this was a huge help. Thumbs up and thanks!Dorian Staten

Wow Thanks Jason...was really struggling with making images with basic shapes. Your tutorial is helping me out!!Kishor Rajani

thanks a lot you are really one of my favorites, I like the steps you give us, and I'm so thankful for that effort you do for helping us :)Wessam Lotfi

Keep up the good work Jason. I’ve been doing Lynda.com tutorials for a few months now and I got more out of your videos than what I’ve received at Lynda. Keep it up and Thank You!!bobby jacobs • 1 year ago

These tutorials are amazing. Just started using illustrator and really glad I found your channel. The only videos that explain everything step by stepAida Stan

You are definitely one of the best teachers I've found dealing with start to finish creative process. Great work!!!Jasen Fisher

Thank you loads! Compared to other tutorials, yours are just really well-explained and easy-to-follow. Can totally see that you've got a passion for what you're doing and that's just wonderful! 🙂 Keep it up, you're doing an amazing job. Yulia Kachurova

Thank you so much man, I loved the way you explain this, I spent days looking for a good tutorial vid, thanks a lot, gonna keep watching your videos!!!Karel Marccenaro

Top notch video as usual man. Cheers!Made by Mighty

I appreciate your videos. I have been an illustrator user for years and have my own ways of doing things. It's great to see other ways of using tools and learning tricks I didn't know were available! It's also good to see you doing the same thing as me in other instances, confirming I'm on the right track!Andy Zenz

Awesome tutorial! I don't think I've picked up something so easily from someone who knows what they are doing. I managed to draw my first vector art and it was a joy! Great work keep it up!blitz145

Love your video thanks so much. you blow Lynda.com out of the water!!!!Steve Yensel

Brilliant video. So much great info packed in here. I'm just getting started drawing cartoons with my Wacom tablet, and this was a huge help. Thumbs up and thanks!Dorian Staten

Wow Thanks Jason...was really struggling with making images with basic shapes. Your tutorial is helping me out!!Kishor Rajani

thanks a lot you are really one of my favorites, I like the steps you give us, and I'm so thankful for that effort you do for helping us :)Wessam Lotfi

Keep up the good work Jason. I’ve been doing Lynda.com tutorials for a few months now and I got more out of your videos than what I’ve received at Lynda. Keep it up and Thank You!!bobby jacobs • 1 year ago

These tutorials are amazing. Just started using illustrator and really glad I found your channel. The only videos that explain everything step by stepAida Stan

You are definitely one of the best teachers I've found dealing with start to finish creative process. Great work!!!Jasen Fisher

Thank you loads! Compared to other tutorials, yours are just really well-explained and easy-to-follow. Can totally see that you've got a passion for what you're doing and that's just wonderful! 🙂 Keep it up, you're doing an amazing job. Yulia Kachurova

Thank you so much man, I loved the way you explain this, I spent days looking for a good tutorial vid, thanks a lot, gonna keep watching your videos!!!Karel Marccenaro

BEGINNER GUIDE

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

1ST DAY WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

BUILDING WITH SHAPES

USING THE PEN TOOL

USING YOUR TABLET

STEP BY STEPS

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