Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Turning corners into organic curves, part of Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals.
- All right, the time has finally come…for us to really truly draw with round corners…inside Illustrator.…And in the end, we're going to take this collection…of Pen Tool corner points, and we're going to turn it…into this rounded piece of artwork here.…All right, so the first thing to reckon with…is how do you go about drawing your free-form polygons?…And the answer is to make sure that your corners…that we're seeing here are on the outside…of the final rounded edges.…So think in terms of control handles.…Remember how control handles attract their arcing segments.…
Well, that's what we want to do with round corners as well.…So every one of these corner points…is on the extreme side of its round edge.…All right, now armed with White Arrow Tool,…I'll go ahead and click on the orca's nose right here,…and you generally, by the way, want to start…with the smaller rounded segments as opposed to the big ones…because if you start with the big ones first,…then you may end up eating up at the whole segments…so you can no longer round the other points.…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
8/10/2016Released
9/23/2015Start watching to learn how to create multipage documents with artboards; how to draw anything you can imagine with the Pen, Pencil, and Curvature tools; and how to start adding color to your artwork with swatches. Deke also covers drawing shapes, adjusting strokes, formatting text, and painting digitally, with or without a tablet. Each chapter should leave you with a new set of skills—and a sense of accomplishment.
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- Opening, creating, saving, and closing documents
- Working with artboards
- Zooming and panning
- Drawing lines, arcs, grids, and spirals
- Drawing shapes
- Creating compound paths
- Working in RGB vs. CMYK color modes
- Creating and applying swatches
- Adjusting the line weight of strokes
- Formatting text
- Building custom paths with the Shape Builder and Join tools
- Freeform drawing with the Pencil
- Painting and erasing artwork
- Painting with a tablet
- Drawing with the Curvature tool
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Q: This course was updated on 02/24/2016. What changed?
A: We added five new videos and updated eight others, to keep up with the latest version of Illustrator CC.
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One4m 20s
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1. Working with Documents
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Creating a new document5m 2s
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Modifying your new document5m 59s
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Saving your changes7m 46s
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2. Working with Artboards
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Using the Artboard tool8m 51s
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Undo, Redo, and Revert3m 16s
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Artboard tips and tricks4m 46s
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Autoarranging artboards6m 41s
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Artboards and rulers7m 26s
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3. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out5m 59s
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Cycling between screen modes6m 38s
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4. Drawing Lines
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Now, we draw44s
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Creating center guides7m 13s
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Drawing straight lines5m 10s
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Duplicating and extending6m 15s
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Using the Move command5m 19s
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Joining your line segments5m 23s
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Using the Arc tool6m 45s
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Using the Polar Grid tool3m 29s
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Using the Spiral tool7m 31s
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5. Drawing Shapes
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Using the Ellipse tool7m 45s
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Live ellipses and pies4m 44s
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Drawing two perfect circles8m 22s
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Creating compound paths7m 1s
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Using the Rectangle tool5m 39s
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Using the crazy Flare tool6m 19s
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6. Color and Swatches
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How color works1m 7s
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Working with global swatches5m 43s
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7. Strokes, Dashes, and Arrows
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Adjusting the line weight4m 42s
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Caps, joins, and miter limit6m 25s
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Dashes and arrowheads7m 24s
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Variable-width strokes5m 58s
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Combining multiple strokes4m 18s
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8. Creating and Formatting Text
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Text at its best1m 2s
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Setting up page margins6m 25s
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Placing and flowing text5m 34s
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Formatting display text5m 47s
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Formatting body copy5m 59s
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Creating a drop cap3m 39s
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Resolving widows and orphans4m 49s
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Redefining a paragraph style6m 48s
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Creating type on a path6m 3s
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9. Building Custom Paths
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Join and the Shape Builder1m 12s
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Using the Join command6m 26s
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Using the Join tool4m 16s
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Creating an inset reflection6m 32s
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10. Using the Pencil Tool
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Creating a tracing template3m 28s
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11. Painting and Erasing
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The best tools for painting1m 27s
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Introducing the Eraser tool6m 56s
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Merging selected paths4m 58s
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Releasing compound paths6m 7s
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Erasing and smoothing lumps6m 13s
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12. Using the Curvature Tool
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Drawing one point at a time1m 46s
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Curvature tool curiosities4m 32s
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Creating quick smooth shapes6m 29s
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13. Using the Pen Tool
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Creating corner points6m 44s
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How smooth points work6m 51s
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Drawing smooth points7m 55s
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Creating cusp points6m 34s
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Using the Anchor Point tool5m 32s
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Drawing perspective edges5m 48s
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Drawing a few distress marks10m 1s
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A preview of round corners9m 26s
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14. Drawing with Round Corners
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Making corners smooth1m 7s
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The round corner widget3m 44s
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Rounding off corner points4m 54s
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Changing the corner type3m 37s
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Rounding characters of type6m 15s
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Decorating an iPhone screen6m 37s
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Reshaping rounded paths9m 40s
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15. Making Screen Graphics
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Pixel grid "gotchas"5m 5s
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Saving an 8-bit graphic6m 32s
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Saving a JPEG image5m 10s
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Assigning a copyright3m 10s
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Using the Asset Export panel4m 42s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 50s
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