Create & Edit Custom Paths & Shapes | Adobe Illustrator Essentials

⬇️ Download the workbook to follow along, plus a cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts: https://animationexplained.kit.com/aiessentials Learn how to create and edit custom paths and shapes using the Pen Tool, Anchor Point Tool and Direct Selection Tool. You'll learn how to create straight or curved lines by drawing with the Pen Tool. Then, edit a path (an open shape) or a closed shape by adjusting the anchor points and bezier handles using the Direct Selection Tool. Next, you’ll learn how to add and subtract anchor points, cut paths, join paths, and turn straight lines into curved lines or vice versa by adding or subtracting bezier handles with the Convert Vertex Tool. Finally, learn how to adjust the thickness of the stroke at different points along a path. 👀 Watch the Adobe Illustrator Essentials series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhXrIYXEZmzGhCVHk47u1ybC The Illustrator Essentials series is designed to help beginners get started in Adobe Illustrator. While there’s a focus on the tools and techniques used to create illustrations for animation, it’s also applicable to graphic design and static illustrations. 😎 Videos will be released every other week. Don’t want to wait to watch the series? Watch it now on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/3X0J4N4 ➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in Illustrator: https://www.meganfriesth.com/illustratoressentials/paths In this video: 0:18 - Pen Tool: Draw Lines 0:58 - Pen Tool: Draw Curves 1:40 - Another Way to Draw Curves 2:17 - Edit Paths 5:57 - Anchor Point Tool 7:17 - Transform Points 8:31 - Round Corners 10:07 - Cut & Join Paths 11:37 - Stroke Panel 12:34 - Stroke Width #adobeillustrator #illustration #vectorillustration #illustratortutorial #illustratortutorialforbeginners ➡️ Access all of my classes with a 1 month free trial of Skillshare here: https://www.skillshare.com/animationexplained My website: https://www.animationexplained.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/