Better: The Brand Designer Podcast S11 E20: My Favorite Adobe Illustrator Hidden Gems
In this solo episode, I’m talking about the tools and shortcuts I use every day in Adobe Illustrator (my favorite Adobe software!) while designing for my clients. Plus, I’m sharing exactly where to find them in Illustrator and how I use them. Follow along in more detail over on the blog post while you listen! - hellojunecreative.co/blog.
00:00: Intro
03:52: Pattern Brush Tool
05:31: Duplicate Shortcut
06:27: Smooth Tool
07:39 Pattern Tool
09:21: Width Tool
10:42: Join Tool
11:47: Pathfinder Tool
12:55: Puppet Warp Tool
14:53: Recolor Artwork Tool
15:56: Outline Stroke Tool
Head over to hellojunecreative.co/blog for more tools that I didn’t talk about on the podcast in the blog post! Or go comment on my instagram post over on @hellojunecreate if you know of a tool/shortcut that you use and love that I didn't talk about!
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