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Sep 14 2015 11:50am
Anyone know of any good tuts for someone who has never touched illustrator before and wants to learn vector/pentooling?


thanks fam
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Sep 14 2015 11:57am
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/adobe-illustrator/turn-portraits-into-stylish-vector-art/#1
http://www.creativebloq.com/digital-art/illustrator-tutorials-1232697

they're really easy to find


pentooling is the exact same, a lot of the functions are similar to photoshop

spend a day on youtube and read/do some tuts and you'll be decently equipped
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Sep 14 2015 12:18pm
Quote (Lwe12345 @ Sep 14 2015 05:57pm)
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/adobe-illustrator/turn-portraits-into-stylish-vector-art/#1
http://www.creativebloq.com/digital-art/illustrator-tutorials-1232697

they're really easy to find


pentooling is the exact same, a lot of the functions are similar to photoshop

spend a day on youtube and read/do some tuts and you'll be decently equipped


rad! thx bro
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Sep 16 2015 08:10am
Here ya go..

Tool Hotkeys:
V – Select
A – Direct Select
Q – Lasso Tool
P – Pen
T – Type
M – Rectangle
L – Ellipse
C – Scissors
R – Rotate (hold shift to maintain 45 degree increments)
O – Mirror (hold shift to maintain 180 degree increments)
G – Gradient
H – Hand Tool (or hold space bar while dragging screen)
Z – Zoom In/Out , Alt + (mouse scroll) – Zoom In/Out

Useful Hotkeys:
Ctrl + Alt + N – New Document
Ctrl + S – Save , Ctrl + Shift + S – Save As
Ctrl + Q – Quit
Ctrl + Z – Undo/Redo Multiple Times
Ctrl + 0(zero) – Fit to Screen
Shift + (while moving object) – Maintains Alignment
Alt (while moving object) – Duplicate Object
Shift + Alt (while moving object) – Duplicate Object While Maintaining Alignment
Ctrl + A – Select All
Ctrl + Shift + .(period) – Increase Type Size , Ctrl + Shift + ,(comma) – Decrease Type Size
Ctrl + Shift + L or C or R – Left-align, Center-align, Right-align Type (cursor must be inside text box)
Ctrl + ; - Show / Hide Guides
Ctrl + R – Show/Hide Ruler
Ctrl + U – Turn On/Off Smart Guides
F – Free Roam Layout (click multiple times to cycle through the different layout options)
Alt + ↑ or ↓ or ← or → –Adjust Tracking, Kerning, and Leading of Type (while text is highlighted)
Ctrl + G – Group , Ctrl + Shift+ G – Ungroup
Ctrl + [ or ] – Bring Object Up or Down One Layer at a Time
Ctrl + Shift + [ or ] – Bring Object to Front/Send Object to Back
Ctrl + F – Paste in Front (after copying, this will duplicate the image in the exact same place)
Ctrl + D – Repeat Last Copy or Move (helps maintain consistent spacing)
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