what is that people welcome back to satori graphics the home of graphic
design content right here on YouTube so today we're going to have a lot of fun
using the blend tool in Adobe Illustrator
in today's satori graphics blend tool tutorial
I have another video using different variations on the blend tool illustrator
so after you watch this tutorial today go down the description below and check
out that video too if you want to see more blend tool tutorials but in today's
video however select a color in the color palette and then press L for the
ellipse tool generate a perfect circle by holding down shift use the alt/option
key to duplicate the circle two more times and then change the color of each
circle you want to choose colors that will work together well so as you can
see here I've chosen warm and vibrant purples and Pink's for my design
click and drag to select all three circles and then use the two line
functions in the align window here then go to object blend and blend options we
want to use the smooth color option here finally go back up to object blend and
then choose make you now have a sweet gradient using the blend tool but we can
do many things with this design we can take the Anchor Point tool here and
click and drag to edit the vector path like so
secondly we can go ahead and open up the brush window with f5 on your keyboard or
you can find in the drop down menu at the top so with the blend tool creation
that you've just made selected go up to create a new brush in the top right
window and then click art brush make sure the line is running along the blend
tool design perfectly and then the default setting should be fine for your
design you've just created a vector brush and using your gradient generated
by the blend tool illustrator so now when you make a pen tool path you can
simply press the brush in the brush window and you would apply the effect
like so you can have lots of fun with this and make some cool designs
also you can take the width tool here and I did the thickness of the line
across the entire design also if you have shapes constructed of strokes only
you can apply the blend tool brush creation to them like so it change the
stroke weight and also edit the path as you see fit and see what kind of designs
you can come up with with this method you can cut up parts of the line away
with your scissors tool and you can also use the direct selection tool to
manipulate the design and echo points
so finally I'm going to show you one last technique using the blend tool
design that we made draw a path and then apply the brush to it and then press
after it a tool
click once on an anchor points and then hold down the alt/option key and click
again in the window that appears type in 6 degrees and then hit copy now press
command or control D over and over again to repeat the process you can surely
make some interesting and cool designs using all of these techniques starting
with a blend tool illustrator so there is today's video having some fun with
the blend tool in Adobe Illustrator let me know what you guys thought today is a
debut Illustrator blend tool tutorial down in the comment section below
and also like and share my content if you do find it useful before I sign off
the day I want to quickly show you some fan art that was made by Gustavo in
relation to watching my video in anxiety and depression now this is a really cool
design using the low poly method and I think it's really really great so kudos
to you go start over thanks for sending me your fan art if you guys have
anything to send me either link me in Twitter or you can message me in YouTube
directly and link me to your artwork what whatever you want to show me
I'm always keen to see you guys's work and when you come up with in your
graphic design workflow so don't be shy be anyway until next time guys design
your future today peace