learn how to design today's geometric vector in under five minutes
so let's waste no more time today guys and let's jump right into adobe
illustrator so let's get cracking by pressing M for the rectangle tool and
then click and drag while holding down the shift key to create a perfect square
now we're going to briefly work in the transform window by rotating the square
by 45 degrees and then changing its height values to 60% this is kind of
result in a diamond shape for your design now hold down the alt option key
and then click and drag the duplicated diamond below while holding down shift
to make sure the new object is perfectly in line now place it exactly on the
lower anchor point like so press a for the direct selection tool and then click
and drag the anchor points like I'm doing here on screen you basically just
want the new shape to cover the left hand side of the design now select the
most recent shape and then press command or ctrl C to copy it and then command or
ctrl F to paste a copy right over the top
we're going to then reflect the new shape like so before moving it while
holding shift so remains fixed on horizontal plane
next we're going to add some color to the diamond shapes so you need to do is
select one then double click the color palette in the bottom left of the screen
or you can actually use a gradient field as well it's up to you but when you do
have your three shapes filled with color select everything and then press command
or control G on a Mac or ctrl G on a PC this is going to group everything
together now again using the alt option key and duplicate the selection
perfectly off to one side do this again so you end up with 4 cubes and then
duplicate that a row down below also now I suggest pressing command or control Y
to enter into outline mode as you can then perfectly align your shapes into
the exact position our line mode allows you to be able to see the vectors when
they perfectly meet with precision so go ahead and build up the design so you end
up with 3 rows or 4 cubes on each row and yeah it is probably best to do all
of this in outline mode but when you have done it press command or control Y
to X out of outline modes so we now need to commit to the final step in today's a
geometric design select a black stroke in the color palette with no fill and
then select the polygon shape tool
click-and-drag using this tool but while you do hold down shift and then press
the up and down arrows until you reach a three-sided shape you can rotate the
triangle around but hold down shift so fix in a perfect position so after you
have your triangle select all of the cubes and then press command or control
2 to lock them now bring your triangle on to your design and attach the top of
the triangle to the very top of the cube here now if you've done everything
correctly up until now you can then just simply adjust the corners of the
triangle on the bottom using direct selection tool like so and you should
have a perfect cube in the middle of the triangle now finally press the alt or
the option key as well as command or control and then - on your keyboard to
unlock the cubes or you can just simply come up to object and unlock at the top
now select everything and create a clipping mask and there is your
geometrical vector shape completed in under five minutes I've got lots of
really awesome and useful content lined up for next week
and I'm actually gonna try out a new formats where after the tutorials
finished I'm gonna give a quiz or a kind of test to see if you've been following
along and if you're actually learning from my videos and it's really awesome
to see you guys learning techniques and skills in Adobe Illustrator as well as
graphic design in general and this channel is growing really well but if
you do want to help me out just share my videos on social media or to a fellow
designer have a great day and until next time design your future today peace
you