Super Simple Way to Draw Comic Speech Bubbles in Illustrator - (Anchor, Pucker Bloat, Zigzag)

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Illustrator CC Tutorial - In this video we will learn about utilizing Illustrator to make vector drawings like comic Speech bubble.

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0:03 · hello everybody this is graphic pools lab how have you been in this tutorial we will learn about utilizing illustrator to make vector drawings like cartoon thought-bubble I'll show you how to make full use of Anchor Point and distort before I get started I just want to say if you like to watch more of tutorials make sure to hit the thumbs up button or comment and subscribe that's very encouraging okay then let's get started in this video we

0:34 · will use illustrator CC to follow my steps slowly I made document and bubbles already first press L to open ellipse tool draw an ellipse make a couple of different sizes with alt press ok select all and then go to window open Pathfinder panel click unite draw an

1:08 · ellipse [Music] now open add Anchor Point tool make points along the circumference let's

1:26 · duplicate it go to effect distort pucker and bloat turn the preview on move the point I'm gonna probably leave about here select ellipse go to effect pucker

1:55 · and bloat if you move down your percents it's gonna be like bursts as you can see [Music]

2:14 · go to effect distort zig zag [Music] I'll modify size and segments you can choose smooth points to activate add Anchor Point tool add some points along the stroke make a copy of it go to zig

2:56 · zag now we can see zig zag effect is difficult to predict [Music] click apply zig zag press a to open

3:18 · direct selection tool you can handle a anchor point as you want I think this is more dramatic than last one now we are gonna make dotted background press M to open rectangle tool drag it delete stroke click fill to open color picker I'm gonna fill with yellow let's create

3:53 · one more rectangle which is going to be dot pattern go to window swatches click swatch libraries menu go to patterns basic graphics basic graphics dots [Music]

4:22 · I'll hit ten dpi 30% if you fill a color directly it happens just like this let's go back we have to double click pattern and swatches panel now we can change that to color click done drag background images hit send to back now we have done

5:00 · this is super super simple so that's all for graphic tools I'll utilize what you learn and make awesome images please keep an eye on more videos to come thank you so so much for watching this tutorial