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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