The circle shown here is the exact size I used. Hold down the Shift key while dragging to constrain the circle. The first thing you need to do is use the Ellipse (circle) tool and create a circle on the artboard. We will create a custom brush in Illustrator to help us draw these shapes a lot quicker. Adobe software has been designed so that the designer can easily adapt to all kinds of tools and crafts. An experienced designer has practiced his craft with all the different tools available in Photoshop. Designing and combining these swooshes and swirls require a great deal of precision. In this tutorial, you'll learn to combine geometric shapes and form unique patterns and curls in Illustrator. Curls refer to curved geometric shapes with random and intricate patterns.Swirls refer to the inter-connected pattern of sharp geometrical shapes.Swoosh refers to the specific geometrical shapes that are soft and sleek on the edges.When brushes of different shapes and kinds are applied to the different geometrical figures, it results in geometrical figures of different thickness at different points and styles. I will outline how to do this, but you should always take my methods and play around with your options, such as stroke sizes or brush shapes. If this is your first time attempting a tutorial like this, I suggest following it exactly as I have it here, then going back over the process and playing with your options later. All of my files are hand-made by me, not borrowed. It's not nearly as difficult as you might think.Īnd to answer all of your questions: Yes, I made all those designs on my own (with a bit of help from and their awesome Adobe Illustrator tutorials). I'll show you how to easily create your swirls and swooshes in Adobe Illustrator. Part of the reason is that most people, even avid Illustrator users, don't realize how easy it is to create these shapes with a few simple tricks.Īll it takes to create a swirl is a few simple yet not highly utilized Illustrator tips.
Swirls and swooshes, or whatever you want to call them, are pretty hard to come by as a freebie (except here on BittBox), and they're even rarer in vector format.
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