How To Make a Heart in illustrator Step By Step

how to make a heart in illustrator step by step : Adobe illustrator tutorial

Are you are looking to draw a heart step by step in illustrator? this Adobe illustrator tutorial consists of using the basic tools in illustrator and will also help you to learn the basic of using Adobe illustrator as your drawing tool.

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A heart is a geometric shape and getting a perfect cute heart in illustrator is quite easy , Here i will use simple shape of a circle to modify it into a heart shape although it is not too much of a process . But i am going to show it to you how to draw a heart step by step so you can easily understand the process of it .

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This Adobe illustrator Tutorial is somewhat of a beginner level But since valentines day is approaching and you will be seeing hearts everywhere OR will be looking for that perfect heart shape drawing to be integral part of your design . Why not make it yourself !
Without delay here is the step by step drawing process of a heart shape in Adobe illustrator vector.

 

How to Draw Heart in Adobe illustrator step by step

Drawing a heart shape Step 1 :

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Start with Ellip tool L

Draw two circles while pressing down shift , this will ensure that you get a perfect circle.

Hold on to the alt key while selecting the first circle , which will duplicate your current shape .

Drawing a heart shape Step 2

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Press shift while you drag the copy towards the right , this will ensure that your circles are aligned while you move one of them. Open the path finder window ( short cut Shift+ctrl+F9 ) by going to windows > pathfinder

Drawing a heart shape Step 3

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Select both of your circles and hit the expand button while pressing alt . this will join both of your circles your circle will look now something like this

Drawing a heart shape Step 4

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Click on the direct selection tool ( Shortcut A)

Drawing a heart shape Step 5

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Select the node in the middle and while pressing shift bring it down a bit something like this…

Drawing a heart shape Step 6

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Now we need to adjust the shape of the heart . Start by deleting the two anchor points as illustrated…

Drawing a heart shape Step 7

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Now adjust the angles of the four anchor points as shown

We have a perfect heart shape now

Drawing a heart shape Step 8

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Fill it with colour of your choice

The supportive eps file will be available for download on coming friday so subscribe or register today if you dont want to miss it!

how to draw heart step by step

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how to make a heart step by step : Adobe illustrator tutorial

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Weekly Free illustration: floral hearts

Ok here i am with another free illustration for this week. and i am also featuring a cool vector pack full of flourishes and hearts. This set was created last year and this year i have been busy creating rather whimsical illustrations and design elements , which i might add to the free vector section next week.
So ….. i present to you a sample eps file for your download and use. Here is the preview of the full Vector pack available through Aifactory.

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Great set of 27 Heart and floral design elements practical for cards , backgrounds , designs or web!
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