Gradient Mesh vs Freeform Gradient – Adobe Illustrator CC Tutorial



One of the coolest new features of Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 was without a doubt the Freeform Gradient. We covered it already in a few other Illustrator tutorial videos, but this time I decided to compare it to the Gradient Mesh. They are surprisingly similar and yet different. So let’s see if we can find out which one is better!

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Freeform Gradient example
4:35 Gradient Mesh tips
5:38 Freeform Gradient tips
9:12 Handle points Gradient Mesh
11:07 Gradient Mesh example

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