Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to distort perspective in Illustrator so that you can transform a single object in a freeform way. For this, we’ll be using the Free Transform Tool rather than the Perspective Tool. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to distort the perspective of a single object in any way you’d like — whether it be on the vertical axis, the horizontal axis, or a freeform distortion.
When changing an object’s perspective in Illustrator, you may be naturally inclined to seek out the Perspective Tool. However, this is not the correct tool to use if you simply want to alter the perspective of a single object in a freeform way. As useful as the Perspective Tool may be for other tasks, using it for this would actually make the process more complicated than it needs to be.
If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: logosbynick.com/learn
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to distort perspective in Illustrator so that you can transform a single object in a freeform way. For this, we’ll be using the Free Transform Tool rather than the Perspective Tool. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to distort the perspective of a single object in any way you’d like — whether it be on the vertical axis, the horizontal axis, or a freeform distortion.
When changing an object’s perspective in Illustrator, you may be naturally inclined to seek out the Perspective Tool. However, this is not the correct tool to use if you simply want to alter the perspective of a single object in a freeform way. As useful as the Perspective Tool may be for other tasks, using it for this would actually make the process more complicated than it needs to be.
If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: logosbynick.com/learn
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
