Adobe Illustrator 2025 29.1 Official

Limitation: Complex human figures (hands, faces) still look "uncanny valley." Stick to objects, flora, and abstract geometry.

In 6 seconds, you get 3 variations of fully scalable, grouped, and colored vector art. Adobe Illustrator 2025 29.1

Another major quality-of-life improvement is the enhanced Mockup feature. In the past, getting vector art to look realistic on a t-shirt or coffee mug required using Photoshop or third-party plugins. Limitation: Complex human figures (hands, faces) still look

Illustrator 29.1 builds this directly into the canvas. You can now map vector artwork onto a raster image of a product (like a tote bag or cup), and Illustrator automatically warps the art to match the contours and lighting of the photo. For freelancers and merchandise designers, this feature alone is worth the price of admission. In 6 seconds, you get 3 variations of

Pro Tip: Use this for mood boards and textile design. It generates editable paths, not raster images.