We'll start with the basics of understanding how the canvas and artboards work, and then we'll detail the specific steps you need to take to resize the canvas in Illustrator.

In this guide, we'll show you how to resize the canvas in Illustrator so that you can take full advantage of its potential for your designs. Although this can be a bit confusing for beginners, with a little practice, resizing the canvas in Illustrator is a simple task. Set the point of origin by selecting either the center point or any of the 4 sides or corner for the transformation to originate from.One of the main features of Adobe Illustrator application is the ability to resize the canvas to the user's liking, but in a way that is different from other design software.If you have a stroke around your shape, or have applied corners you may want to select “Scale Strokes and Effects” or “Scale Corners”

Check off the options you want the transformation to apply to in the options section.

In the dialog box that pops up, you can choose to scale the objects, move the objects horizontally or vertically, or rotate them at a specific angle.

Select Object > Transform > Transform Each, or use the shortcut command + option + shift + D.

Select all of the objects you want to scale.

Transform Each is a very useful tool in Illustrator that will allow you to scale, rotate, and move multiple objects relative to their own reference points instead of a single reference point for the selected group. What if you want to transform multiple objects, individually, at the same time? To be able to transform multiple objects around their own individual reference points simultaneously, use Transform Each. However, if you were to select multiple objects and apply any of the methods mentioned above, the transformation would be applied to all the objects together, around a single reference point, as seen in the GIF below. You can use the bounding box to scale or rotate an item, set specific height and width values in the Transform Panel, or use any of the Scale, Rotate, Shear, or Reflect tools in the toolbar.

There are a lot of methods for transforming objects in Illustrator.

How to resize an image on illustrator