Is it possible to get a photoshop style gradient in illustrator?

It's completely possible. However, you might be using a colorspace (or swatch) that doesn't work well as well with gradients. IE - CMYK can perform poorly in this regard.

>>311129
Alright I switched my settings to RGB and it seems to be working better. Thanks
Is there anything I should be wary of going forward though? I'm pretty ignorant of the program.

>>311131

Glad it helped. :)

As to "is there anything else going forward"... well, maybe 100's of things. Watch some vids and read the manual. Seriously. Read the manual. It really does help.

Once you're much better with Illustrator, you'll be able to more easily determine if the problem is the software, or your methods - which will give you an easier path to finding the solution. :)

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>>311134
Default settings for pixel grid and snapping is a Jewish plot for the goyim to have a shitty artwork that's not pixel precise.

Under Edit -> Preferences -> Guides & Grid set "Gridline every" to "10px" and "Subdivisions" to "10".
Set stroke "Align stroke to inside" in "Stroke:" menu.
Then View -> Show Grid.

>>311159
And View -> Snap to Grid

>>311127
>>311129
And if you are looking to get nice transition from say red to black in CMYK color space,
set black color to consist of your full color values+100% black - then it will smoothly
go from one end to another without any grayness.

In general CMYK color space if much less forgiving than aforementioned RGB as it has narrower gamut.

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>>311127

>>311287
>set black color to consist of your full color values+100% black - then it will smoothly
>go from one end to another without any grayness.

Very true, and a good tip. I avoided mentioning that one because I thought colorspace and subtractive color theory might be a bit too much to wrap their head around this early. ;)