Adobe Illustrator - Beginner to Guru
Master Illustrator on the Desktop, with easy lessons as well as step-by-step real world projects.
Adobe Illustrator,Graphic Design & Illustration,Design
Lectures -178
Resources -1
Duration -12 hours
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Course Description
Learn to Create Beautiful Graphics on this Comprehensive Adobe Illustrator Course
This is a comprehensive Adobe Illustrator on the Desktop course, with over 12 hours of lessons and projects. It starts from scratch for complete beginners, through to advanced techniques. Even if you are already an occasional Illustrator user, you will still find numerous techniques to speed up your workflow.
Using the CC 2020 and CC 2021 versions, I show you the techniques and concepts within the software. You do not have to be able to draw to be able to create beautiful graphics on this Adobe Illustrator course.
I will demonstrate a number of techniques for you to try and then give you exciting real life example projects to carry out so you can easily put these into practice for your own artwork, graphic design work and marketing materials. Whether you want to get paid for your Illustrator skills, or you're doing this for fun / self-improvement, this course and the projects will help you build confidence to be able to work effectively and creatively.
Here's a précis of what you will learn!
Understand the Adobe Illustrator workspace and tools
Create and edit amazing graphics
Create beautiful typography
Create infographics
Create your own patterns and symbols
Learn how to create and apply special effects and styles
Create custom brushes to enhance your artwork
Understand color
Create logos and icons
Understand the Live tools
Learn how to use Perspective tools
Work with 3D shapes
Make sense of Masks and Layers
Export for web or print
Written and presented by Tim Wilson who is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor as well as a university lecturer for honors degree design courses in the UK. He has over 20 years of experience in training and is also a prolific designer and illustrator.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who want to learn how to use Illustrator on the Desktop
- Anyone who want to learn how to create logos, infographics, icons, social media graphics for print or online use
- Anyone who want to translate their existing artwork into vector format
- Anyone who want to learn how to create amazing digital artwork
- Anyone who plans to enter graphic design
- Anyone who wants to draw using vector software
- Anyone with Adobe Illustrator knowledge keen to take it to the next level
Music courtesy of Bensound.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- How to create infographics, logos, graphics and icons
- Draw your own shapes and manipulate them using the Pen, Pencil, Pathfinder tools
- Create professional designs and illustrations using tools such as the Shape Builder
- Learn to create eye-catching and amazing digital vector artwork with stunning color
- Create amazing artwork and patterns with the new Radial, Mirror and Symmetry Repeats
- Understand color including RGB / CMYK, Spot as well as working with Gradients and Blends
- Create designs for use in print, packaging, advertising, social media, websites and mobile graphics
- Prepare graphics for web, print and social media
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- Adobe Illustrator (single subscription or via Creative Cloud Suite subscription) - not older than CS6
- Mac or PC
- Exercise files are provided
- No prior knowledge or experience with Illustrator is required
- No drawing ability required
- Eagerness to learn!
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Intro to Concepts, Layout & Setup
6 Lectures
- Downloadable Resources
- Intro to Concepts, Layout & Setup 00:49 00:49
- Vector & Bitmap 02:41 02:41
- Set-up document and make artboards 02:41 02:41
- Interface & Navigation - Pt 1 05:43 05:43
- Interface & Navigation - Pt 2 02:46 02:46
Creating Simple Shapes
9 Lectures
Create Complex Shapes
18 Lectures
Repetition
13 Lectures
Adobe CC 2021 - Repeats (New Features)
5 Lectures
Arranging Artwork and Precision Working
20 Lectures
Masking
9 Lectures
Working with Color
9 Lectures
Gradient Blends & Meshes
21 Lectures
Complex Appearances
2 Lectures
Typography
14 Lectures
Patterns
6 Lectures
Live Tools
11 Lectures
Symbols and Spray Tools
4 Lectures
Brushes
9 Lectures
Effects
1 Lectures
3D Effects
10 Lectures
Guides
9 Lectures
Saving Out
2 Lectures
Instructor Details
Tim Wilson
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