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Adobe Illustrator CC – Essentials Training
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About Adobe Illustrator CC – Essentials Training
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Essentials
Getting Started
What is Illustrator used for & when to use Photoshop vs InDesign
A quick tour around Illustrator
How to draw rounded rectangles triangles & tracing images in Illustrator
How to draw lines arcs & stars in Illustrator
Scaling Stroke & Effects & Corners
Saving to the Creative Cloud versus locally on my desktop
Exporting your images 101
Class Project 01 - Your First Creature
How to draw using the Shape Builder tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
Class Project 02 - Icons Using the Shape Builder
Completed - Class Project 02 - Icons Using the Shape Builder
How to use layers in Illustrator
Align distribute rotation & math in fields - Impossible Triangle
Class project 03 - Impossible Triangle
How to use Text to Vector in Illustrator
Class Project 03 - Ai Creature
How to draw anything using the Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator
Mixture of curves and straight lines using the Curvature tool
Class project 04 - Curvature Tool
Combining shapes curvature & shape builder tools into Fox shadows
How to draw using the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
Class project 05 - The Dreaded Pen Tool
Dan tidying up students work
Class project 06 - Pen Tool Redemption
Awake Fox Combining Tools & Skill Stacking
Class Project 07 - Skill Stacking Practice
AI Generative Recolor
How to make a Mood Board in Illustrator
Class Project 08 - Make your mood board
Class Project 09 - Your New Creature
T-Shirt Making
Drawing with the Pencil Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
Class project 10 - Pencil Tool Drawing
Adjust your stroke corners profile and mitres
How to make an arrow in Illustrator
How to Make a Dotted or Dashed in Illustrator
How to use Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CC
Class project 11 - Brush Doodles
How to Simplify paths in Illustrato
How to draw lines with the Width Tool in Adobe Illustrator
Class Project 12 - Width Tool
How to Join two lines together in Illustrator
How to use Intertwine in Illustrator
Class project 13 - Intertwine
How to Expand Appearance in Illustrator
How to create a postcard document in Illustrator
How to add type in Illustrator us Area vs Point text
How to pick fonts in Illustrator
How to use Adobe Fonts in Illustrator
How to make Adobe Font Pairing
Class Project 14 - Postcard Fonts
How to find & use Glyphs in Illustrator
Class Project 15 - Logo Type
How to curve text in Illustrator
How to put type around a circle badge using Illustrator
Class Project 16 - Type on a Path
How to break apart & outline text in Illustrator
Adjusting an existing drawing using the pencil tool
Class Project 17 - Heavy Metal Band Logo
How to Intertwine text monogram in Illustrator
Class Project 18 - Monogram
What is RGB & CMYK & HSB & HEX colors in Illustrator
How to steal colors from an image using Eyedropper in Illustrator
Creating a reusable color swatch in Illustrator
Transparency & Opacity and darkening images in Illustrator
How to use CC Libraries in Adobe Illustrator CC
How to find amazing colors in Illustrator using Adobe Color
Class Project 19 - Color Variants
How to use AI Generative Recolor in Illustrator
Class Project 20 - Generative Recolor
How to make Gradients in Illustrator
Missing images and relinking and embedding
How to crop an image in Adobe Illustrator
Class Project 21 - Postcard Finish
How to cut holes in shapes using Compound Shapes in Illustrator
How to separate Compound & Masked shapes in Illustrator
How to make a Paper cut effect in Illustrator
Class Project 22 - Papercut Effect
Using artboards in Illustrator to make double sized business cards
Class Project 23 - Business Card
How to use Liquify distort wrinkle bloat & pucker in Illustrator
Class Project 24 - Liquify Type
Sliced text effect in Illustrator
Class Project 25 - Sliced Text
How to bend & warp shapes in Adobe Illustrator
How to Warp & Bend type in Illustrator
Class Project 26 - Established Flag Warp
Completed - Class Project 26 - Established Flag Warp
How to convert a sketch into vector and color it in illustrator
How to vectorize an image in illustrator
How to convert photo into a stencil Silhouette in Illustrator
How to make a Anaglyph effect in Illustrator
Class Project 27 - Live Trace
Drawing amazing flower with repeating shapes in Illustrator
Class Project 28 - Repeating Pattern
How to make repeating patterns with Geometric Marquetry in Illustrator
Class Project 29 - Pattern Making
How to make 3D Type extruded type in Illustrator
Class Project 30 - Black Friday Sale
How use Inflate to make cool 3D in Illustrator
Class Project 31 - Inflate
How to realistically Mockup your design in Illustrator
Class Project 32 - Mockup
How Share for Review your Illustrator designs
How to embed images in illustrator
Understanding all the ways to export files from Illustrator
WebP vs SVG vs PNG vs JPG vs PDF AI vs EPS vs Tiff in Illustrator
Class Project 33 - Spoonflower
The best shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator
What Next
What You Will Learn?
- Hey there, I'm Dan, and I'm not just a designer, but an Adobe Certified Professional and Adobe MAX Master Award winner. Join me as we embark on an incredible journey together learning Adobe Illustrator!.
- Download the exercise files for the course here.This course is tailor-made for those who are new to Illustrator and the world of design, as we start from scratch on our journey to becoming Illustrator superheroes! Together, we'll unravel the secrets and techniques that enable you to create anything your creative heart desires - from icons, logos, and postcards to beautifully hand-drawn illustrations.Get ready to dive into the mesmerizing world of Adobe Illustrator, where we'll craft stunning looking graphics. But we won't stop at just learning the tools; we're about to unleash our creative powers by creating real-world, practical, and portfolio-ready projects..
- Together we will learn to:.
- But that's not all! I'll unveil Illustrator's hidden gems that will transform you into a pro at discovering and utilizing breathtaking vector based graphics. We'll dive into the latest Illustrator tools, including the mind-blowing Generative AI features that allow us to craft illustrations that were once thought impossible. Whether you've never even opened Illustrator or have struggled with it in the past, I'm here to show you the easy way to create breathtaking artwork and portfolio projects to be proud of. Join me as we go from Illustrator zeros, to Illustrator superheroes!Requirements:.
- Who this course is for:.
- What you'll learn:.
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