The Complete Beginners Guide To Adobe Illustrator + Exercise Files
Welcome to the complete beginners guide to Adobe Illustrator. On this course I will be introducing you to the program and covering some essential practise exercises. Then I will be demonstrating how to create a small project in Adobe Illustrator from start to finish.
Along the way we will be covering many topics, such as how to set up your document, understand how the program works, use text in Illustrator, prepare and import images into Illustrator and finally export your document ready for print
To help break down the process I have structured the course in 3 main sections:
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
SECTION 2 – ESSENTIAL PRACTISE
SECTION 3 – TEST PROJECT
CHAPTER 1 – SETUP & LIVE TRACE
CHAPTER 2 – DRAWING
CHAPTER 3 – COLOURING & ADDING TYPE
CHAPTER 4 – FINISHING & EXPORTING FOR PRINT
This video is part of a 19 part course:
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION:
Ep 1 – Interface Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Ep 2 – Panels & Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator
Ep 3 – Artboards in Adobe Illustrator
Ep 4 – Vector basics | Selection & Direct selection tool
Ep 5 – Fill & Stroke effects in Adobe Illustrator
Ep 6 – Using Colour | Swatches | Pantone’s | Gradients & more
Ep 7 – 10 Handy Tips | Things to know for beginners
SECTION 2 – ESSENTIAL PRACTISE
Ep 8 – Creating shape vectors
Ep 9 – Grouped vectors, Compounding vector shapes & Using the shape builder tool
Ep 10 – Drawing with the Pen tool | Brush tool | Pencil tool & more
Ep 11 – The Blob brush tool & Eraser tool
Ep 12 – Type tools in Adobe Illustrator
SECTION 3 – CREATE A PROJECT
CHAPTER 1 – SETUP & IMAGE TRACE
Ep 13 – Setting up a document | Placing in a drawing / Sketch
Ep 14 – Image trace tool for sketches in Adobe Illustrator
CHAPTER 2 – DRAWING
Ep 15 – Tracing a hand drawn sketch & converting to vector artwork
Ep 16 – Compounding vector shapes & strokes | Use the Pathfinder Tool & more
CHAPTER 3 – COLOURING & ADDING TYPE
Ep 17 – Colouring a vector drawing in Adobe Illustrator
Ep 18 – Adding type to a poster design in Adobe Illustrator
CHAPTER 4 – FINISHING & EXPORTING
Ep 19 – Prepare and export artwork ready for print in Adobe Illustrator
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