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Adobe Illustrator (Beginner)

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Course details

Level: Beginner                             Released: 11/6/2019

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard in vector drawing—for everything from minimalistic logos to full-blown illustrations. This course teaches core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow, including digital and print publications. Instructor and professional illustrator Tony Harmer explains the essentials of Illustrator 2020, including artboards, workspaces, layers, and shapes. Tony shows how to make selections, draw and build complex shapes using the Illustrator drawing tools, and precisely color artwork with tools like swatches and gradient fills. He also covers how to organize artwork into groups and layers, combine and clean up paths, work with type and effects, leverage CC Libraries, export your work, and much more.

Learning objectives

  • Navigating the Illustrator interface
  • Making selections
  • Drawing lines and shapes
  • Working with swatches and other color tools
  • Creating strokes and fills
  • Saving selections
  • Aligning and distributing objects
  • Transforming objects
  • Building with compound paths and shapes
  • Drawing with the Pen, Pencil, and Eraser tools
  • Creating gradients
  • Turning artwork into patterns
  • Working with the Appearance panel
  • Creating and editing type
  • Embedding, cropping, and tracing images
  • Working with artboards
  • Customizing Illustrator
  • Exporting artwork

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

A comprehensive collection of instructional videos for the beginner and more experienced user.   Topics covered by the videos include, like creating and editing artwork, using the drawing tools, manipulating artwork, using colour and patterns, as well as a range of beginner projects like designing a logo or t-shirt, to help you get started with the software. Most of these videos are short and concise, and can assist you when you need to understand how to execute a particular task. 

Books and eBooks

YouTube tutorials

Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator in this beginner's course. Start by mastering the Illustrator basics, and then learn to create effects, patterns, and more. This free Adobe Illustrator course is aimed at helping beginners learn how to use Adobe Illustrator easily and quickly.