By the end of this course, you will be able to
About the stroke, color, gradient colors, appearance and graphic style panels, and what the Illustrator effects are.
What the different drawing tools like the pencil, brush, pen, curvature, live paint bucket and other drawing modifying tools are, and what the different drawing techniques are.
What the different types of brushes, such as art brushes, scatter brush, bristle brush, calligraphic brush, and pattern brush are, and how to work with images in the program.
Course details
- 12 h 3 m/79 lessons
- Last updated: 31/5/2021
- 1 learning resources
- Course completion certificate
Course Content
The Power of Adobe illustrator
Illustrator Documents
Workspaces & Properties Panel
Artboards
Navigation and Zooming in Illustrator
New Illustrator CC 2019 View Features
Preferences and Settings
Basic Geometric shapes
The Power of Adobe illustrator
Illustrator Documents
Workspaces & Properties Panel
Artboards
Navigation and Zooming in Illustrator
New Illustrator CC 2019 View Features
Preferences and Settings
Basic Geometric shapes
Transformation and Rotation
Merge Shapes with Pathfinder Panel and Shape Builder tool
Selection Tools and Methods
Grouping Elements
Illustrator Layers
Align and Distribute Panel
Illustrator Guides, Grids and Rulers
Exercise: Drawing Basic Geometric Shapes
Stroke Panel
Color Panels
Gradient Colors Panel
Free Form Gradient ( Illustrator 2019 users)
Appearance and Graphic Style Panels
Illustrator Effects
Exercise: Appearance, graphic style, gradients
Pencil Tool
Brush tool
Drawing Modes and Blob Brush Tool
Pen Tools
curvature Tool
Pen Tool and Curvature Tool Exercise
Drawing Modifying Tools
Transform and Distort Tools (Liquify Tools)
Puppet Warp Tool
Envelope Distort
Drawing Symmetric Shapes
Drawing Concentric Symmetrical design
Illustrator Clipping Masks
Illustrator Opacity Masks
Live Paint Bucket Tool
Recolor Artwork
Complex Drawing Exercise
Illustrator Complex Drawing Techniques
Illustrator CC 2021 New Features and Updates
Illustrator CC 2020 New Features
Art Brushes
Scatter Brush
Bristle Brush
Calligraphic Brush
Pattern Brush
Images Brushes
Brushes Exercise
Handling Images
Images Modifying for Tracing
Tracing Images
Enhancing Traced Vectors and Coloring Hints
Illustrator Image Exercise
Typography Anatomy and Character Control
Paragraphs Creating
Character and Paragraph Styles Panels
Font Selection (Illustrator CC 2019 users)
Illustrator Fonts
Touch Type Tool
Type on a Path Tools
Clipping Typography Masks
Typography Art directions and Trending Visual Effects
Illustrator Type Envelope Distort
Text Wrap
Typography Composition
Blend Tool
Perspective Drawing
Symbols
Illustrator Global Edits (Illustrator CC 2019 Users)
Creating Patterns
Graphs
Gradient Mesh
Exporting Illustrator Files and Save for Web
Preparing and Exporting illustrator File for Printing
Asset Export Panel
Creative Cloud and Illustrator Libraries
Export for Screens
About this course
If you are trying to be a professional designer and not sure where to start, then you are in the right place. In this comprehensive course on Illustrator, you will learn the basics of graphic design. You will be taken on a step by step journey throughout the course to learn about different drawing skills, different drawing tools, and methods of choosing, coordinating and controlling colors. You will also learn about different fonts, theories, and font anatomy, and will get insights into the latest design trends. This course is your complete guide to starting your career as a designer.
Course requirements and prerequisites
This course requires a basic to intermediate understanding of the English language.
This course requires the installation of the Adobe Illustrator program. The exact version of the program will be specified by the mentor at the start of the course.
Mentor
Khalil Ibrahim
Chief Design Officer & WordPress Expert
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