The Complete Beginners Guide To Adobe Illustrator | FREE COURSE

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.

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

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.

Enjoy

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EPISODE LIST WITH LINKS:

Dia De Los Muertos | Speed Art | Sugar Skull Artwork | Adobe Illustrator

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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