Adobe Illustrator: Beginner to Pro

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Overview

Unlock your creative potential with this all-encompassing Adobe Illustrator course, covering everything from workspace setup to advanced 3D design. Led by award-winning designer Eric Vasquez, gain expert, step-by-step guidance on Illustrator’s core features to confidently create professional-quality designs.

In this Adobe Illustrator course, learn how to:

  • Create unique logos, branding, and mockups for real-world use
  • Build eye-catching visuals with 3D elements 
  • Use selections, shapes, and drawing tools to bring your ideas to life
  • Explore color palettes, patterns, and gradients
  • Master the art of working with typography
  • Set up documents and workspaces tailored to your needs

Whether you’re a budding designer eager to learn the ropes or a seasoned professional looking to deepen your knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, this course will provide the tools and insights needed to make your designs come to life.

Adobe Illustrator: Beginner to Pro
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Summary

Skill level: Beginner
Certificate: Yes
Lessons: 45
Pre-requisites: None
Versions supported: 2024
Video duration: 13m
Estimated study time: 22h for all materials

Syllabus

1

Try it!

Creating a New Document

Creating a New Document (Presets, standard sizes, etc)

2

Setting Up Your Workspace

Setting up your Workspace (Customizing the layout)

3

Working with Artboards

Using Artboards and how to re-arrange them

1

Try it!

Selection Basics

Selection and Direct Selection Tools

2

Complex Selections

Group Selection Tool and Magic Wand Tool

1

Basic Shape Tools

Creating Basic Shapes (Fill and stroke)

2

Try it!

Shape Builder Tool

Using the Shape Builder Tool

3

Transforming Shapes

Using the transform tools to scale, rotate, and modify shapes. Pro Tip: Rotating Shapes Around a Point

4

Warping and Distorting Shapes

Distorting and Warping Shapes

5

Aligning Tool

Working with the Align Tools

6

Pathfinder Tool

Working with the Pathfinder Tools

1

Using The Pen Tool

Using the regular Pen Tool. Pro Tip: How to adjust anchor points and curves.

2

Using the Curvature Pen Tool

Using the Curvature Pen Tool. Pro Tip: How to adjust anchor points and curves.

3

Customizing Lines and Strokes

Using the Stroke Panel and customizing lines. Using the Width Tool to change up the thickness of your lines.

4

Offset Paths

How to use the Offset Paths feature

5

Working with Brushes - Part 1

Using Brushes in Illustrator, Creating and using custom brushes

6

Working with Brushes - Part 2

Using Brushes in Illustrator, a closer look at the Bristle Brush and the Pattern Brush

7

Creating More Complex Shapes

Covers some advanced techniques with the Pen Tool

8

Using Symmetry Mode

Advanced techniques using Symmetry Mode with the Pen Tool

9

Using Image Trace

How to get results with the Image Trace feature

10

Using Masks in Illustrator

Using Masks in Illustrator

1

Colors and Swatches

Covers using fill colors, stroke colors, gradients, and swatches

2

Opacity and Blending Modes

How to use Blending Modes

3

Patterns and Symbols

Creating patterns and symbols

4

Text-to-Vector Generator

Using the Text-to-Vector Generator

1

Working With Type

Character and Paragraph Panel Overview

2

Fine Tuning Your Type

Kerning, line spacing, and adjusting the type alignment. Pro Tip: Handy keyboard shortcuts for adjusting text

3

Outlining and Expanding Type

Converting text to shapes to modify points and customize the text further Manually customizing outlined text

4

Changing Colors with Outlined Type

Changing colors in outlined type

5

Text Wrapping

Wrapping type in text boxes and around shapes

6

Distorting Type

Warping and distorting type

7

Layer Styles

Layer Styles that will give your text a more custom look

1

Working with the Blend Tool

How to use the Blend Tool with text and shapes. Pro Tip: Create 3D shadows

2

Working Faster with Graphic Styles

How to save time with re-usable Graphic Styles for text and shapes

3

Working with 3D

Covers the 3D panel and how it can be used to add depth and dimension

1

Logo Design Process

My design process for creating a logo

2

Idea Generation - Part 1

Create 3-5 different logos using the tools and techniques that have been covered throughout the course

3

Idea Generation - Part 2

Create 3-5 different logos using the tools and techniques that have been covered throughout the course

4

Customizing Your Logo

Distorting, warping, and making other customizations to your logos to set them apart

5

Color Your Logo

Coloring the logo design

6

Color Variations

Three ways to recolor your logo design

7

Finalizing Your Logo

Simplifying the logo design (expanding and simplifying colors, etc.)

8

Mockup Generator

Working with the new Mockup Generator in Illustrator

9

Applying Your Logo to a Mockup

Applying the final logo to some mockups

10

Saving Your Logos and Colors

Save and export all of your artwork files

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