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Adobe Illustrator CC - Essentials Training

Course Conclusion for Adobe Illustrator CC

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Course contents
SECTION: 1
Overview 12:36
SECTION: 2
Drawing 1:46:59
1. Class Project 01 - How to draw in Adobe Illustrator CC with shapes & lines (Draw your own animal shape) FREE
22:34
2. How to draw using the Shape Builder tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
7:30
3. Class Project 02 - How to draw a fox using the shape builder tool in Adobe Illustrator CC (Design a modern swan)
10:10
4. Class Project 03 - How to draw custom logo shapes easily in Adobe Illustrator CC (Color in the impossible triangle)
4:53
5. Class Project 04 - How to draw anything using the Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator (Redraw with the curvature tool and colour the owl)
13:09
6. Class Project 05 - How to draw using the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC (Draw an owl with the pen tool)
13:19
7. Drawing with the Pencil Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
13:12
8. Class Project 06 - How to use Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CC (Draw 5 elements on the piggy bank image)
12:56
9. Class Project 07 - How to draw lines with the Width Tool in Adobe Illustrator (LOVE design)
9:16
SECTION: 3
Type & Fonts 31:06
SECTION: 4
Color 18:36
SECTION: 5
Masking 17:49
SECTION: 6
CC Libraries 10:29
SECTION: 7
Effects & Patterns 40:34
SECTION: 8
Capture App 11:24
SECTION: 9
Free Templates 3:47
SECTION: 10
Exporting 11:22
SECTION: 11
Real World Exercises 48:41
SECTION: 12
Next Steps 2:16:52

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Course info

45 lessons / 8 hours 12 projects Certificate of achievement

Overview

Hi there, my name is Dan.

I’m an designer, Adobe Certified Instructor & Adobe Certified Expert.

Together we’re going to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator. During our course we won’t just learn how to use the tools... we will create real world, practical projects together.

This course is aimed at people new to Illustrator & design in general. We’ll start right at the beginning, working our way through step by step.

We’ll start with the techniques you’ll need to create just about everything in Illustrator. Including icons, logos, postcards & hand drawn illustrations.

We’ll explore lines & brushes. You’ll master how to use and manipulate type. I’ll show you the clever secrets Illustrator has which will help you to discover & use beautiful color like a pro.

You’ll learn how to push, pull, cut & repeat artwork. You'll learn how to redraw real world examples of famous logos. We'll cover the essentials like correct saving & exporting along with so, so much more.

If you’ve never opened Illustrator before, or you’ve opened it and struggled, come with me, I’ll show you the easy way to make beautiful artwork. - Dan

What are the requirements?
  • You will need a copy of Adobe Illustrator 2018 or above. A free trial of the software can be downloaded from Adobe.com.

What am I going to get from this course?
  • 39 lectures 5+ hours of well structured content.
  • Drawing with Shapes & Lines
  • Drawing with the Shape Builder
  • Creating a custom logo
  • Working with Brushes
  • Drawing with the pen, pencil & curvature tool
  • Learn how to work with type & fonts.
  • How to mask images & graphics.
  • How to distort, bend, warp & liquefy illustrations.
  • How to make your own repeating wallpaper patterns.
  • How to create stencil style images from real drawings.
  • How to use free Illustrator templates.
  • How to save, print & export for Print, web & social media.
  • Lots of real world exercises for you to practice.
  • Loads or class projects for you to complete.
  • Printable PDF Cheat sheet.
  • You will get the finished files so you never fall behind.
  • Downloadable exercise files.
  • Forum support from me.
  • Techniques used by professional graphic designers.
  • Professional workflows and shortcuts.
  • A wealth of other resources and websites to help your accelerate your career.

What is the target audience?
  • No previous Adobe Illustrator experience is necessary.
  • This course is for people completely new to Illustrator. No previous design, drawing or illustration experience is necessary.
  • This is a relaxed, well paced introduction that will enable you to produce a large range of drawing, illustration & logo work. Only basic computing skills are necessary - If you can send emails and surf the internet then you will cope well with this course.

Course duration 8 hours + your study.

Get the completed files here



Awarded the Best Illustrator Course by Learnopoly in 2023

Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott

Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor

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I discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.

Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.

Certificates

We’re awarding certificates for this course!

Check out the How to earn your certificate video for instructions on how to earn yours and click the available certificate levels below for more information.

Downloads & Exercise files

Transcript

Holy Molly! You made it to the end. I worry sometimes that I make all these videos quite long, right? There's quite a few videos that… who gets to the end? But you did it. Congratulations!

What next? Reviews. Reviews is the life blood for me, as a trainer. So if you enjoyed the course, leave a review.

The other thing is posting your projects, it's a really visual course. I'd love to see what you've made. Even if you're a little bit like, "I'm not sure," just post it, I'd love to see it. Best places are on the website, but also through social media. If you're a Twitter person, I'm Danlovesadobe. Post it, send it, I'd love to see it. Link me into it. Or on Instagram, it's probably the best place for this kind of thing. On Instagram I am bringyourownlaptop. But yes, I'd love to see them.

What next? Next steps for Illustrator. Now there a couple of things you could do. One is, probably the logical one, is there's an advanced course. I'm filming it right after I finish doing this. So, if you are super, like, on to it and you've downloaded the course after I released it, it's going to be about a month or so before it comes out. But probably it would be up there by now.

The other thing is, you might want to take Illustrator in a different direction. Say more kind of the Web UI side of the world. Web design, App design, that kind of User Interface design. I've got a course specifically on that, so go check that one out. There's loads of other courses. InDesign, InDesign Advanced, Photoshop, etc.

All right, that is going to be it for this video series. I loved making this one. So good, spending time, making exercise files. They just look great. Trying to make it easy for you. Hope you enjoyed it. I hope to see you in another course. haere rā. Bye bye.

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