Adobe Illustrator CC – Advanced Training

Hi there, welcome to this Adobe Illustrator advanced tutorial. This course is a more advanced look at Illustrator. It’s not designed for people who are brand new to Illustrator.

My name is Dan. I’m an ACI & ACE for Illustrator. 

Download the exercise files here.

Download the 2021 Updates Exercise files here.

This course is for people who can already understand the fundamentals of Illustrator. If you already know what an anchor point is and how to adjust it this course is for you.

This course will speed up your productivity & workflow. It is project based, so you will learn the tools & tricks to create some really beautiful current design styles.

Even if you consider yourself an experienced user, I promise there will be things in here that will blow your Illustrator mind.

You’ll learn advanced anchor point & pen tool tricks. There is a really fun section on mastering lines & strokes. You’ll learn the quick way to take hand drawn sketches and vectorize & color them.

You’ll master depth & perspective in Illustrator, creating semi-flat presentations. We’ll set permanent defaults for fonts, colours & learn how to turn hyphenation off once and for all.

We’ll make beautiful charts & graphs for your indesign documents. There is a colour mastery section where you will learn to make quick colour adjustments, gradients meshs & how to blend it all together.  

Your creativity will be doubled once you finish the transform, distort & blending section of the course.

There is an entire section dedicated to learning how to speed up your personal workflow & how to speed up Illustrator and get it running super fast. 

If you’re ok in Illustrator but you know there is so much more in there to be unlocked then please  join me and become an Illustrator super hero.

• Introduction To Adobe Illustrator CC for beginners
• Getting started with your Adobe Illustrator advanced tutorial
• Trick for redrawing hand drawn images in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Curvature Tool vs Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced Pen Tool Tricks using Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to draw flowing curves in Adobe Illustrator with the Width Tool
• Mastering corners with Adobe Illustrator CC corner widget effects
• The best creation tool in Adobe Illustrator CC the shape builder tool
• More shape builder goodness
• Using Live Shape Effects in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Class project - Drawing Exercise using Width, Curvature & Corner Widgets
• Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced Color tips & tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC
• Using Color Themes in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to color a real hand drawing using Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to use the Color Guide in Adobe Illustrator
• How to change all the colors at once in Adobe Illustrator Recolour artwork
• How to make gradients bend in Adobe Illustrator CC using Gradient Mesh
• How to make long shadows in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to blend images with the background colors in Adobe Illustrator Blend Modes
• How to make images Black & white in Illustrator & mix with color
• How do you make Anaglyphic Text using Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make gradient stroke overlap & mix colors in Adobe Illustrator
• How to create a Duotone image effect in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced repeating pattern swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to change the default font & swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced workflow tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC
• Shortcuts for aligning & distributing in Illustrator CC using Actions
• How to proof colors in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Adobe Illustrator is running slow how do I speed up Illustrator
• How best to use Illustrator with other Adobe CC software
• Advanced fonts tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to put text type into the shape of a letter in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to use the touch type tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to multiple strokes to a path in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to add a stroke line around the outside of text or shapes in Illustrator
• How to make multiple lines using offset path in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Introduction to 3D in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make Semi flat 3D icons & ui design using Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make the paper cut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make a pie chart line graph & bar graph in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced artboard & pages tricks in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Advanced CC Libraries Adobe Stock and Adobe Market
• Advanced Image tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to distort bend shapes & type in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make a 3d Ribbon in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to create lots of lines that blend together in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make 3D gradient lettering blends in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to make a Linocut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to use the Puppet Warp Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
• How to use Adobe Illustrator for Web & UI design
• How to make an animated GIF using Adobe Illustrator CC
• BONUS: Software Updates
• BONUS: Software Updates - Illustrator 2021
• BONUS: Software Updates - Illustrator 2022
• What next after your Illustrator Advanced course