Beginners Guide to Adobe Illustrator : The Essentials

Are you a complete Illustrator Beginner? Do you want to learn how to create Logos, icons, vectors & Illustrations using the top graphic design software- Adobe Illustrator CC? 

In this full online course we will learn all the basics, tools and shortcuts to master Adobe Illustrator. It's the same Introduction course as I teach at the UK's leading Adobe Training Centre in London. 

Adobe Illustrator is part of the 'Adobe Creative Cloud' softwares for Graphic Design.

What we will cover:

- Pixels Vs. Vectors

- Creating Icons

- Logos

- The Pen Tool

- Illustrations

- Layers

- Work with Color 

- Text / Typography

- Image Trace

- Creating A Flyer

- Duplicate 

- The Blend Tool

- Gradients & Symbols

- Transparent background

- Saving & Exporting

- Shortcuts

- Free Templates

This course is aimed at complete novices, so don't worry you don't need to have any prior Illustrator knowledge!

Are you ready to commence your journey into the world of being a designer?

Note: To download the course files please go to the 'Projects & Resources' Tab

• Let's get Started
• Downloading Files
• Pixels vs. Vectors
• A Tour of the Interface
• Working with Layers
• What is the Blend Tool?
• Drawing Basic Shapes
• Drawing Icons with Basic Shapes
• Drawing Icons Continued
• What is The Pathfinder Tool?
• The Pathfinder Tool Explained
• The Pathfinder Tool: Icon Design
• Let's Talk Colour
• Saving Colour Swatches
• Working with Colour
• What is the Pen Tool?
• Mastering The Pen Tool
• Creating an Illustration (Pen Tool)
• What is Image Trace?
• Using Image Trace
• Let's Talk Text
• Working with Text
• Let's Talk Flyer
• A Flyer: Adding Gradients & Symbols
• A Flyer: The Pen Tool
• A Flyer: Using Image Trace
• A Flyer: Adding the Text
• Let's Talk Saving
• Saving & Exporting
• What's Next?