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Creating a Coffee Icon Set in Adobe Illustrator for Beginners: Design Process - Sketch to Vector

Offered By: Skillshare

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Adobe Illustrator Courses Digital Art Courses Vector Art Courses Icon Design Courses

Course Description

Overview

I'm Anne Bracker, and in this absolute beginner-level class, I want to help you learn the basics in Adobe Illustrator while creating a cohesive icon set. You This is a follow-up to my Skillshare Original class, Learn Adobe Illustrator: Fundamentals for Beginners.

Join me as I share my Illustrator design process from simple sketches to a complete vectorized icon set. You’ll learn how to:

• Set up your workspace and move around your artboard quickly and easily
• Use fundamental tools to create shapes and lines
• Introduce color from an existing color palette, and edit the colors in realtime
• Incorporate keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow

After taking this class, you'll be able to use Illustrator easily and efficiently to create a simple and consistent icon set.

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Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Creating a New Document in Illustrator
  • Setting up Your Workspace
  • Illustrator Layers and Appearance Palettes
  • Colors, Color Guide, Swatches, Brushes, Symbols, Align, & Pathfinder Palettes
  • Tools Used in Icon 1 - Coffee Packaging
  • Creating Icon 1 - Coffee Packaging
  • Tools Used in Icon 2 - Tall Coffee Cup
  • Creating Icon 2 - Tall Coffee Cup
  • Tools Used in Icon 3 - Coffee Pot
  • Creating Icon 3 - Coffee Pot
  • Collecting Graphics and Exporting
  • Wrap Up

Taught by

Anne Bracker

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