Illustration: From Sketch to Finish, Create a Detailed Illustration in Adobe Illustrator.

This class will cover how to use color and applying texture in illustrator.

You Will Learn:

- Basic illustrator tools

- Adding depth wil color

_ Color Guide and color harmonies

- Applying texture with artistic, scatter, and pattern brushes

- Coloring, resizing, and applying texture swatches 

- Pen tool basics

- Lettering tricks

You will need:

- Adobe illustrator

- Paper, pencil, and eraser 

• Intro
• Setting up: Setting up the work space for efficient work flow and editing
• Brushes and Texture Swatches. Load the brushes and textures swatches provided with the class
• Sketch:
• Illustrator Basics: Tools and keyboard short cuts used in the class demonstration illustration
• Pen Tool 1: Defining when and where to plot anchor points
• Pen Tool 2: Working with handles and anchor points.
• Pen Tool 3: Working with unique corners
• Pen Tool 4: Using the pen tool and reducing opacity to illustrate over a sketch
• Color: Picking color
• Color: Color guide
• Coloring and resizing texture swatches
• Lettering 1: Illustrate a simple sans serif type
• Lettering 2: Customizing a a font
• Illustration: Putting it all together
• Wrap up: Finding inspiration and project instruction
• Bonus: Using texture and pattern swatches in a repeating pattern tile