Adobe Illustrator for Beginners

Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator for beginners in this free course. Start by mastering the Illustrator basics, and then learn to create effects, patterns, and more. This free Adobe Illustrator course is aimed at helping beginners learn how to use Adobe Illustrator easily and quickly. You don’t need any previous knowledge of the software, and you don’t need design or illustration skills. We’ll start right at the beginning and work our way through each topic step by step. If you’ve never opened Illustrator before—or maybe you’ve opened it and struggled—this course is for you! By the end, you'll know how to draw in Adobe Illustrator, how to make a pattern in Illustrator, and so much more.

1.1 Welcome to the Course.
1.2 Getting Started.
2.1 Setting Up Our Document.
2.2 Drawing With Shapes and Lines.
2.3 Grouping and Arranging.
2.4 Drawing With the Shape Builder Tool.
2.5 Exercise: Draw a Custom Logo.
2.6 How to Use the Curvature Tool in Illustrator.
2.7 How to Use the Pen Tool in Illustrator.
2.8 How to Use the Pencil Tool in Illustrator.
2.9 Using Brushes.
3.1 Working With Color.
3.2 How to Use the Gradient Tool in Illustrator.
4.1 How to Use Type and Fonts in Illustrator.
5.1 Liquifying and Distorting in Illustrator.
5.2 Bending and Warping Shapes and Text.
5.3 How to Make a Pattern in Illustrator.
5.4 How to Vectorize an Image in Illustrator.
6.1 Exporting for Print and Web.
7.1 What Next?.