Creating a Poster in Adobe Illustrator - Creative Basics 201

Creating a Poster in Adobe Illustrator - Creative Basics 201

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Starting with basic shapes

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Starting with basic shapes

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Creating a Poster in Adobe Illustrator - Creative Basics 201

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  1. 1 Start
  2. 2 Office Hours explanation
  3. 3 Tiling designs for printing
  4. 4 Starting the poster design
  5. 5 Starting with basic shapes
  6. 6 Andrew searches for color palettes on Adobe Color
  7. 7 Augmenting color palettes
  8. 8 Reviewing Nick’s design - adding/choosing type - shearing type
  9. 9 Saving character styles and sharing across CC Libraries
  10. 10 Nick works on type
  11. 11 Editing asset colors - recoloring artwork
  12. 12 Shape Builder tool to create custom type
  13. 13 Working with gradients to add dimension
  14. 14 Adjusting poster colors - applying gradients
  15. 15 Andrew’s poster style with only 3 colors
  16. 16 Pasting in the starfield
  17. 17 Andrew’s secret color sauce - using blend modes
  18. 18 Roughen effect - Mezzotint effect
  19. 19 Nick and Andrew add streaks on their ships
  20. 20 Wrap up

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