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Illustrator: Designing with Grids and Guides

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Learn how to work with the suite of guide and grid tools in Adobe Illustrator to improve your designs and mockups.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Grid and Guide Tools
  • Basic guide options
  • Global and artboard rulers
  • Grid preferences and settings
  • Smart Guides and snap to options
  • The pixel grid
  • The transparency grid
  • Work with the GuideGuide plugin
2. Grids and Guides in Action
  • Create a modular grid
  • Create a baseline grid
  • Convert shapes to guides
  • Radial grid: Example 1
  • Radial grid: Example 2
  • Work with a perspective grid
  • Design using constraint angles
  • Work with a diagonal grid
  • Work with construction guides
3. Everything Is a Grid
  • Create a pattern from a grid
  • Create type with a grid
  • Create a gradient mesh
  • Create a grid from an object mosaic
  • Create a penguin logo with a grid of circles
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Nigel French

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