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Illustrator: Designing with Grids and Guides

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LinkedIn Learning
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Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1 hour 22 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand

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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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