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Illustrator: Perspective Drawing

via LinkedIn Learning

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Overview

Add a sense of depth and space with powerful perspective tools in Illustrator. Learn how to draw in perspective and add, position, and scale objects so they blend with your scene.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. About Perspective
  • Type of perspectives
  • Activating the Perspective Grid in Illustrator
  • The parts of the Perspective Grid
2. Adjusting the Perspective Grid
  • Adjusting vanishing points
  • Adjusting grid planes
  • Adjusting the horizon, grid cells, and extent
  • Moving the Perspective Grid
3. Working with the Perspective Grid
  • The Plane Switching widget
  • The Perspective Selection tool
4. Drawing in Perspective
  • Drawing and selecting objects
  • Attaching objects
  • Releasing objects
  • Creating and editing text
5. Editing in Perspective
  • Moving objects along a plane
  • Precise movement
  • Automatic plane positioning
  • Scaling objects
  • Using symbols in perspective
  • Adjusting the Perspective Grid and the vanishing point
  • Adding finishing touches to the perspective drawing
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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