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Vector Illustration for Beginners: Launch Your Creative Journey with Adobe Illustrator

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Overview

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Launch your creative journey with vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator. Having a firm foundation in Adobe illustrator is an amazing way to get you to the next level in your illustration career. Whether you wanna design logos or editorial illustrations, Adobe Illustrator is an Industry standard for vector graphics, and once you learn the foundational skills there is no limit to what you can do. Vector Illustrations are infinitely scalable, so you never have to worry that the quality of your work is to low to display, it will remain crisp and clean no matter what size.

This class will take you through each step of the vector illustration process, covering a wide variety of tools and techniques that will give you a robust skillset to apply to your next project.

What you will Learn:

  • Setting up you documents and workspace
  • Use the layers panel to separate artwork into manageable sections
  • Basics of the Pen Tool
  • Working with shapes and shape building tools
  • Essential keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow
  • Export Your Class Project

Learning a new program can be daunting, however throughout the class you will get a detailed explanation of the tools used to create your illustration so that you can build a firm foundation as the class progresses. Along with the main classes, there will be Micro Lessons that will quickly introduce key tools to get you familiar with how they work and then you will see a practical way to apply it to our illustration.

Syllabus

  • Welcome to Class!
  • Your Class Project
  • Setting up Your Document
  • Navigating the Workspace
  • Beginning Your Vector Illustration
  • Micro Lesson: Pathfinder Panel
  • Applying the Pathfinder Panel
  • Micro Lesson: Shapebuilder Tool
  • Applying the Shapebuilder Tool
  • Applying Color Fills
  • Using the Rotate Tool
  • Adding Detail
  • Micro Lesson: The Pen Tool
  • Applying the Pen Tool
  • Creating Smoke
  • Micro Lesson: The Blend Tool
  • Applying the Blend Tool
  • How to Export Your Illustration
  • Thank You!

Taught by

Kyle Aaron Parson

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