Adobe Illustrator Cc – Essentials Training Course (updated 4/2022)

Adobe Illustrator Cc – Essentials Training Course
Last updated 4/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

Learn Adobe Illustrator CC graphic design, logo design, and more with this in-depth, practical, easy-to-follow course!

What you’ll learn

You will be able to add Illustrator to your CV

You will have over 30 of your own projects to add to your portfolio.

Feel comfortable using Adobe Illustrator to design your own graphics from scratch.

Navigate Adobe Illustrator CC like a pro.

Design your own graphics, without any experience.

Draw beginner to advanced shapes and icons.

Learn all of the key skills of Illustrator: shapes, text, masking, effects, and exporting.

Master advanced Illustrator tools and techniques.

Export your projects for print, web, or other design projects.

Make your ideas come to life.

Create your own logos.

Draw existing famous logos.

Illustrate animals.

Draw with paint brushes.

Draw with pens & pencils.

Create custom typography.

Take hand drawings and recreate them using Illustrator.

Create a logo badge with text that wraps around.

Create type that follows a curving line.

Put images inside of text for cool effects.

Create beautiful gradients and apply them to icons, text & illustrations.

Find the secrets to choosing color combinations for your work.

Create a paper cut effect.

Pull, push & cut text to make interesting styles.

Repeat patterns to create vector flowers.

You will redraw yourself as an illustration.

Create many different icons styles.

Build a repeating pattern to be used as wallpaper or fabric designs.

Find many templates for posters, stationery & UI designs to save you time.

You’ll build create assets like colors, patterns & drawings using the Illustrator mobile app.

Requirements

Any version of Adobe Illustrator, preferably the CC (Creative Cloud) version.

No prior knowledge or experience with Illustrator is required

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Essentials.

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Adobe Illustrator Essentials Course

Lecture 2 Download the Course Workbook

Lecture 3 Download the Course Project Files

Lecture 5 Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience

Section 2: Drawing in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 6 Drawing with the Shape and Line Tools

Lecture 7 Improve Your Designs with the Shape Builder Tool

Lecture 8 Draw a Modern Fox with the Shape Builder

Lecture 9 Draw a Custom Logo (The Impossible Shape!)

Lecture 10 Draw with the Curvature Tool: Ninjas, Crowns, Owls Oh My!

Lecture 11 Draw with the Pen Tool

Lecture 12 Draw with the Pencil Tool & Advanced Stroke Options

Lecture 13 Using Brushes in Illustrator

Lecture 14 Using the Width Tool

Section 3: Type & Fonts in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 15 How to Use Type & Fonts

Lecture 16 Curve Type Around a Badge with Paths

Section 4: Color in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 18 What is RGB & CMYK?

Lecture 19 Stealing Colors from an Image

Lecture 20 Color Theme Tool

Lecture 21 How to Make Gradients

Section 5: Masking in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 22 Masking an Image

Lecture 23 Cut Holes in Shapes

Section 6: CC Libraries

Lecture 24 CC Libraries

Section 7: Effects & Patterns in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 25 Liquify & Distort

Lecture 26 Bend & Warp Shapes and Text

Lecture 27 Drawing Repeating Shapes

Lecture 28 Repeating Patterns

Lecture 29 Vectorizing an Image

Section 8: The Capture App

Lecture 30 Adobe Capture App

Section 9: Free Templates

Lecture 31 Free Templates in Illustrator

Section 10: Exporting from Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 32 Exporting for Print

Lecture 33 Exporting for Web

Section 11: Real World Exercises in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 34 Redraw the Mastercard Logo

Lecture 35 Redraw the Instagram Logo

Lecture 36 Redraw the Kodak Logo

Lecture 37 Redraw the eHarmony Logo

Lecture 38 Redraw the Tinder Logo

Lecture 39 Redraw the BP Logo

Section 12: Next Steps

Lecture 40 Cheat Sheet for Illustrator

Lecture 41 BONUS: Software Updates 2019

Lecture 42 BONUS: Software Updates 2020

Lecture 43 BONUS: Software Updates 2021

Lecture 44 BONUS: Software Updates 2022

Lecture 45 Course Conclusion & Thank You

Section 13: Bonuses from Video School

Lecture 46 Bonus Lecture: Learn More from Phil + Video School