Features
Premium video tutorials
Award-winning instructors
Personalized learning
Get certified
Learn at your own pace
Mobile (learn on-the-go)
Unlimited tests and quizzes
Regularly updated content
Overview
Adobe Illustrator is the industry-leading vector drawing program used by professional designers around the globe for digital graphics, illustrations, and typography. If you are an aspiring graphic designer or budding artist, this Adobe Illustrator beginner course online will help you harness Illustrator's powerful design tools to create breathtaking works of art.
Designed for beginners, no prior experience with Illustrator or other design applications is required. Step by step, you will get familiar with the essential tools you need to create beautiful vector art through practical tutorials, hands-on application and example files. Video tutorials are recorded in Adobe Illustrator CC 2017.
Highlights:
- 41 practical tutorials.
- Explore the different types of documents you can create in Illustrator for print or web.
- Understand the fundamentals of CMYK and RGB colors and when to use each.
- Create, scale and manipulate shapes.
- Add color with fill and stroke, and apply linear and radial gradients.
- How to use the Pen tool and Curvature tools to create shapes.
- Work with preset brushes and create your own custom brushes.
- Create basic paths which can be used to trace an image.
- Add text and adjust its size, style and formatting.
- Distort shapes and type, and add perspective with the Free Transform tool.
- Blend lines or shapes gradually with the Blend tool.
- Merge shapes with the Pathfinder and Shape Builder tools.
- How to use masks on shapes or text, and opacity masks for gradients and highlights.
If you already have some experience with Illustrator and are looking to improve your skills, check out the Illustrator - Advanced course.
Once enrolled, our friendly support team and tutors are here to help with any course related inquiries.
Focus video player for keyboard shortcuts
Auto
- 720p
- 540p
- 360p
1.00x
cc
- 0.50x
- 0.75x
- 1.00x
- 1.25x
- 1.50x
- 1.75x
- 2.00x
Summary
Skill level:
Beginner
Certificate:
Yes
Lessons:
41
Accredited by:
CPD
Pre-requisites:
None
Versions supported:
CC 2017
Video duration:
3h 28m
Estimated study time:
20h 30m for all materials
Accreditations and approvals
Instructor
Syllabus
Starting Adobe Illustrator Free Lesson
1
Try it!
Preparing for Launch
Launching the program from the beginning and looking at the different types of documents that can be created in Adobe Illustrator.
2
CMYK vs RGB
Covering the differences between CMYK and RGB.
3
Art Boards
How and why to use art boards when working in Adobe Illustrator.
4
Creating Your First Document
Creating and saving your first document.
Exploring the Interface / Navigation
1
Overview of the Tools
Once setting up a document we will take a look at the basic tools that you will want to know about and how to navigate the toolbar interface.
2
Overview of the Panels
Taking a look at the panels that you will want to know about and how to use them.
3
Overview of the Menus
Browsing the different menus that you will want to know about and briefly covering the different things that can be found in each menu.
Rulers, Grids, and Guides
1
Oh Snap
Learn how to use Rulers, grids, Smart Guides and guides that snap into place.
Working with Layers
1
Layers on Layers on Layers
Learn about working with layers - how to create them, stack and reorder them, hide them, and delete them.
Selection Tools
1
Different Tools to Get the Job Done
We will take a look at the different tools and methods available for making selections (Selection Tool, Direct Selection Tool, Magic Wand, and Lasso Tool).
Shape Tools Free Lesson
1
Try it!
All Shapes and Sizes
Covering the different types of basic shapes that can be made and how to scale them, rotate or flip them, and manipulate them.
Adding Color
1
Fill vs Stroke
How to toggle between fill and stroke and how to change the settings for each.
2
Swatches
Using and saving colors to the Swatches Panel.
3
Gradients
How to apply linear and radial gradients.
Using the Pen Tool
1
Getting Familiar with the Pen Tool
An introduction to the Pen Tool and how to use it. Will discuss Anchor Points / Handles and how to add or remove points from shapes.
2
The Curvature Tool
A brief look at the Curvature Tool and how it can be used with the Pen Tool.
Using Brushes and Custom Brushes Free Lesson
1
Try it!
Preset Brushes
A basic demonstration of how to use the default / preset brushes in Illustrator.
2
Custom Brushes
How to create, save, and load your own Illustrator brushes.
Using the Pencil Tool
1
Drawing with the Pencil Tool
How to draw with the Pencil Tool and use the Smooth Tool to smooth out jagged lines.
Using the Shaper Tool
1
Shaper Tool Basics
How to use the Shaper Tool to quickly scribble and manipulate shapes.
Creating Paths
1
Following the Path
How to use the Pen Tool to create basic paths or trace an image.
2
Adjusting Strokes
Show how to change the weight of a stroke or make the caps rounded or flush.
3
Broken Lines and Dashes
Show how to create dotted lines or dashes from a stroked path.
Using the Line Tools
1
Arc and Spiral
Showing how you can use the Line Tool along with the Arc and Spiral Tools.
2
Different Strokes
How to change the width or thickness of a line.
Using the Eraser Tools
1
Easy Erasing
Showing how you can erase shapes or parts of shapes.
2
Cut it Out
Using the Scissor Tool and Knife Tool.
Type Tool Basics
1
Adjusting Size, Style, and Spacing
Covering the basics of how to add text and adjust the size, style, kerning, and linespacing.
2
Justified
How to format and justify copy.
3
Type on a Path
How to add type to a path.
Distortion Tools
1
Distorting Type
Show examples of how to distort type using the Envelope Warp feature.
2
Distorting Shapes
Show examples of how to distort shapes using the Bloat and Pinch Tools.
Using the Free Transform Tool
1
Transformers
How to distort shapes and type.
2
Putting Things in Perspective
How to add perspective to your shapes and text.
Object Based Tools
1
Scaling Objects
How to quickly and easily scale any object using percentages using the Scale Tool.
2
Rotating Objects
Rotate objects or shapes or create a series of shapes on a circular path.
Using the Blend Tool
1
The Art of The Blend Tool
How to blend lines or shapes either gradually or with a specified number of steps.
Merging Shapes Together
1
Shape Builder Tools
How to use the Shape Builder Tool.
2
The Pathfinder
How to use the Pathfinder Tool to manipulate shapes.
How to Use Masks
1
Masking Basics
Masking shapes or text using shapes.
2
Opacity Masks
Using opacity masks to mask gradients or highlights inside of shapes and text.
