Adobe Illustrator: Beginner to Pro
Adobe Illustrator: Beginner to Pro
Unlock your creative potential with this all-encompassing Adobe Illustrator course, covering everything from workspace setup to advanced 3D design. Led by award-winning designer Eric Vasquez, gain expert, step-by-step guidance on Illustrator’s core features to confidently create professional-quality designs.
In this Adobe Illustrator course, learn how to:
- Create unique logos, branding, and mockups for real-world use
- Build eye-catching visuals with 3D elements
- Use selections, shapes, and drawing tools to bring your ideas to life
- Explore color palettes, patterns, and gradients
- Master the art of working with typography
- Set up documents and workspaces tailored to your needs
Whether you’re a budding designer eager to learn the ropes or a seasoned professional looking to deepen your knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, this course will provide the tools and insights needed to make your designs come to life.
Syllabus
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Selection Basics Selection and Direct Selection Tools 7m
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Complex Selections Group Selection Tool and Magic Wand Tool 5m
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Basic Shape Tools Creating Basic Shapes (Fill and stroke) 7m
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Shape Builder Tool Using the Shape Builder Tool 6m
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Transforming Shapes Using the transform tools to scale, rotate, and modify shapes. Pro Tip: Rotating Shapes Around a Point 6m
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Warping and Distorting Shapes Distorting and Warping Shapes 9m
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Aligning Tool Working with the Align Tools 7m
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Pathfinder Tool Working with the Pathfinder Tools 8m
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Using The Pen Tool Using the regular Pen Tool. Pro Tip: How to adjust anchor points and curves. 8m
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Using the Curvature Pen Tool Using the Curvature Pen Tool. Pro Tip: How to adjust anchor points and curves. 7m
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Customizing Lines and Strokes Using the Stroke Panel and customizing lines. Using the Width Tool to change up the thickness of your lines. 9m
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Offset Paths How to use the Offset Paths feature 7m
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Working with Brushes - Part 1 Using Brushes in Illustrator, Creating and using custom brushes 7m
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Creating More Complex Shapes Covers some advanced techniques with the Pen Tool 6m
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Using Symmetry Mode Advanced techniques using Symmetry Mode with the Pen Tool 7m
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Using Image Trace How to get results with the Image Trace feature 8m
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Using Masks in Illustrator Using Masks in Illustrator 9m
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Working with Brushes - Part 2 Using Brushes in Illustrator, a closer look at the Bristle Brush and the Pattern Brush 9m
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Colors and Swatches Covers using fill colors, stroke colors, gradients, and swatches 9m
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Opacity and Blending Modes How to use Blending Modes 7m
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Patterns and Symbols Creating patterns and symbols 9m
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Text-to-Vector Generator Using the Text-to-Vector Generator 7m
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Working With Type Character and Paragraph Panel Overview 8m
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Fine Tuning Your Type Kerning, line spacing, and adjusting the type alignment. Pro Tip: Handy keyboard shortcuts for adjusting text 6m
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Outlining and Expanding Type Converting text to shapes to modify points and customize the text further Manually customizing outlined text 6m
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Changing Colors with Outlined Type Changing colors in outlined type 8m
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Text Wrapping Wrapping type in text boxes and around shapes 5m
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Distorting Type Warping and distorting type 8m
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Layer Styles Layer Styles that will give your text a more custom look 8m
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Working with the Blend Tool How to use the Blend Tool with text and shapes. Pro Tip: Create 3D shadows 9m
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Working with 3D Covers the 3D panel and how it can be used to add depth and dimension 9m
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Working Faster with Graphic Styles How to save time with re-usable Graphic Styles for text and shapes 9m
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Logo Design Process My design process for creating a logo 3m
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Idea Generation - Part 1 Create 3-5 different logos using the tools and techniques that have been covered throughout the course 6m
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Idea Generation - Part 2 Create 3-5 different logos using the tools and techniques that have been covered throughout the course 6m
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Customizing Your Logo Distorting, warping, and making other customizations to your logos to set them apart 8m
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Color Your Logo Coloring the logo design 6m
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Color Variations Three ways to recolor your logo design 6m
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Finalizing Your Logo Simplifying the logo design (expanding and simplifying colors, etc.) 6m
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Mockup Generator Working with the new Mockup Generator in Illustrator 3m
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Applying Your Logo to a Mockup Applying the final logo to some mockups 4m
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Saving Your Logos and Colors Save and export all of your artwork files 7m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Eric Vasquez
Eric is an Art Director, designer and multidisciplinary artist who has worked for a variety of high profile clients including Nickelodeon, Oxygen, World Wrestling Entertainment, Spike TV, and Major League Baseball.
Eric has been in two art exhibits including The Art of Fashion at Webster Hall and he is a member of two international art collectives - Cosmosys and the Luminarium. He is an active member of the online design community with many of his designs being featured on popular design blogs, and has also had his work published in Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
Eric Vasquez
Art Director and Designer
Accreditations
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How GoSkills helped Chris
I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.
