Learn to make great graphics and incredible images like a pro with Illustrator!

This private 10-hour course (10 sessions x 1 hour) is perfect for beginners with little or no experience in graphc design. Under the guidance of a professional artist, you will learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator, a robust application with a wide array of features and tools for designers.

Course Outline:

• Understanding geometric grids
• Illustrator document setup
• Illustrator preferences, workspace, and view settings
• Creating standard grid
• Creating regular rectangle and square grids
• Creating regular and irregular polar grids
• Creating isometric and hexagonal grids
• Combining standard grids
• Creating custom grids
• Adding custom linear elements to grids
• Modifying shapes using live shape properties
• Creating custom shapes using pathfinder.
• Composing grid elements with transform tools
• Repeating and transforming grid elements with blend tool
• Creating shape-based tool designs using the shape builder tool
• Tips and tricks creating linear and coloring the designs
• Styling the designs using strokes
• Creating gaps between shapes by offsetting paths
• Customizing the designs using live corners
• Saving your work for print and web
• Sell your art!

Core Uses & Capabilities of Illustrator include:

• The ability to draw freehand with a variety of digital brushes, pencils, and pens.
• Advanced color options for creating color palettes, filling shapes, using gradient color schemes, and mixing different color effects.
• A “Layers” feature that allows you to split the components of your design across different layers, making it easy to edit one layer without impacting the others.
• A grid feature with anchor points and “snapping” capabilities, allowing you to easily align shapes and lines with accuracy.
• Cloud libraries where you can gather and store all of your design assets for a project — such as colors, brushes, graphics, text, and character styles — in one accessible place, making it easy to pick up in the middle of a project.
• A library of available fonts with a search capability so you can find the perfect font types to use for your projects.
• Tools to quickly create geometric shapes, adjust curvatures, and manipulate lines.