What you'll learn

You will have over 30 of your own projects to add to your portfolio.
You will be able to add Illustrator to your CV
Navigate Adobe Illustrator CC like a pro
Draw beginner to advanced shapes and icons.
Master advanced Illustrator tools and techniques.
Make your ideas come to life.
Draw existing famous logos.
Draw with paint brushes.
Create custom typography.
Create a logo badge with text that wraps around.
Put images inside of text for cool effects.
Find the secrets to choosing color combinations for your work.
Pull, push & cut text to make interesting styles.
You will redraw yourself as an illustration.
Build a repeating pattern to be used as wallpaper or fabric designs.
You'll build create assets like colors, patterns & drawings using the Illustrator mobile app.
You will be able to start earning money from your Illustrator Skills.
Feel comfortable using Adobe Illustrator to design your own graphics from scratch.
Design your own graphics, without any experience.
Learn all of the key skills of Illustrator: shapes, text, masking, effects, and exporting.
Export your projects for print, web, or other design projects.
Create your own logos.
Illustrate animals.
Draw with pens & pencils.
Take hand drawings and recreate them using Illustrator.
Create type that follows a curving line.
Create beautiful gradients and apply them to icons, text & illustrations.
Create a paper cut effect.
Repeat patterns to create vector flowers.
Create many different icons styles.
Find many templates for posters, stationery & UI designs to save you time.

Requirements

Any version of Adobe Illustrator, preferably the CC (Creative Cloud) version.
No prior knowledge or experience with Illustrator is required

Description

This course has been purposely designed for users of all experiences, from complete beginners to existing Illustrator users, who want to take their skills to the next level. Being able to confidently work in Illustrator is an essential skill for any Graphic Designer or Illustrator, but it is an equally useful tool for Product Designers, Fashion Designers, UI/UX designers and various other areas within and outside of the creative industry.

More about Adobe Illustrator:

Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics application that lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video and mobile devices.

Its time saving features allow users to create work quickly and efficiently at the highest professional standard.

A closer look at what you will learn:

We will start with the basics, so you feel totally at ease with the interface, preferences, setting up new documents. We will also cover fundamental principles like the difference between vector and pixel graphics.

The next two chapters will teach you everything you need to know about working with objects in Illustrator. These are the buildings blocks of all vector graphics so these initial lessons will help you to understand and work with more complex tools later on.

Next up, in the drawing section of the course, master drawing modes, the Pen tool, Curvature tool and all the different ways you can draw and manipulate paths.

Next learn about the different types of Brushes and how to make the most of their unique features. You will also learn how to create your own custom brushes.

In the next chapters you will learn about tracing photographs with a powerful feature called Image Trace and everything you need to know about adding type to your illustrations.

Once you are comfortable with all of that you can move onto the Advanced Techniques section, which will introduce more complex features like Symbols, Graphs, Gradient Meshes, Perspective Drawing, Recolor Artwork and workflows like Masking.

Finally, discover how to correctly export your work for print and screen, and ways to share and archive your projects.

"An outstanding course! I've taken many Udemy courses where the instructor just rambles on, or circles around the same point several times. But here, every word uttered is part of the lesson. No fluff, no uhms, no nonsense. With that level of focus, it's very easy to follow, learn and remember."

"This course includes really great and useful practical exercises for each chapter. I also enjoyed the quiz at the end of each chapter as you learn the things explained in more depth. Seriously, there's nothing I would've wanted to change about this course. A great masterclass for beginners to learn fast and start being a graphic designer."

Jessica Mueller

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to start using Illustrator in their career & get paid for their Illustrator skills.
Newbies, amateurs, graphic designers, motion graphics artists and any creatives who want to design their own graphics from scratch.