Adobe Illustrator for Illustration and Design
What you'll learn
- How to use Adobe Illustrator for creating illustrations, logo and simple page design.
Requirements
- Make sure you are comfortable working on a computer. This course will be done on a Mac but they will serve a PC users as well.
Description
Learn to use Illustrator (CC 2018/ with updates for CC 2019) . Includes: digital illustration, drawing tool, Bezier curves, fonts, and use of Illustrator in graphic design. No previous experience with Illustrator is necessary: previous computer experience required. Course Topics:
· Overview of Software, Vector vs Raster
· Workspace
· New in 2018 release, the Properties Panel
• New in 2019 Freeform Gradient Tool and Scaleable User Interface
· Tools
· Layers
· Working with Color, Stroke and Fill
· Drawing Shapes, Combining Shapes
· Transform, Arrange, Align, Group Objects
· Type
· Artboards
· Effects and Filters
· Pen Tool, Curvature Tool
· Charts
· Create a Simple Infographic
· Create a Flyer
Who this course is for:
- This course is for beginners who wants to learn Adobe Illustrator for illustration or design.
Instructor
Aaron is a New York based freelance graphic artist and instructor. He has a Bachelors Degree in Scientific Illustration and a Masters Degree in Painting.
Aaron worked in the newspaper industry creating graphics and illustrations for 18 years. He has is a part time digital art instructor at a pair of Community Colleges where he teaches Digital Imaging (Photoshop), Digital Illustration (Illustrator) and Photography.
He is also an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop.
As a freelancer he works for clients around the world creating illustrations, infographics, animated explainer videos, photo composites and retouching photos.