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Illustrator 2021 MasterClass

Master Adobe Illustrator with this in-depth training for all levels.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (28,467 ratings)
128,886 students
Created by Martin Perhiniak
Last updated 1/2021
English
English, French [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Designing logos
  • Creating vector illustrations
  • Turning photographs into vector artwork
  • Vectorizing and colorizing traced hand drawings
  • Preparing graphics for web and print
  • Designing infographics
  • Working with type in creative ways
  • Mastering advanced Illustrator tools and techniques
  • Learn useful keyboard shortcuts and best practices
  • Practice everything you learn with provided Exercise Files
  • Test your knowledge with quizzes at the end of each chapter
  • Learn Illustrator from the start the way a professional would use it
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Requirements

  • Any version of Adobe Illustrator, preferably not older than Illustrator CS6. Ideally Illustrator CC (Creative Cloud).
  • Prior knowledge is not needed
  • Exercise Files and Study Guides are provided

Description

Udemy’s best-selling Illustrator course – by one of the Top 10 Adobe Instructors in the world – teaches you to use this industry-leading vector graphic application as a creative professional. The whole course content, including examples, techniques, exercises and quizzes have been carefully selected and refined to offer the most efficient and enjoyable way to master Adobe Illustrator.

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.

“The course has great content, well explained and having you feeling confident with the software at the end.”
James Pope

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.”  Laurie Knapp


This course includes:

  • 94 Videos (12 hours of total playtime)

  • Interactive quizzes testing what you learnt in each chapter

  • Downloadable working files

  • Course content updated with the latest 2021 new features

  • All future updates to Illustrator will be included in this course for no extra payment

  • Estimated finish time: 25 hours (including finishing all exercises and quizzes)

  • Preparation guide for the official Adobe Certified Associate exam: Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator

  • Completion certificate upon finishing the entire course


Martin is an Adobe Certified Instructor – voted as one of the Top 10 Adobe instructors in the world – with years of experience teaching in classrooms, seminars and webinars. He also worked professionally in the creative industry for over 10 years on a wide range of projects for clients such as Disney, Accenture, Mattel, etc.


“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 will find it useful:

  • Perfect for anyone looking to start or develop their career in the creative industry.

  • Complete beginners will be able to master the software from the very beginning to the most advanced features.

  • Self-taught users and existing professionals can use the course to take their skills and knowledge to the next level, refine their workflows and learn to do everything the right way!

  • Existing and more experienced users of Illustrator may also discover hidden gems and workflows or catch up with all the new features released in 2021.


Skills you will gain:

  • Producing vector graphics for print and screen

  • Using all the time-saving features of Illustrator and work efficiently

  • Designing logos and brand identities for clients

  • Creating vector illustrations, infographics and icons

  • Tracing scanned drawings and sketches and turning them into scalable vector graphics

  • Producing repeatable patterns for product packaging, apparels and stationaries.


Ready to master and create brand new work with confidence in Adobe Illustrator? Enroll on this course and let’s get started.


Who this course is for:

  • This course is aimed at anyone who wants to get into the creative industry and gain a rock solid foundation of Illustrator.
  • Although it is providing a beginner to intermediate level learning experience it can be useful for experienced Illustrator users too as there are many self-taught users who are missing out on a lot of techniques and features.

Featured review

Wilson Thomas
Wilson Thomas
9 courses
7 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 511 months ago
Illustrator 2020 Masterclass Course was very well aligned and thoroughly taught and explained by Martin (instructor)! The contents of this course are divided precisely and even a beginner can understand and feel confident about Illustrator. Overall this is a wonderful course for anyone who wants to kick start with Adobe Illustrator! Thank you Martin for setting up this wonderful course! Cheers!

Course content

14 sections • 111 lectures • 13h 11m total length

  • Why learn Illustrator?
    Preview01:57
  • Preview03:26
  • Getting an Adobe Certification
    Preview05:06
  • Changes to User Interface in CC 2018
    01:28
  • Exercise Files
    00:33

  • Preview08:44
  • Artboards
    10:48
  • Updated Artboards (New in CC 2018)
    03:18
  • Navigation
    07:50
  • Working with Vectors
    09:41
  • User Interface
    10:29
  • Properties panel (New in CC 2018)
    03:29
  • Settings
    06:10
  • Basics Quiz
    12 questions

  • Basic Shapes
    12:05
  • Transformations
    07:55
  • Combining Shapes
    13:21
  • Selection Techniques
    06:28
  • Organising Objects
    12:52
  • Aligning and Distributing Objects
    05:23
  • Working Precisely
    09:25
  • Exercises
    07:16
  • Working with Objects Quiz
    12 questions

  • Stroke settings
    13:11
  • Swatches
    13:37
  • Gradients
    10:23
  • Appearance panel
    15:08
  • Effects
    11:06
  • Exercises
    02:23
  • Appearance of Objects Quiz
    12 questions

  • Basic Drawing Tools
    10:04
  • Drawing Exercise
    14:31
  • Coloring
    11:59
  • Drawing assistance tools
    08:38
  • Draw Inside
    06:27
  • Pen Tool
    14:01
  • Pen Tool exercise
    18:28
  • Pen Tool alternatives
    14:08
  • Curvature Tool (New in CC 2018)
    03:09
  • Distort and Transform tools
    08:56
  • Symmetrical drawing
    09:04
  • Concentric drawing techniques
    09:58
  • Manual tracing exercise
    09:41
  • Drawing Quiz
    12 questions

  • Calligraphic Brushes
    11:50
  • Scatter Brushes
    10:28
  • Art Brushes
    10:58
  • Bristle Brushes
    02:54
  • Pattern Brushes
    11:22
  • Image Brushes
    09:55
  • Brushes Quiz
    12 questions

  • Working with Images
    10:30
  • Preparing simple images for tracing
    08:23
  • Preparing complex images for tracing
    10:24
  • Image Trace
    20:31
  • Improving and Colouring traced images
    10:01
  • Images Quiz
    12 questions

  • Character formatting
    12:17
  • Paragraph formatting
    12:02
  • Using Text styles
    07:12
  • Fonts
    07:59
  • Variable and SVG Fonts (New in CC 2018)
    03:22
  • Touch Type
    03:21
  • Type on a Path
    05:59
  • Type and Shapes
    04:33
  • Warp Text
    07:02
  • 3D Type
    06:27
  • Create Outlines from Text
    07:48
  • Image within Text
    03:21
  • Text Wrap
    03:15
  • Type Exercise
    07:03
  • Type Quiz
    12 questions

  • Preview10:33
  • Clipping Mask
    04:58
  • Opacity Mask
    03:23
  • Masking exercise
    02:27
  • Recolor Artwork
    09:13
  • Live Paint Bucket
    08:56
  • Envelope Distort
    03:43
  • Puppet Warp (New in CC 2018)
    03:56
  • Symbols
    06:08
  • Symbol Tools
    06:20
  • Graphs
    10:17
  • Blending Objects
    04:34
  • Creating Patterns
    10:27
  • Refining Pattern Design
    06:55
  • Gradient Mesh
    08:32
  • Perspective Drawing
    08:46
  • Advanced Techniques Quiz
    12 questions

  • Saving work for Print
    08:13
  • Saving work for Web
    07:42
  • Export for Screens
    03:46
  • Adobe Apps
    08:24
  • Integration with Bridge
    02:48
  • CC Libraries
    06:06
  • Archiving Projects
    04:41
  • Export and Integration Quiz
    12 questions

Instructor

Martin Perhiniak
Yes I'm a Designer
Martin Perhiniak
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 42,782 Reviews
  • 177,942 Students
  • 23 Courses

Martin is a graphic designer and an Adobe Certified Instructor. He was a presenter at Adobe MAX the ultimate creative in 2018 and was recently voted one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world. Over 100,000 students are studying from his online courses from over 200 countries.

As a designer and illustrator he worked for companies like Pixar, BBC, Mattel and as an instructor taught teams at Google, Ben&Jerry's, House of Lords and Oxford University Press.

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