Creating Illustrator Infographics

Creating Illustrator Infographics

2h 46mIntermediate2022-06-13

Authors

Tony Harmer

Tony Harmer

Educator, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite Master

Course details

Infographics are everywhere. These data-driven illustrations visualize your data and help to tell the story behind it. In this course, Tony Harmer shows how to design charts, graphs, and other infographic assets in Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to get started by developing core skills, including the ability to create and customize basic images, charts and graphs, and illustrated tables that link to your data. Explore the five key components of a great information design with step-by-step tips on how to achieve it. Tony walks you through the many different graph types available in the latest version of Illustrator, including extendable charts, timelines and poster options, embellishments, add-ons, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to choose the infographic option that’s best for you and your data.

Skills covered

InfographicsIllustrationIllustratorGraphic DesignAdobeAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • Creating Illustrator infographics
  • Prerequisite knowledge

Basic Infographic Skills

  • Skills you need
  • Creating layouts
  • Choosing colors
  • Choosing type
  • Appearances
  • Graphic styles
  • Using symbols
  • Nine-slice scaling
  • Plan and play - Skills

Basic Charts and Graphs

  • Chart anatomy
  • Using data with Illustrator
  • Column and bar charts
  • Converting bar chart types
  • Line and area graphs
  • Scatter plots
  • Pie charts
  • Multiple pie charts
  • Radar plots
  • Challenge - Styling
  • Solution - Styling

Extending Illustrator Charts

  • The Importance of live data
  • Scaled column designs
  • Repeating column designs
  • Sliding column designs
  • Challenge - Dollaz chart
  • Solution - Dollaz chart
  • Creating data markers
  • Donut chart
  • Radial bars
  • Bubble charts
  • Combining graph types

Creating a Timeline

  • Plan and play - Timeline
  • Establishing scales
  • Adding embellishments

Creating an Infographic Poster

  • Plan and play - Poster
  • Using Draw Inside
  • Using Opacity Masks
  • Creating callouts
  • Linked documents

Useful Add-ons

  • Noun project
  • Nimbling SSR30
  • Astute Graphics
  • Esri maps for Creative Cloud

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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