Illustrator 2022 Essential Training

Course details

Adobe Illustrator can be used to accomplish a broad array of design tasks, from the creation of intricate logos to eye-catching billboards. For this reason, this course teaches core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow for print, the web, or assets that will find their way into other applications. Instructor Tony Harmer covers the essentials of Illustrator 2022, including workspaces, layers, shapes and 3D effects. Tony discusses vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use the essential drawing tools in Illustrator. He demonstrates how to combine and clean up paths, as well as organize them into groups and layers. Tony also covers text editing, working with color, expressive brush drawing, effects, using Illustrator on the iPad and desktop together, and much more.

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome to the essentials of Illustrator
Installing Illustrator

Quick Start

What are vector graphics
Walkthrough setup
Walkthrough

Drawing by Construction

compound shapes and paths
pathfinders
the shape builder
live paint
challenge - live paint

clipping masks

using blends
using repeats
Color
color models in illustrator
the swatches panel

global swatches

spot colors
using tints
color groups
the color guide panel
recoloring artwork

Gradients

linear gradients
radial gradients
freeform gradients
stroke gradients
Patterns
creating a pattern

transforming patterns

making a pattern brush
Using Grids and Guides
using grids and guides
making guides from objects
Transparency
blend modes

opacity masks

Appearances
the power of appearances
the appearance panel
illustrator vs. photoshop effects

editing or removing effects

graphic styles
the eyedropper tool
new 3d effects
Type
using point type
using area type

character options

paragraph options
the touch type tool
type on a path
outlining type

Using Images

placing images
embedding images
mask or crop images
vectors from pixels
Output
packaging illustrator files
export files
asset export

Illustrator Environment

The Illustrator workspace
Panels
Panning and zooming
Using the navigator
Canvas rotation
Illustrator on iPad
illustrator on ipad
Selection

Selecting objects

Selecting anchor points
Selecting by attributes
Saving selections
Challenge - Practice selections

Transforms

Specific Transform tools
Transform Again
Transform Each

The Free Transform tool

The Puppet Warp tool
Creating Paths

The Pen tool

The Curvature Pen tool
The Pencil tool

Eraser drawing

Improving paths
Challenge - Drawing dino
Working with Strokes
Stroke attributes
Making dashed and dotted lines
using brushes
making brushes

arrowheads

variable width strokes
Shape and Line Tools
drawing basic shapes
drawing polygons and stars
drawing with the line tools
drawing with the grid tools
Arranging Elements

aligning objects

distributing objects
aligning points
changing the stack order
using draw modes

using layers

Groups
working with groups
using isolation mode

the group selection tool

using symbols

Conclusion

next steps