Illustrator: Perspective Drawing

Course details

Whether you're creating simple shapes or a bustling street scene, see how to add a sense of depth and space in your vector artwork with Illustrator's powerful perspective tools. In this course, Adobe Certified Instructor Kevin Stohlmeyer explains the differences between one-, two-, and three-point perspective, while showing how to use the Perspective Grid for creating perspective artwork. Then learn how to add elements to the grid, and position, scale, and transform objects in perspective so that they blend within your scene.

Topics include:
Exploring perspective drawing
Activating the Perspective Grid and exploring its parts
Adjusting vanishing points, grid planes, and the horizon
Moving the Perspective Grid
Using the Plane Switching widget
Drawing and selecting objects
Attaching objects to the grid and releasing them
Creating and editing text
Moving objects along a plane
Automatic plane positioning
Scaling objects
Using symbols in perspective
Adding finishing touches

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. About Perspective

04 - Type of perspectives
05 - Activating the Perspective Grid in Illustrator
06 - The parts of the Perspective Grid

2. Adjusting the Perspective Grid

07 - Adjusting vanishing points
08 - Adjusting grid planes
09 - Adjusting the horizon, grid cells, and extent
10 - Moving the Perspective Grid

3. Working with the Perspective Grid

11 - The Plane Switching widget
12 - The Perspective Selection tool

4. Drawing in Perspective

13 - Drawing and selecting objects
14 - Attaching objects
15 - Releasing objects
16 - Creating and editing text

5. Editing in Perspective

17 - Moving objects along a plane
18 - Precise movement
19 - Automatic plane positioning
20 - Scaling objects
21 - Using symbols in perspective
22 - Adjusting the Perspective Grid and the vanishing point
23 - Adding finishing touches to the perspective drawing

Conclusion

24 - Next steps