Speed up your workflow in Illustrator and unlock your creative potential
This course will speed up your productivity & workflow. It is project based, so you will learn the tools & tricks to create some really beautiful current design styles.
You’ll learn advanced anchor point & pen tool tricks. There is a really fun section on mastering lines & strokes. You’ll learn the quick way to take hand drawn sketches and vectorise & colour them.
You’ll master depth & perspective in Illustrator, creating semi-flat presentations. We’ll set permanent defaults for fonts, colours & learn how to turn hyphenation off once and for all.
We’ll make beautiful charts & graphs. There is a colour mastery section where you will learn to make quick colour adjustments, gradients meshes & how to blend it all together.
Your creativity will be doubled once you finish the transform, distort & blending section of the course.
There is an entire section dedicated to learning how to speed up your personal workflow & how to speed up Illustrator and get it running super fast.
This course is a more advanced look at Illustrator. It’s not designed for people who are brand new to Illustrator. It is for people who can already understand the fundamentals of Illustrator. If you already know what an anchor point is and how to adjust it this course is for you.
Course Outline
Here's what you'll learn in more detail
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Introduction
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Drawing
- Trick for redrawing hand drawn images in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
- Curvature Tool vs Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
- Advanced Pen Tool Tricks using Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to draw flowing curves in Adobe Illustrator with the Width Tool
- Mastering corners with Adobe Illustrator CC corner widget effects
- The best creation tool in Adobe Illustrator CC: The Shape Builder Tool FREE PREVIEW
- More shape builder goodness
- Using Live Shape Effects in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Keyboard Shortcuts
- Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator CC
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4
Colour & Patterns
- Advanced Colour tips & tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC
- Using Colour Themes in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to colour a real hand drawing using Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to use the Color Guide in Adobe Illustrator
- How to change all the colours at once in Adobe Illustrator Recolour artwork
- How to make gradients bend in Adobe Illustrator CC using Gradient Mesh
- How to make long shadows in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
- How to blend images with the background colours in Adobe Illustrator Blend Modes
- How to make images Black & White in Illustrator & mix with colour FREE PREVIEW
- How do you make Anaglyphic Text using Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to make gradient stroke overlap & mix colours in Adobe Illustrator
- How to create a Duotone image effect in Adobe Illustrator CC
- Advanced repeating pattern swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Speeding up Your Illustrator Workflow
- How to change the default font & swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC
- Advanced workflow tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC
- Shortcuts for aligning & distributing in Illustrator CC using Actions
- How to proof colours in Adobe Illustrator CC
- Adobe Illustrator is running slow how do I speed up Illustrator
- How best to use Illustrator with other Adobe CC software
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Typography in Illustrator
- Advanced fonts tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to put text type into the shape of a letter in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to use the touch type tool in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
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7
Strokes and Lines in Illustrator
- How to multiply strokes to a path in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to add a stroke line around the outside of text or shapes in Illustrator
- How to make multiple lines using offset path in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Depth, Perspective and 3D
- Introduction to 3D in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
- How to make Semi flat 3D icons & ui design using Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to make the paper cut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Charts and Graphs in Illustrator
- How to make a pie chart line graph & bar graph in Adobe Illustrator CC
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10
Artboards & Pages
- Advanced artboard & pages tricks in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Creative Cloud
- Advanced CC Libraries Adobe Stock and Adobe Market
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12
Working with Images
- Advanced Image tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC
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13
Transform Distort & Blend
- How to distort bend shapes & type in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to make a 3d Ribbon in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
- How to create lots of lines that blend together in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to make 3D gradient lettering blends in Adobe Illustrator CC
- How to make a Linocut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC FREE PREVIEW
- How to use the Puppet Warp Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC
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Web UI Design with Illustrator
- How to use Adobe Illustrator for Web & UI design
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15
Animating in Illustrator
- How to make an animated GIF using Adobe Illustrator CC
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