Learn Adobe Illustrator for vector design: shapes, the Pen tool, color, type, patterns and effects, ready for logos and icons.
Graphic Design Diploma – Module 4: Adobe Illustrator. Part of the Master Graphic Design Diploma by Up Academy, and also available as a standalone course.
Course Curriculum
| 0. Starter Brand Kit | |||
| 0.1 Starter Brand Kit – work on a ready brand Details | FREE | 00:05:00 | |
| 1. Getting Started | |||
| 1.1 Vector vs. raster, and why logos are vector Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 1.2 Interface, tools and workspace Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 2. Working with Documents & Artboards | |||
| 2.1 Document setup for print and screen Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 2.2 Creating artboards Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 2.3 Naming and arranging artboards Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 3. Drawing Objects | |||
| 3.1 Rectangle and ellipse tools Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 3.2 Polygon, star and line tools Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 3.3 Live corners and live shapes Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 4. Selecting & Transforming Objects | |||
| 4.1 Selection vs. Direct Selection Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 4.2 Align and distribute Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 4.3 Rotate and reflect Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 4.4 Scale and shear Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 5. Working with Color | |||
| 5.1 Swatches and global colors Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 5.2 Color groups Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 5.3 Gradients Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 5.4 Gradient mesh basics Details | 00:04:00 | ||
| 5.5 Recolor Artwork: basics Details | 00:05:00 | ||
| 5.6 Recolor Artwork: brand color variations Details | 00:05:00 | ||
| 6. Fills & Strokes | |||
| 6.1 Stroke weight, caps and corners Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 6.2 Dashed lines Details | 00:04:00 | ||
| 6.3 Variable width strokes Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 6.4 Outline Stroke Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 7. Working with Paths (Pen Tool) | |||
| 7.1 Anchor points and handles Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 7.2 Converting anchor points Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 7.3 Drawing straight lines Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 7.4 Drawing curves Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 7.5 Combining lines and curves Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 7.6 Curvature tool Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 7.7 Tracing a sketch: setup Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 7.8 Tracing a sketch: drawing Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 8. Creating Shapes | |||
| 8.1 Pathfinder: unite and minus front Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 8.2 Pathfinder: intersect, exclude, divide Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 8.3 Shape Builder tool Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 8.4 Shape Builder practice Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 8.5 Complex shapes from simple ones Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 8.6 Practice: building an icon Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 9. Type in Illustrator | |||
| 9.1 Point type and area type Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 9.2 Type on a path Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 9.3 Type styling Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 9.4 Create outlines Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 9.5 Editing letterforms Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 10. Layers & Masks | |||
| 10.1 Organizing layers Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 10.2 Clipping masks Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 10.3 Opacity masks Details | 00:05:00 | ||
| 10.4 Masks in practice Details | 00:05:00 | ||
| 11. Brushes, Symbols & Patterns | |||
| 11.1 Calligraphic and art brushes Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 11.2 Scatter and pattern brushes Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 11.3 Symbols Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 11.4 Symbolism tools Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 11.5 Seamless patterns: basics Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 11.6 Building your brand pattern Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 12. Effects & Appearance | |||
| 12.1 The Appearance panel Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 12.2 Multiple fills and strokes Details | 00:04:00 | ||
| 12.3 Envelope Distort Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 12.4 Distortion tools Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 12.5 Illustrator effects Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 12.6 3D effects basics Details | 00:04:00 | ||
| 13. Drawing in Perspective | |||
| 13.1 Perspective Grid setup Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 13.2 Drawing on the grid Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 13.3 Placing objects in perspective Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 14. Working with Images | |||
| 14.1 Placing and linking images Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 14.2 Image Trace Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 15. AI in Illustrator | |||
| 15.1 Generative Recolor: testing brand color options Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 15.2 Text to Vector Graphic: generating icon ideas Details | 00:08:00 | ||
| 15.3 Redrawing AI ideas by hand with the Pen tool Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 15.4 AI do’s and don’ts in vector work Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 16. Printing, Saving & Exporting | |||
| 16.1 Saving as AI and PDF Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 16.2 SVG, PNG and EPS Details | 00:07:00 | ||
| 16.3 Asset Export Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| 16.4 Export for screens Details | 00:06:00 | ||
| Extra lessons from the previous course | |||
| Software Download Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Materials Download Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| ✏️ Working with the Pencil Tool Details | 00:15:00 | ||
| Designing professional logos from scratch Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Understanding branding and logo guidelines Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Applying textures to vector artwork Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create a complete branding package (Logo, Business Card, Social Media Posts) Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create a complete branding package (Logo, Business Card, Social Media Posts) | |||
| Showcase creativity using advanced Illustrator techniques Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Showcase creativity using advanced Illustrator techniques | |||
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