Illustrator CC: introduction – creating simple icons

Requirements

• Just a desire to learn and improve. If you have a computer with Adobe Illustrator on it, you are good to go.

No matter if you are a beginner or a designer wanting to add illustrator to your skillset, this course will help take your work to the next level

This course offers easy to follow, step by step instructions and tutorials, that are organized as the following:

• First look at the interface.
• Creating objects.
• Selections.
• Introduction to Anchor Points.
• Adjusting the staking order of objects
• Organizing objects in layers.
• Working with Groups.
• Isolation mode.
• Introduction to levels of applying changes.
• Adding and subtracting objects from each other using the Pathfinder Palette.
• Creating two simple icons.
• Course’s Summary.
• Moving forward and how to learn more.

Note: Based on my 22 years of experience in teaching these topics, I highly recommend that you write notes along as you watch the videos of the course, especially if you find any of the info presented to be important. This will help you memorize these techniques faster and implement them better. You will find that many questions are answered as well during the videos.

Who this course is for:

• Beginner Design Professionals.
• Design Students.
• Artists looking to update their skills.
• Graphic Designers.
• Web Designers.
• Those who want to create illustrations.
• Web Developers (wanting to expand their skillset).

What you’ll learn

• Creating Illustrations.
• Creating icons or logos (using basic shapes).
• Very helpful shortcuts for navigating Illustrator’s interface and tools.
• Organizing objects in layers and groups.
• Introduction to creating Vector Graphics.