Adobe Illustrator Cc – Advanced Training Course (updated 4/2022)

In this Adobe Illustrator Advanced course we'll learn Advanced techniques for graphic design, logo design & illustration

What you'll learn

You will be able to earn more using these new Illustrator skills.

You will create multiple images for you to use in your Portfolio.

You will be able to add 'Advanced Illustrator User' to your CV.

53 Lectures 4+ hours of content

Speed up your productivity & workflow

Advanced anchor point & pen tool tricks

You will build your own animated gifs.

Mastering lines & strokes

Depth & perspective

Set permanent defaults for fonts, colours

Be able to turn hyphenation off once and for all

Make beautiful charts & graphs.

You will learn to make quick colour adjustments, gradients meshs & how to blend it all together

Your creativity will be doubled once you finish the transform, distort & blending section of the course

Know how to speed up your personal workflow & how to speed up Illustrator

Create your own custom icons.

You'll draw various animals to explore the fastest ways to create them.

You'll create your own custom lettering using swirls, whips & flourishes.

Take hand drawn lettering and vectorize it in Illustrator.

You'll create 3D icons for a website.

You'll create UI designs for an app & website.

You'll create paper cut effects inside of text.

You'll make a pie chart, line chart & bar graph.

You'll blend real images together to create cool instagram style filters.

You'll create a post card with advanced color & prepress tricks.

Adjust all the colors in your illustrator at once, making it easy to re-color & test color combinations.

Warp text so that if fits inside of shapes.

Create a 3D style ribbon.

Make 3D text & logos.

Create lots of blended lines for exciting linear effects.

Create linocut flowers.

Create duotones.

Build a half tone image.

Fill shapes with text.

Requirements

Any version of Adobe Photoshop, preferably the CC (Creative Cloud) version.

Basic knowledge of Illustrator is required. I recommend watching my Illustrator Essentials course before this course.

If you know how to draw simple icons & you already know what an anchor point is. Then this course if for you.

Description

Do you know you're only using 50% of Illustrator's capabilities? Ready upgrade yourself? Then this course will take to you the top level of Illustrator mastery. Hi there, welcome to this Adobe Illustrator advanced tutorial. My name is Dan. I’m an ACI & ACE for Illustrator. This course is a more advanced look at Illustrator. It’s not designed for people who are brand new to Illustrator.This course 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.Giovanni: "I started learning graphic design on youtube, and after 6 weeks I had already learned the basics of color, logo design, typography, and the basics of illustrator. But after a while I felt stuck, my workflow wasn't improving, and I still could not materialize all the details that I imagined for an artwork. So I saw your course and after two or three lessons I already knew that I made a gold-value purchase. The teacher's explanation is crystal clear and to the point, while also considering alterative scenarios where a student might get stuck. Really good attention to detail and every minute of this course brings value to me and enriches my imagination with the power of Illustrator. This course is all you need to get from being an ok user of illustrator to being an expert with unlimited possibilities. Highly recommended."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.Even if you consider yourself an experienced user, I promise there will be things in here that will blow your Illustrator mind.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 vectorize & color them.George: "I really enjoyed this course Dan, I finished it in 3 days because my intention was to go through it rather quickly. But the content of the course is amazing for someone who has been self-taught and has more or less followed their instinct thus far. You gave me a new perspective on tools that I was already using and opened my horizon by teaching some tools that I always looked at and thought "what the heck" is that for? - All around awesome!"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. You'll learn advanced logo design & graphic design techniques.We’ll make beautiful charts & graphs for your indesign documents. There is a colour mastery section where you will learn to make quick colour adjustments, gradients meshs & how to blend it all together.  Your creativity will be doubled once you finish the transform, distort & blending section of the course.Jamie: This course was the perfect way for me to brush up on skills I haven't used in a while and also learn some really neat ways to save time. My company puts a big emphasis on working smart and doing things efficiently, and this course seriously helped me out in that department. I've always been pretty proficient in Illustrator, and have even gotten several comments about how fast I work, but this course is helping me take that to the next level. Thanks Dan! I truly enjoyed it!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. If you’re ok in Illustrator but you know there is so much more in there to be unlocked then please  join me and become an Illustrator super hero.

Overview

Section 1: Overview

Lecture 1 Introduction to Advanced Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 2 Getting started with your Adobe Illustrator advanced tutorial

Section 2: Drawing

Lecture 3 Trick for redrawing hand drawn images in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 4 Curvature Tool vs Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 5 Advanced Pen Tool Tricks using Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 6 How to draw flowing curves in Adobe Illustrator with the Width Tool

Lecture 7 Mastering corners with Adobe Illustrator CC corner widget effects

Lecture 8 The best creation tool in Adobe Illustrator CC the shape builder tool

Lecture 9 More shape builder goodness

Lecture 10 Using Live Shape Effects in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 11 Class project - Drawing Exercise using Width, Curvature & Corner Widgets

Section 3: Keyboard Shortcuts

Lecture 12 Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 4: Color & Patterns

Lecture 13 Advanced Color tips & tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 14 Using Color Themes in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 15 How to color a real hand drawing using Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 16 How to use the Color Guide in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 17 How to change all the colors at once in Adobe Illustrator Recolour artwork

Lecture 18 How to make gradients bend in Adobe Illustrator CC using Gradient Mesh

Lecture 19 How to make long shadows in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 20 How to blend images with the background colors in Adobe Illustrator Blend Modes

Lecture 21 How to make images Black & white in Illustrator & mix with color

Lecture 22 How do you make Anaglyphic Text using Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 23 How to make gradient stroke overlap & mix colors in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 24 How to create a Duotone image effect in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 25 Advanced repeating pattern swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 5: Workflow Speed

Lecture 26 How to change the default font & swatches in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 27 Advanced workflow tricks for Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 28 Shortcuts for aligning & distributing in Illustrator CC using Actions

Lecture 29 How to proof colors in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 30 Adobe Illustrator is running slow how do I speed up Illustrator

Lecture 31 How best to use Illustrator with other Adobe CC software

Section 6: Typography

Lecture 32 Advanced fonts tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 33 How to put text type into the shape of a letter in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 34 How to use the touch type tool in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 7: Strokes & Lines

Lecture 35 How to multiple strokes to a path in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 36 How to add a stroke line around the outside of text or shapes in Illustrator

Lecture 37 How to make multiple lines using offset path in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 8: Depth, Perspective & 3D

Lecture 38 Introduction to 3D in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 39 How to make Semi flat 3D icons & ui design using Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 40 How to make the paper cut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 9: Charts & Graphs

Lecture 41 How to make a pie chart line graph & bar graph in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 10: Artboards & Pages

Lecture 42 Advanced artboard & pages tricks in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 11: Creative Cloud

Lecture 43 Advanced CC Libraries Adobe Stock and Adobe Market

Section 12: Images

Lecture 44 Advanced Image tricks & tips in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 13: Transform, Distort & Blend

Lecture 45 How to distort bend shapes & type in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 46 How to make a 3d Ribbon in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 47 How to create lots of lines that blend together in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 48 How to make 3D gradient lettering blends in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 49 How to make a Linocut effect in Adobe Illustrator CC

Lecture 50 How to use the Puppet Warp Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 14: Web UI design

Lecture 51 How to use Adobe Illustrator for Web & UI design

Section 15: Animating

Lecture 52 How to make an animated GIF using Adobe Illustrator CC

Section 16: Conclusion

Lecture 53 BONUS: Software Updates 2019

Lecture 54 BONUS: Software Updates 2020

Lecture 55 BONUS: Software Updates 2021

Lecture 56 BONUS: Software Updates 2022

Lecture 57 What next after your Illustrator Advanced course

This course is for people who already know Illustrator and want to take their skills and speed to the maximum level.,This is an advanced Illustrator course, so you’ll need basic Illustrator skills to find this course useful.,If you a completely new to Illustrator try my Illustrator Essentials course before starting this one.