Adobe Illustrator Mega Course-From Zero To Hero

Adobe Illustrator Mega Course-One

What you'll learn

You will be able to start earning money from your Illustrator Skills.

Feel comfortable using Adobe Illustrator to design your own graphics from scratch.

Draw beginner to advanced shapes and icons.

Create beautiful gradients and apply them to icons, text & illustrations.

You'll build create assets like colors, patterns & drawings using the Illustrator mobile app.

Requirements

No skill required to take this course. As long as you can use a computer and can install the required software you are good to go

Description

Design and create amazing works of art using the powerful vector-based drawing program—Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to create multipage documents with artboards; how to draw anything you can imagine with the Pen, Pencil, and Curvature tools; and how to start adding color to your artwork with swatches. The course also covers drawing shapes, adjusting strokes, formatting text, and painting digitally, with or without a tablet. Each chapter should leave you with a new set of skills—and a sense of accomplishment.This is a comprehensive Adobe Illustrator on the Desktop course, with over 12 hours of lessons and projects. It starts from scratch for complete beginners, through to advanced techniques. Even if you are already an occasional Illustrator user, you will still find numerous techniques to speed up your workflow.This course has been purposely designed for users of all experiences, from complete beginners to existing Illustrator users, who want to take their skills to the next level. Being able to confidently work in Illustrator is an essential skill for any Graphic Designer or Illustrator, but it is an equally useful tool for Product Designers, Fashion Designers, UI/UX designers and various other areas within and outside of the creative industry. All the best as you become and Illustrator master! 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to Illustrator Mega Course-From zero to One

Section 2: Quick Tour on Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 2 01 - A first look at Illustrator

Lecture 3 02 - Opening a document by double-clicking it

Lecture 4 03 - Introducing the Home screen

Lecture 5 04 - Creating a new document

Lecture 6 05 - The units of design Points and picas

Lecture 7 06 - Creating very large artwork

Lecture 8 07 - Overriding units of measure

Lecture 9 08 - The advanced document settings

Lecture 10 09 - Activating missing fonts

Lecture 11 10 - Modifying your new document

Lecture 12 11 - Saving Illustrator artwork

Lecture 13 12 - Saving a cloud document

Section 3: Illustrator Artboards: Let's streamline the design process

Lecture 14 01 - Pages of any size, at any angle

Lecture 15 02 - Using the Artboard tool

Lecture 16 03 - Undo, Redo, and Revert

Lecture 17 04 - Selecting multiple artboards

Lecture 18 05 - Creating a new artboard

Lecture 19 06 - Copying, pasting, and duplicating artboards

Lecture 20 07 - Five ways to resize artboards

Lecture 21 08 - Introducing the Artboards panel

Lecture 22 09 - Navigating between artboards

Lecture 23 10 - Aligning and distributing artboards

Lecture 24 11 - Artboards and rulers

Section 4: Navigation: Getting Around in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 25 01 - Getting around your artwork

Lecture 26 02 - Zooming in and out

Lecture 27 03 - Using the more precise Zoom tool

Lecture 28 04 - Zooming on a selection (or not)

Lecture 29 05 - GPU Performance and Animated Zoom

Lecture 30 06 - Scrolling (or panning) a document

Lecture 31 07 - Specifying a custom zoom level

Lecture 32 08 - Working with multiple open documents

Lecture 33 09 - Customizing your panels

Lecture 34 10 - Saving your custom panels as a workspace

Lecture 35 11 - Cycling between screen modes

Lecture 36 12 - Trim View and Presentation Mode

Section 5: Understand Lines in Illustrator: Now you can draw

Lecture 37 01 - Now, you draw

Lecture 38 02 - Guidelines and center guides

Lecture 39 03 - Positioning guides numerically

Lecture 40 04 - Using the Line Segment tool

Lecture 41 05 - Working with and without the bounding box

Lecture 42 06 - Moving and duplicating objects

Lecture 43 07 - Select Similar Objects and Global Edit

Lecture 44 08 - Introducing the Scissors tool

Lecture 45 09 - Joining your line segments

Lecture 46 10 - Introducing the Eyedropper tool

Lecture 47 11 - Using the Arc tool

Lecture 48 12 - Using the Spiral tool

Lecture 49 13 - Using the Polar Grid tool

Lecture 50 14 - Duplicating and scaling spirals

Lecture 51 15 - Using the Rectangular Grid tool

Lecture 52 16 - Auto-blending fill colors

Lecture 53 17 - A preview of shape building

Section 6: Create Shapes in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 54 01 - And now, you draw better

Lecture 55 02 - Creating a time-saving template

Lecture 56 03 - Using the Rectangle tool

Lecture 57 04 - Creating a rectangle by the numbers

Lecture 58 05 - Copying and pasting a hex color code

Lecture 59 06 - Using the Ellipse tool

Lecture 60 07 - Creating a circle by the numbers

Lecture 61 08 - Live pies and custom guides

Lecture 62 09 - Creating a pie with numerical accuracy

Lecture 63 10 - Using the Polygon tool

Lecture 64 11 - Using the Star tool

Lecture 65 12 - Creating a star of a specific size

Lecture 66 13 - Creating a series of evenly spaced rays

Lecture 67 14 - Using the crazy Flare tool

Lecture 68 15 - The top-secret tilde key trick

Section 7: Understanding colors in Illustrator

Lecture 69 01 - How color works

Lecture 70 02 - The color modes RGB vs. CMYK

Lecture 71 03 - Hue, saturation, and brightness

Lecture 72 04 - Selecting a color from the Spectrum Ramp

Lecture 73 05 - Creating and applying swatches

Lecture 74 06 - Working with global swatches

Lecture 75 07 - Searching swatches by name

Lecture 76 08 - Auto-deleting and adding swatches

Lecture 77 09 - Using the Eyedropper tool

Lecture 78 10 - Loading swatches from another document

Section 8: How to apply strokes in Illustrator

Lecture 79 01 - The rich world of strokes

Lecture 80 02 - Adjusting the line weight

Lecture 81 03 - How strokes align to path outlines

Lecture 82 04 - Caps, joins, and miter limit

Lecture 83 05 - Making practical use of caps and joins

Lecture 84 06 - Dashes and arrowheads

Lecture 85 07 - Variable-width strokes

Lecture 86 08 - Numerically adjusting width points

Lecture 87 09 - Custom aligning strokes to paths

Lecture 88 10 - Creating a custom width profile

Lecture 89 11 - Creating a classic round-dotted outline

Lecture 90 12 - Drawing a quick-and-dirty gear

Lecture 91 13 - Outline Stroke and Compound Path

Lecture 92 14 - Combining multiple strokes

Lecture 93 15 - Offsetting strokes to simulate depth

Section 9: Type in Illustrator

Lecture 94 01 - Text at its best

Lecture 95 02 - Placing and flowing text

Lecture 96 03 - Converting between area and point type

Lecture 97 04 - Modifying the text frame

Lecture 98 05 - Creating custom margins guides

Lecture 99 06 - Changing the font and type style

Lecture 100 07 - Introducing variable fonts

Lecture 101 08 - Paragraph alignment

Lecture 102 09 - Type size and leading

Lecture 103 10 - Dialing in custom variable styles

Lecture 104 11 - Creating your own custom italics

Lecture 105 12 - Kerning characters of type

Lecture 106 13 - Roman hanging punctuation

Lecture 107 14 - Filling and stroking text

Lecture 108 15 - Vertical alignment and justification

Lecture 109 16 - Snapping objects to characters of type

Section 10: Building using Adobe illustrator

Lecture 110 01 - Join and the Shape Builder

Lecture 111 02 - Using the Join command

Lecture 112 03 - Using the Join tool

Lecture 113 04 - Object Path Outline Stroke

Lecture 114 05 - Using the Shape Builder tool

Lecture 115 06 - More ways to use the Shape Builder tool

Lecture 116 07 - Creating a real-world project

Lecture 117 08 - Creating an inset reflection

Lecture 118 09 - Coloring a path with the Shape Builder tool

Lecture 119 10 - Sculpting with variable-width strokes

Lecture 120 11 - Converting text to path outlines

Lecture 121 12 - Gap detection and path splitting

Lecture 122 13 - Drawing with the Shaper tool

Lecture 123 14 - Combining paths with the Shaper tool

Lecture 124 15 - Editing paths inside a Shaper Group

Section 11: Pencil Tool : Freeform drawing at its best

Lecture 125 01 - Freeform drawing at its best

Lecture 126 02 - Drawing freeform path outlines

Lecture 127 03 - The Smooth tool and Path Eraser tool

Lecture 128 04 - Extending and connecting paths

Lecture 129 05 - Drawing straight and perpendicular lines

Lecture 130 06 - Creating a tracing template

Lecture 131 07 - Combining the Pencil tool with a drawing tablet

Lecture 132 08 - Coloring your Pencil tool art

Section 12: Painting of Adobe illustrator: The best tools for painting

Lecture 133 01 - The best tools for painting

Lecture 134 02 - Painting with the Blob Brush

Lecture 135 03 - Fusing path outlines together

Lecture 136 04 - Blob Brush size and strategies

Lecture 137 05 - Introducing the Eraser tool

Lecture 138 06 - Reassigning keyboard shortcuts

Lecture 139 07 - Painting background paths

Lecture 140 08 - Erasing all kinds of paths

Lecture 141 09 - Erasing and smoothing away lumps

Lecture 142 10 - The Blob Brush and the opacity value

Lecture 143 11 - Painting with a drawing tablet

Lecture 144 12 - Using the Simplify command

Section 13: Drawing with Curvature Tool in Illustrator

Lecture 145 01 - Drawing one point at a time

Lecture 146 02 - Drawing with the Curvature tool

Lecture 147 03 - Working with smooth and corner points

Lecture 148 04 - Creating and editing open path outlines

Lecture 149 05 - Tracing a photographic detail

Lecture 150 06 - Adding a basic textured fill

Lecture 151 07 - Shape building a castle wall

Lecture 152 08 - A first look at gradients

Lecture 153 09 - Editing a shape with the Curvature tool

Lecture 154 10 - A first look at object blends

Lecture 155 11 - Duplicating and scaling a complex object

Lecture 156 12 - Drawing a custom letterform

Lecture 157 13 - Creating a rippling line segment

Lecture 158 14 - Adding a piece of vector-based clipart

Section 14: Pen Tool : The tool that can draw anything

Lecture 159 01 - The tool that can draw anything

Lecture 160 02 - Creating corner points

Lecture 161 03 - Adding and deleting anchor points

Lecture 162 04 - How smooth points work

Lecture 163 05 - Drawing smooth points

Lecture 164 06 - Drawing cusp points

Lecture 165 07 - Using the Anchor Point tool

Lecture 166 08 - Real-world drawing with the Pen tool

Lecture 167 09 - Drawing a very complex path outline

Lecture 168 10 - Copying and repurpose path segments

Lecture 169 11 - Drawing a lot with very few points

Lecture 170 12 - Creating dimension with shadows

Lecture 171 13 - Shading the eye, ear, and nose

Lecture 172 14 - Drawing smoothly waving path outlines

Section 15: Corners: Making corners smooth

Lecture 173 01 - Making corners smooth

Lecture 174 02 - The round corner widget

Lecture 175 03 - Rounding off corner points

Lecture 176 04 - Changing the corner type

Lecture 177 05 - Rounding characters of type

Lecture 178 06 - Absolute vs. relative rounding

Lecture 179 07 - Drawing with rounded rectangles

Lecture 180 08 - Detailing your iPhone

Lecture 181 09 - Combining round-corner shapes

Lecture 182 10 - Create better, faster with round corners

Lecture 183 11 - Turning corner points into organic curves

Lecture 184 12 - Reshaping rounded paths

Section 16: Customizing your work for specific screens

Lecture 185 01 - Saving for devices and the web

Lecture 186 02 - Aligning objects to the pixel grid

Lecture 187 03 - Aligning objects as you draw or modify them

Lecture 188 04 - Aligning text to the pixel grid

Lecture 189 05 - Introducing the Save for Web command

Lecture 190 06 - For devices and presentations, use PNG

Lecture 191 07 - Saving an 8-bit graphic

Lecture 192 08 - Saving a JPEG image

Lecture 193 09 - Saving vector-based SVG files

Lecture 194 10 - Assigning a copyright

Lecture 195 11 - Using the Export for Screens command

Lecture 196 12 - Using the Asset Export panel

Lecture 197 13 - Asset Export time-saving tricks

Any person who intend to start a career in graphic design or just doing it for fun will benefit a lot from this course. In fact this course will act as a foundation to mastering Adobe illustrator