5 Illustrator CC Essentials for Beginners

Pixel & Bracket, by Spencer Martin

7 Videos (46m)

- Welcome
  
  0:54
- Lesson 01: Selection & Navigation
  
  12:11
- Lesson 02: Creating Shapes
  
  5:28
- Lesson 03: Pen Tool
  
  6:39
- Lesson 04: Shape Builder & Pathfinder
  
  6:10
- Lesson 05: Artboards
  
  5:38
- Project: Create a Letterform
  
  9:11

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Create interesting and complex shapes with Adobe Illustrator CC!

In this free course, we'll be learning 5 Essentials in Illustrator CC. To best follow along, make sure you're updated to the latest CC 2018 version. The following are just some of the skills you'll be learning:

New Essentials Workspace
Navigating using Zoom & Hand Tools
Selection & Direct Selection Tools
Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon Tools
Modifier Keys while Creating Shapes
Custom Shapes with the Pen Tool
Combining & Dividing with Shape Builder
Creating & Exporting Artboards

Learn about all of these awesome essentials tips and more by watching this course!

YouTube

You can also find me on my YouTube channel, Pixel & Bracket. I post tons of tutorials and other creative content. Free (emoji) high-fives to anyone that lets me know in the comments they found me on Skillshare!

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Check out LAKEY INSPIRED on Soundcloud and Youtube. He does some awesome music, and I featured one of his tracks in this course.

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By taking this course, you'll learn 5 Essentials in Adobe Illustrator. Use these skills to create your own letterform, whether that's an uppercase/lowercase letter, a number, or a symbol. If you're feeling super courageous, I would love to see a custom ampersand design! Deliverables Final design uploaded to the class One or more new techniques you learned in this course Resources If you need more of a walkthrough to creating letters, watch the final video in this course. I show you how you can utilize all the essential skills to create custom letters of your own.

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Pixel & Bracket

by Spencer Martin

Hey guys!

My name's Spencer Martin and I'm a multimedia designer from Indianapolis, Indiana. I also run a YouTube channel called Pixel & Bracket where I share tutorials, livestream my process, and educate other creatives.

Skillshare is a place that I can build and develop structured courses and I'm excited to share those with you! I hope that you'll gather little nuggets of information from my lessons, whether you're a beginner or a seasoned designer.

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Logo Design Adobe Illustrator Graphic Design Beginner Creative Vector Vector Graphics

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