Adobe Illustrator Course | Beginners Guide to Illustrator

Lesson 1 – Introduction & Setup (13:51). Kickstart your journey by setting up your Adobe Illustrator workspace. Dive into the basics with the primary and secondary tools panels, and master the essential fill & strokes. Learn the art of zooming and panning, ensuring you have complete control over your canvas.

Lesson 2 – Rulers, Grids & Guides (11:16). Unlock the power of precision with rulers, grids, and guides. Discover how to create and customize grids, and use smart guides to align your objects perfectly, making your designs look professional and polished.

Lesson 3 – Your Workspace (8:48). Tailor your workspace to fit your creative needs. Learn to add and remove tools from your secondary tools panel and save your personalized layout, ensuring you have everything you need at your fingertips for a seamless workflow.

Lesson 4 – Artboards (11:29). Explore the versatility of artboards. Learn to create, delete, and rearrange artboards, adjust their properties, and select from document presets to efficiently manage multiple projects within a single file.

Lesson 5 – Layers (7:20). Organize your artwork with the layers panel. Master the techniques of toggling visibility, locking layers, and arranging objects. Understand how layer colours help you identify and manage different elements effortlessly​.

Lesson 6 – Selection Tools (6:48). Gain mastery over object manipulation with the selection and direct selection tools. Learn to move, scale, and rotate objects, and fine-tune shapes by adjusting anchor points with precision.

Lesson 7 – Rotate, Scale & Mirror Tools (8:50). Add dynamic transformations to your designs. Rotate objects to any angle, scale them proportionately or non-proportionately, and create mirrored reflections for symmetrical designs.

Lesson 8 – Creating Shapes (7:25). Create a variety of shapes using the rectangle, ellipse, rounded rectangle, and polygon tools. Learn to input specific dimensions for precise shapes, giving you the foundation to build complex designs.

Lesson 9 – Pen, Pencil & Curvature Tools (14:18). Unleash your creativity with the Pen, Pencil, and Curvature tools. Create intricate shapes, add and delete anchor points, and smooth out lines to produce polished, professional vector artwork.

Lesson 10 – Copy, Group & Arrange (10:18). Streamline your design process with effective object management techniques. Copy, paste, group, ungroup, and arrange objects with ease. Use the lasso tool for detailed editing within groups, keeping your workflow efficient and organized.

Lesson 11 – Eraser, Scissors & Knife Tools (6:05). Refine your designs with the Eraser, Scissors, and Knife tools. Learn to delete parts of objects, cut shapes into segments, and achieve the perfect look by fine-tuning your creations.

Lesson 12 – Shape Builder, Pathfinder & Alignment Tools (17:03). Combine and align shapes like a pro. Use the shape builder, pathfinder, and alignment tools to merge, cut, and distribute objects seamlessly, ensuring your designs are cohesive and well-balanced.

Lesson 13 – Colours & Gradients (17:14). Bring your designs to life with vibrant colours. Master the Eyedropper tool, manage swatches, and create stunning gradients. Learn to apply colour with precision, enhancing the visual appeal of your artwork.

Lesson 14 – Type Tool (11:28). Add compelling text to your designs. Explore the type tool to create text boxes and paragraphs, use the area type tool to fit text into shapes, and the type on a path tool to make text follow curves and lines.

Lesson 15 – Drawing Exercise 1 (17:00). Put your skills to the test with a live drawing exercise using the polygon tool. Create complex figures, manage layers, and apply colours, bringing your illustrations to life with step-by-step guidance​.

Lesson 16 – Drawing Exercise 2: Part 1 (23:08). Tackle a more advanced drawing project using various tools and properties. Start with detailed line art, setting the stage for a richly detailed illustration.

Lesson 17 – Drawing Exercise 2: Part 2 (1:01:40). Continue your advanced drawing project by adding colours, creating clip masks, and applying shadow effects. Finish your illustration with professional touches that make it stand out.

Lesson 18 – Exports (21:50). Learn to export your artwork in various formats like JPEG, PNG, PDF, EPS, AI, and SVG. Ensure your designs are ready for any application, from web use to high-quality prints, and even compatibility with Photoshop​.