Lynda - Illustrator CC 2019 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Discover how to design and create amazing works of art using Adobe Illustrator CC 2019, the world’s most powerful vector-based drawing program. This comprehensive training course is the first in a series of three courses by industry pro Deke McClelland. Learn how to work with artboards; how to draw anything you can imagine with the Pencil, Curvature, and Pen tools; and how to start organizing color in your artwork with the help of swatches. Deke also covers drawing shapes, adjusting strokes, formatting text with variable fonts, and painting freeform artwork, with or without a tablet. Each chapter leaves you with a new set of skills—and a real sense of accomplishment.

Topics include:
Opening, creating, saving, and closing documents
Working with artboards
Zooming and panning
Drawing lines, arcs, grids, and spirals
Drawing shapes
Working in RGB vs. CMYK color modes
Creating and applying swatches
Adjusting stroke and line weight
Formatting text with variable fonts
Building custom paths with the Shape Builder and Join tools
Freeform drawing with the Pencil
Painting and erasing artwork with the Blob brush
Drawing with the Curvature tool
Illustrator’s best: the Pen tool
Reshaping rounded corners for artistic effect
Exporting screen graphics