Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • About the course

    • What can you create in Illustrator?

    • Which Illustrator should you use?

    • How to complete the projects?

    • Which project should you start with?

    • New projects coming soon!

    • Project files and assets
  • 2

    Getting Started

    • File formats

    • Navigation and preferences

    • Working with vector objects

    • Appearance of objects

    • Drawing tools
  • 3

    Illustration Workflow

    • Collecting references and inspiration

    • Generative AI experiments

    • Combining generated images

    • Sketching

    • Choosing colour palettes

    • Setting up Illustrator documents
  • 4

    Project 1 - Lighthouse

    • About this project

    • Drawing the cliff's outline

    • Adding highlights on rocks

    • Adding smaller rock details and water

    • Rocks in the foreground

    • Drawing the waves

    • Adding clouds and birds

    • Drawing the lighthouse

    • Drawing the lightkeeper's house

    • Creating Art Brushes for the plants

    • Adding more plant details

    • Adding texture with Symbol Tools
  • 5

    Project 2 - Little Red

    • About this project

    • Little Red Riding Hood's cape and hood

    • Little Red Riding Hood's legs

    • Wolf head silhouette and shading

    • Adding details on the wolf head

    • Drawing the forest

    • Adding the title and final touches
  • 6

    Project 3 - Skater girl

    • About this project

    • Outline for the hair and T-shirt

    • Additional details for the upper body

    • Remaining shapes for the entire body and skateboard

    • Sunglasses and facial features

    • Adding smaller details

    • Adding lines on the legs

    • Adding lines on the upper body and hair

    • Adding shading with texture brushes

    • More shading and final touches
  • 7

    Project 4 - Dinosaur

    • About this project

    • Hind leg outline

    • Other legs and body outlines

    • Head and horns outlines

    • Refinements and details for legs

    • Details for hind leg

    • Details for the tail and back

    • Details for the belly

    • Details for the head

    • Creating a Pattern Brush

    • Details for the horns

    • Final refinements and fixes
  • 8

    Project 5 - Abstract portrait

    • About this project

    • Portrait of a man - Illustrator on the iPad - Basics

    • Portrait of a man - Illustrator on the iPad - Additional techniques

    • Portrait of a man - Main shapes for the head

    • Portrait of a man - Smaller details for the head

    • Portrait of a man - Background and floral details

    • Portrait of a man - Adding texture with Brush strokes

    • Portrait of a man - Adding texture to the edges

    • Portrait of a woman - Main shapes

    • Portrait of a woman - Smaller shapes

    • Portrait of a woman - Details and textures
  • 9

    Project 6 - Bear in space

    • About this project

    • Main shapes of the bear's head

    • Refining the bear's head

    • Main shapes for the bear's body

    • Adding details

    • Creating the text with custom letters

    • Distorting the text

    • Adding distress and halftone effects
  • 10

    Project 7 - Surf and chill

    • About this project

    • Drawing the surfer's body

    • Adding gradients and shading

    • Drawing the head and hair details

    • Drawing the hand

    • Beach, waves and clouds

    • Drawing the plants

    • Creating texture with the Grain Effect

    • Using the Grain Effect on the surfer

    • Using the Grain Effect for masking
  • 11

    Project 8 - Rocker pirate

    • About this project

    • Drawing the main shapes of the head

    • Drawing the ear, ear ring and headband

    • Drawing the hat

    • Drawing the shark

    • Drawing the electric guitar

    • Drawing the arms

    • Drawing the body

    • Adding the flames

    • Refinements to details

    • Skull on the hat and tattoos on the arms

    • Alternative background version
  • 12

    Conclusion

    • Continue to grow

    • Prepare for the Adobe Certified Professional Exam

    • What's next?