Adobe Illustrator for Beginners: Creation & Design

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From 11.46 € /h

What you will learn:

-Illustrator Fundamentals: Navigate the user interface with ease and discover essential tools.
Vector Drawing: Learn to draw with precision using shape tools, pen, and brushes.
-Text Manipulation: Create and customize text for graphics applications.
-Color and effects: Experiment with colors, gradients, and effects to enrich your creations.
-Layout techniques: Organize graphic elements efficiently for attractive visual compositions.

Who is it for? This course is ideal for graphic design beginners, entrepreneurs looking to design their own marketing materials, or anyone curious about getting started with vector design using Adobe Illustrator.

Location

Online from Tunisia

About Me

I am currently a student in computer science, specializing in data science, with a strong mastery of mathematics, physics, and computer science. This rigorous training has equipped me to develop a structured and effective teaching method, accessible to all learning levels. My teaching philosophy is simple: teach Tunisian in a fun way, allowing students to learn without feeling the constraints of a strict academic environment.

Course Content:

-Grammar and Vocabulary: Learn the basics of Tunisian Arabic grammar, essential vocabulary, and common expressions used in everyday life.

-Pronunciation and Conversation: Practice the unique sounds of Tunisian Arabic and engage in conversation exercises to build your fluency.

-Cultural Insights: Discover Tunisian customs, traditions, and social norms to better understand the context in which the language is used.

Education

Currently a student in the computer engineering program specializing in data science at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (FST), having graduated with high honors in my baccalaureate in science.

Experience / Qualifications

Although this is my first experience in online teaching, I had the opportunity to teach English-speaking students a year ago, an experience that allowed me to develop pedagogical skills adapted to a diverse audience. However, I am not a certified teacher and therefore do not have any official qualifications.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

French

English

Arabic

Skills

Adobe illustrator

Availability of a typical week

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New York

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Arabic language/Tunisian dialect/Tunisian dialect/اللهجة التونسية

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Lessons adapted to your level: beginner, advanced or professional.
Illustrator:
Vector drawing techniques, logo making, business card, complex digital illustration, cartography, object design, watch design, filters and special effects...
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Audience: beginners, advanced, professionals...

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Good day to you :)

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What you'll learn:

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You will be given a major overview of the most common graphic design programs and how you can use them to your advantage.
You will be given real-world, applicable projects that you can follow along with and practice.
You will achieve the experience and knowledge to take graphic design fundamentals and apply them in your everyday life.
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What's waiting for you:

Individual project work: Work on your own designs – with tailored support.

Structured learning structure: Step-by-step instructions through all important tools and techniques.

Practical relevance: Design of real graphics, logos, illustrations or print products.

Print preparation: You will learn how to professionally prepare your file for a printing company (including trimming, color mode, file format, etc.).

Flexible format: online or on-site – you decide how you want to learn.

Suitable for:
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It will be a great experience, below is the thematic content

ILLUSTRATOR THEMATIC CONTENT
- Introduction

 Introduction to vector drawing.

 Differences between a vector image and a bitmap image.
 Concept of vector drawing with ILLUSTRATOR (Characteristics of a vector)
 ILLUSTRATOR Vs ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
 Professional-level tool utilities.
 New features compared to the previous version

 The work environment

 The document window and workspaces
 Tool palettes, panels, and control panels
 Configure the workspace
 Document configuration and adjustment.
 Document navigation.
 Rulers and grids.
 Using guides and smart guides
 Color modes (CMYK color management).
 Image formats.
 Working with PostScript.
 Keyboard customization

- Creating files, the layers panel, and setting up the workspace

 Configure the new file for different modes
 Data to take into account about pixels in the new document
 Pixel grid alignment
 Generate custom document template
 Prepare files for large outdoor advertising

 Design compositions using layers and sublayers

 Layer options.
 Hierarchical layer structure.
 Locking/unlocking elements.
 Selections with layers.
 Layer colors.
 Nested layers.
 Moving objects in layers

- Storage formats, PDF files, export formats
- Operations on Images

 Rasterization concept and rasterization effects settings
 Coupling transparencies
 Selecting unaligned objects in ILLUSTRATOR
 Graphic styles applied to vectors
 Bitmap-based opacity masks
 Pixelated effects on vectors
 Place vs. Open photos (Linked vs. Embedded objects)
 Preview pixels and contour
 Preview of color separations and transparencies coupling

 Quality output for bitmap elements

 Printing bitmap documents
 Print Presets
 Segmentation of large documents
 Boundary marks crop marks
 Overprinting strokes and fills

- Work tools

 Navigation tools

 Hand
 Impression segmentation
 Zoom

 Copy and paste options; duplicating objects

 Selection tools.

 Configure selection and keyboard preferences
 Normal, direct selection and group selection
 Selection of objects in front, middle and back

 Typical selection tools

 Magic wand
 Lasso selection

 Selection by attributes
 Group and ungroup
 Isolation modes
 Resize images and angles
 Transformation Tools / Repeat Transformations
 Reflection and distortion
 Alignment and distribution of objects
 Editing paths and Bézier curves.

 Pen
 Add anchor point
 Delete anchor point
 Anchor point
 Curvature

 Editing and modifying paths

 Join and average paths
 Simplify
 Attributes of a stroke
 Rows and columns
 Compound paths
 Clipping mask
 Outline and move paths
 Draft
 Scissors
 Blade

 The brush and pencil tools, shaper, and adjustments

 Shaper
 Pencil
 Soften
 Stroke eraser

 Brushes and Creation

 Shading effects
 Pattern brush
 Ink strokes
 Special brushes
 Shading pen

 Working with symbols

 Symbol sprinkler
 Move symbol
 Gather and separate symbol
 Change symbol size
 Rotate symbol
 Stain symbol
 Translucent symbols
 Apply styles to symbols

 Color tools

 Fill and stroke.
 The color palette.
 The samples palette.
 Custom color libraries.
 Paint bucket and eyedropper tool.
 Color modification filters.
 Reasons.
 Degraded
 Interactive paint can
 Interactive painting selection

 Drawing geometric figures

 Drawing vector objects and properties

 Main geometric objects in ILLUSTRATOR

 Rectangle
 Ellipse
 Polygon
 Star
 Flash
 Arch
 Spiral
 Rectangular grid
 Polar grid
 Interactive vertices
 Shape Builder Tool

 Sector and perspective tools

 Sector
 Select sector
 Perspective grid
 Perspective selection

 Working with text

 Draw text with color and outline; font style
 Creating text boxes.
 Create text outline
 Custom text paths.
 The text editor.
 Flow text.
 Mask text.
 Use of text and brushes.
 Flattened text.
 Text
 Area text
 Text in path
 Vertical text
 Vertical area text
 Vertical text on path
 Retouch text

 Modification Tools.

 Rotate
 Reflect
 Climb
 Distort
 Reform
 Width
 Deform
 Windlass
 Pucker
 Gain weight
 Scallop
 Crystallize
 Wrinkle
 Free transformation
 Merger

- Effects and Expand

 Expand and Expand Appearance

 From ILLUSTRATOR

 3d
 Path effects (Pathfinder)
 Form conversion
 Stylization
 Applying filters
 Clipping mask

 From Photoshop

- Mesh management, merges and gradients

 Handling rounded meshes.
 Advanced mesh management.
 Mergers.
 Working with mergers: expand, invert, and drop.
 Gradients and gradient meshes.
 Merger examiner.
 Shadows of mergers.
 Unified gradients.

- Transparency and Appearance

 Handling transparencies.
 Opacity masks and coverage controls.
 The Appearance palette.
 Transparent colors.
 Basic flashes.
 Opacity masks.

- Review of pre-print features

 What should be done to design very large advertising works?
 Prepare folder for sending to the contracted printer
 Export as PDF.

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💻 Premium Online Mode (Zoom):

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