Adobe Illustrator Essentials for Character Design

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£ 10 + VAT

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    Course

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    Online

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    Different dates available

Do you want to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to Design and Present your characters?Well, what can I say, you are reading this, and that means that you are interested in learning Adobe Illustrator. It also means that probably you looked for free tutorials on the internet on how to use it, and picked up some tips here and there, but you are looking for an organized course that guides you through this awesome software step by step.This course is for either character designers or animators who want to learn the basics of this software to use the new set of skills on their projects.You will learn all the essentials you need to trace images, turn paper drawings into presentable products that you can sell, and everything you need for character design.If you are a beginner, you will love it, you will go from zero to hero if you follow along practicing the exercises. And if you are a savvy user, then you might as well benefit from some secret gems here and there, missed tools and techniques that you probably knew they existed.How do I know that? Because of the reviews from early testers, my designer friends who checked this course to give it the thumbs up, who have been using Illustrator for years, and they confessed they didn’t know about 30% of the techniques covered in this course.You will learn:All the basic interface, and navigations.
All the essential panels.
Then the drawings tools.
What tools to use if you have a Wacom Tablet, or for those who don’t have a drawing tablet, then what tools to use when designing with a mouse.
All the basic drawing tools in detail
How to create a color palette
How to paint your work using the live paint feature
How to add shadows and highlights easilyThis course has many exercises that you can follow to understand every bit of knowledge.Enroll today and start developing a new skill that can help you sell your work and get some extra income.Who is the target audience?

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About this course

Use Adobe Illustrator to transform your paper drawings into finished products that you can sell
You will be able to master techniques to design with a drawing tablet or, achieve the same awesome results with a mouse
You will learn to the Overshoot Technique, in which you color your artwork with fine lines and then add shadows easily

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Drawing
  • Illustrator
  • Adobe
  • Design

Course programme

Introduction 7 lectures 16:00 Introduction and Overview Downloading Illustrator Download Project Files Setting up the Workspace Creating a New Project Zoom and Navigation Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Introduction 7 lectures 16:00 Introduction and Overview Downloading Illustrator Download Project Files Setting up the Workspace Creating a New Project Zoom and Navigation Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Introduction and Overview Introduction and Overview Introduction and Overview Introduction and Overview Downloading Illustrator Downloading Illustrator Downloading Illustrator Downloading Illustrator Download Project Files Download Project Files Download Project Files Download Project Files Setting up the Workspace Setting up the Workspace Setting up the Workspace Setting up the Workspace Creating a New Project Creating a New Project Creating a New Project Creating a New Project Zoom and Navigation Zoom and Navigation Zoom and Navigation Zoom and Navigation Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Difference Between Vectors and Pixels Essential Tools and Options 10 lectures 38:19 Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Paths, Fills and Strokes Stroke Caps and Corners Variable Stroke Width Anchor Points Bezier Handles and Anchors Expanded Strokes Layers Panel Layer Contents and Groups Essential Tools and Options 10 lectures 38:19 Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Paths, Fills and Strokes Stroke Caps and Corners Variable Stroke Width Anchor Points Bezier Handles and Anchors Expanded Strokes Layers Panel Layer Contents and Groups Selection Tools Selection Tools Selection Tools Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Transforming Shapes With The Selection Tools Paths, Fills and Strokes Paths, Fills and Strokes Paths, Fills and Strokes Paths, Fills and Strokes Stroke Caps and Corners Stroke Caps and Corners Stroke Caps and Corners Stroke Caps and Corners Variable Stroke Width Variable Stroke Width Variable Stroke Width Variable Stroke Width Anchor Points Anchor Points Anchor Points Anchor Points Bezier Handles and Anchors Bezier Handles and Anchors Bezier Handles and Anchors Bezier Handles and Anchors Expanded Strokes Expanded Strokes Expanded Strokes Expanded Strokes Layers Panel Layers Panel Layers Panel Layers Panel Layer Contents and Groups Layer Contents and Groups Layer Contents and Groups Layer Contents and Groups Drawing Tools 8 lectures 26:00 The Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool The Pen Tool The PaintBrush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Smooth Tool Text Tool Convert Text to Path or Vector Drawing Tools 8 lectures 26:00 The Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool The Pen Tool The PaintBrush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Smooth Tool Text Tool Convert Text to Path or Vector The Pencil Tool The Pencil Tool The Pencil Tool The Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool Modifying a Line with the Pencil Tool The Pen Tool The Pen Tool The Pen Tool The Pen Tool The PaintBrush Tool The PaintBrush Tool The PaintBrush Tool The PaintBrush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Blob Brush Tool The Smooth Tool The Smooth Tool The Smooth Tool The Smooth Tool Text Tool Text Tool Text Tool Text Tool Convert Text to Path or Vector Convert Text to Path or Vector Convert Text to Path or Vector Convert Text to Path or Vector Painting Tools 6 lectures 19:39 Creating a Color Palette Expand Appearance Live Paint Convert Live Paint into Paths Recolor Artwork Adding Shadows with the Knife Tool Painting Tools

Additional information

No prior knowledge is required You need a Laptop or Desktop Computer with Internet connection

Adobe Illustrator Essentials for Character Design

£ 10 + VAT