Basic Illustrator ® Video Course – Non Fashion
This course is included as a free bonus in many of our other courses.
Test over 30 minutes of this course below
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Session 1
- Part 1 Vectors versus pixels 1:00
- Part 2 Welcome screen and help menu 4:04
- Part 3 A Organize workspace 3:02
- Part 3 B Set up of workspace 1:21
- Part 3 C Save and open custom workspace 2:01
- Part 4 Exploring navigator and layers 6:17
- Part 5 A Prep document for tracing 2:20
- Part 5 B Basic rectangle and eyedropper 3:11
- Part 5 C Circles and pen tool 6:08
Session 2
- Part 1 Review: Setting up, saving your custom workspace and tracing new artwork 9:17
- Part 2 Getting started with basic shapes, fill, stroke color, duplicate, rotate, move and scale 20:35
- Part 3 Creating a basic pattern brush, using it along a path, editing your path with the direct selection tool and saving your file 14:53
- Part 4 Practicing the pen tool and introduction to scattered brushes 19:36
Session 3
- Part 1 exploring multiple art-boards 5:55
- Part 2 Set up beginning trace of logo 2:21
- Part 3 Set up color picker 7:16
- Part 4 Use the smooth tool and correct anchor points 7:13
- Part 5 Direct selection tool anchor points 1:51
- Part 6 Recolor artwork panel Kuler 8:55
- Part 7 Color lovers and exploring mesh tool 4:54
Session 4
- Part 1 Creating a basic pattern swatch (dot/ stripes) 7:23
- Part 2 Exploring existing pattern tiles and creating a basic pattern tile with symbols 3:02
- Part 3 Creating seamless pattern tiles with symbols and fixing possible problems 11:53
- Part 4 Combining color libraries palette with symbols to create seamless tiles 7:33
- Part 5 Exploring templates, transferring swatches from one document to another, creating and uploading a business card to zazzle.com 7:15
- Included in all access / Included in all Fashion Courses
- Online Video Course access / 1 year & Exercise Files download $77.00 Coming soon
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This course is included as a free bonus in many of our other courses.
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Subscription benefits for this online course and more information:
- Level no experience to begin with and build up to intermediate. Continue to advanced level by earning CAD points and unlocking advanced online videos.
- Videos are broken down into smaller sized segments with easy to follow step by step instructions and explanations. It is recommended to follow them in the order that they are presented until the essentials are understood.
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- Included in all access / Included in all Fashion Courses
- Online Video Course access / 1 year & Exercise Files download $77.00 Coming soon
Interested in 4 or more online courses?
Our “All access” option might be right for you, compare using table below.
This course is included as a free bonus in many of our other courses.
This Video Training is an online course and is available to subscribers
Throughout the course your instructor uses files to create artwork. These files come ready in the format needed for the software that you are interested in learning. The advantages of having these files are that you can easily follow along the videos step by step tutorials. When unsure about the correct outcome of your work you are able to take a close look at our original files. Learn hands on by taking the files apart and compare them to your results. All files are organized in folders labeled for the according episodes.
Exercise files are available to À la carte or All Access Subscribers only.
Throughout the course your instructor uses files to create artwork. These files come ready in the format needed for the software that you are interested in learning. The advantages of having these files are that you can easily follow along the videos step by step tutorials. When unsure about the correct outcome of your work you are able to take a close look at our original files. Learn hands on by taking the files apart and compare them to your results. All files are organized in folders labeled for the according episodes.
Exercise files are available to À la carte or All Access Subscribers only.
- Included in all access / Included in all Fashion Courses
- Online Video Course access / 1 year & Exercise Files download $77.00 Coming soon
Interested in 4 or more online courses?
Our “All access” option might be right for you, compare using table below.










