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Adobe Illustrator CC 2023: A Beginner’s Course

Learn to design professional-quality graphics for your website, social media, and marketing materials with our Illustrator CC 2023 course.

(ILLUSTRATOR.AP1.E0T) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-448-3
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About This Course

This Adobe Illustrator CC 2023 course is your guide to leveraging a versatile toolkit. Learn to navigate the interface, use the Pen, Shape, and Type tools, and organize your designs with layers and objects. Experiment with brushes, gradients, patterns, and effects to add texture to your artwork. Most importantly, stay up-to-date with the latest features in Illustrator CC 2023, including Live Paint, Variable Fonts, and Pattern Brushes. In the real world, you can apply these skills to projects like designing logos, creating t-shirt graphics, drawing game characters, and whatnot!

Skills You’ll Get

  • Create and edit complex shapes, paths, and illustrations 
  • Experiment with  gradients, blends, and patterns to make visuals appealing 
  • Utilize various brushes for artistic effects and textures
  • Import and export files in different formats (e.g. AI, EPS, PDF, JPG) 
  • Collaborate with teams using Creative Cloud Libraries and sharing projects 
  • Customize designs using effects and graphic styles 
  • Create and edit text elements, including typography and formatting

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1

Getting Started

  • About Classroom in a Course®
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing the program
  • Fonts used in this course
  • Online Content
  • Restoring default preferences
  • Additional resources
  • Adobe Authorized Training Partners
2

What’s New in Adobe Illustrator (2023 Release)

3

A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator (2023 Release)

  • Starting the lesson
4

Getting to Know the Work Area

  • Introducing Adobe Illustrator
  • Opening an Illustrator file
  • Exploring the workspace
  • Working with panels
  • Changing the view of artwork
  • Navigating multiple artboards
  • Review questions
5

Techniques for Selecting Artwork

  • Starting the lesson
  • Selecting objects
  • Aligning objects
  • Working with groups
  • Exploring object arrangement
  • Review questions
6

Make a Logo with Shapes

  • Starting the lesson
  • Creating a new document
  • Saving your document
  • Working with basic shapes
  • Working with drawing modes
  • Using Image Trace to convert raster images into editable vector art
  • Review questions
7

Editing and Combining Shapes and Paths

  • Starting the lesson
  • Editing paths and shapes
  • Combining shapes
  • Using the Width tool
  • Review questions
8

Transforming Artwork

  • Starting the lesson
  • Working with artboards
  • Working with rulers and guides
  • Transforming content
  • Using repeats
  • Working with the Puppet Warp tool
  • Review questions
9

Using the Basic Drawing Tools

  • Starting the lesson
  • Creating with the Curvature tool
  • Creating dashed lines
  • Creating with the Pencil tool
  • Joining with the Join tool
  • Adding arrowheads to paths
  • Review questions
10

Drawing with the Pen Tool

  • Starting the lesson
  • Why use the Pen tool?
  • Starting with the Pen tool
  • Put your learning into practice!
  • Editing paths and points further
  • Review questions
11

Using Color to Enhance Artwork

  • Starting the lesson
  • Exploring color modes
  • Working with color
  • Working with Live Paint
  • Review questions
12

Adding Type to a Project

  • Starting the lesson
  • Adding text
  • Formatting type
  • Resizing and reshaping type objects
  • Creating and applying text styles
  • Creating text lists
  • Wrapping text
  • Curving text on a path
  • Warping text
  • Creating text outlines
  • Review questions
13

Organizing Your Artwork with Layers

  • Starting the lesson
  • What are layers?
  • Creating layers and sublayers
  • Editing layers and objects
  • Creating a clipping mask
  • Review questions
14

Gradients, Blends, and Patterns

  • Starting the lesson
  • Working with gradients
  • Creating blends
  • Getting creative with patterns
  • Review questions
15

Using Brushes to Create an Ad

  • Starting the lesson
  • Working with brushes
  • Using Calligraphic brushes
  • Using Art brushes
  • Using Pattern brushes
  • Using Bristle brushes
  • Working with the Blob Brush tool
  • Review questions
16

Exploring Creative Uses of Effects and Graphic Styles

  • Starting the lesson
  • Using the Appearance panel
  • Using live effects
  • Applying a Photoshop effect
  • Applying 3D effects
  • Using graphic styles
  • Review questions
17

Creating Artwork for a T-Shirt

  • Starting the lesson
  • Working with symbols
  • Working with Creative Cloud libraries
  • Working with global editing
  • Review questions
18

Placing and Working with Images

  • Starting the lesson
  • Combining artwork
  • Placing image files
  • Masking content
  • Working with image links
  • Review questions
19

Sharing Projects

  • Starting the lesson
  • Packaging a file
  • Creating a PDF
  • Creating pixel-perfect drawings
  • Exporting artboards and assets
  • Review questions

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Adobe Illustrator CC 2023 is a powerful vector graphics software primarily used for creating logos, illustrations, diagrams, and infographics. It is ideal for designing graphics with clean lines, scalability, and high-quality output.

No, this course is designed for beginners. We’ll start from the basics and gradually introduce more advanced techniques.

This is a self-paced course. You can complete it in 3-6 months depending on your learning pace and how much time you can dedicate to practice. 

Yes, you can find various reading materials, tutorials, and standard certifications for Adobe Illustrator 2023. You can earn an industry-recognized certification for Adobe Illustrator by becoming an Adobe Certified Professional.

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