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Beginner's Guide to Vector Drawing in Illustrator

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Course Features

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Duration

93 minutes

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

93 minutes

Course Description

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you the essential workflows, terms and techniques that you need to get started with Vector Drawing. Let's start by understanding the differences between vector and pixel art. We'll then learn about the anatomy and components of vector art. Next, we will learn about object transformation and object selection before learning how to manipulate anchor points. Next, we will learn how to create and assign attributes to vector shapes. Finally, we will wrap up the course by learning about object organization and layering. This training will give you a solid understanding of the terms, tools, techniques, and terminology you need to succeed in vector drawing. Software required: Illustrator CS6.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Learning the difference between pixel-based and vector art

From here we'll break down the anatomy of vector art learning about each important component

Next we'll move forward and learn about object selection and transformation before mastering the manipulation of anchor points

After that, we'll focus on creating and assigning attributes to our vector shapes before wrapping things up by learning about object organization, layering, and converting raster graphics to vectors

After completing this training, you will have a good understanding of the basic terms, tools, and techniques you'll need in order to be successful with vector drawing

Software required Illustrator CS6

Course Instructors

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Eddie Russell

Instructor

Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for ...
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