Course Objectives
- Create files and understand the user interface.
- Create objects, use paintbrush tool to paint objects & create new brushes & symbols.
- Create & edit paths, using the pencil & pen tools.
Course Content
Getting started
Navigating workspace, zooming and panning.
Organising Pallets and Toolbars.
Creating & saving files.
Multiple Art Boards.
Creating Shapes
Making and moving basic shapes.
Nodes, paths and bezier handles.
Fill and Stroke options.
Pen and Pencil Tools.
Joining, simplifying and cutting paths.
Eraser, Scissors and Knife.
Blob Brush Tool.
Reusing artwork with Symbols
Add symbols from libraries.
Spray, stain, shift and spin symbols.
Create, edit and break your own symbols.
Colours
Fill & stroke colours.
Eyedropper and Paint Bucket.
Reuse colours with Swatches.
Gradients, Transparency and Blending modes.
Meshes – blurring colours inside an object.
Selecting and Arranging
Selecting shapes or nodes.
Multiple selections.
Transform shapes as a group or separately.
Expanding a stroke into a shape.
Pathfinder – combining or intersecting shapes.
Magic Wand – selecting similar shapes.
Grids and Guides.
