Adobe Illustrator for Beginners | FREE COURSE

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Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator for beginners in this free course. Start by mastering the Illustrator basics, and then learn to create effects, patterns, and more. This free Adobe Illustrator course is aimed at helping beginners learn how to use Adobe Illustrator easily and quickly. You don’t need any previous knowledge of the software, and you don’t need design or illustration skills. We’ll start right at the beginning and work our way through each topic step by step. If you’ve never opened Illustrator before—or maybe you’ve opened it and struggled—this course is for you! By the end, you'll know how to draw in Adobe Illustrator, how to make a pattern in Illustrator, and so much more.

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1 Introduction
00:00:00 1.1 Welcome to the Course
00:01:43 1.2 Getting Started

2 How to Draw in Illustrator
00:07:42 2.1 Setting Up Our Document
00:12:10 2.2 Drawing With Shapes and Lines
00:33:30 2.3 Grouping and Arranging
00:46:54 2.4 Drawing With the Shape Builder Tool
01:01:12 2.5 Exercise: Draw a Custom Logo
01:11:31 2.6 How to Use the Curvature Tool in Illustrator
01:29:14 2.7 How to Use the Pen Tool in Illustrator
01:40:58 2.8 How to Use the Pencil Tool in Illustrator
01:51:23 2.9 Using Brushes

3 Color
01:58:55 3.1 Working With Color
02:07:04 3.2 How to Use the Gradient Tool in Illustrator

4 Type and Fonts
02:13:39 4.1 How to Use Type and Fonts in Illustrator

5 Effects and Patterns in Illustrator
02:23:47 5.1 Liquifying and Distorting in Illustrator
02:35:05 5.2 Bending and Warping Shapes and Text
02:41:59 5.3 How to Make a Pattern in Illustrator
02:53:44 5.4 How to Vectorize an Image in Illustrator

6 Exporting
03:04:33 6.1 Exporting for Print and Web

7 Conclusion
03:15:39 7.1 What Next?

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All Comments (20)
  • @mixup2216
    I keep seeing videos like “Be able to draw anything in illustrator in only 7 minutes! Be an expert in Adobe illustrator in 45 seconds!” I don’t want that, I want to actually learn. So for that, thank you for such a high quality and detailed tutorial!
  • @saadmansuri4092
    Someone give this king his crown. Such amazing and professional tutorial.
  • @nataliefield
    After one week of struggling with Illustrator, watching short tutorials, investing time into watching this workshop and following along with the exercises was way more beneficial! Thank you for making learning easy and fun!
  • @MsJ-bw1ei
    I like how you explain each button / command / shortcut keys and their respective effects. (not throwing a lot of commands and asking us to follow blindly without thinking). Your video is really helpful and fruitful for AI Newbie ! Thank you for your detail teaching :DD
  • @Finn-jp6pn
    For any one who cannot find the arc tool in their toolbar: 1. Click on the ellipse at the bottom of your toolbar 2. You'll see a window containing all your tools 3. You'll find the arc tool there 4. You can drag and drop it to your Shape tools collection for future use
  • Bro this course is actually unreal, I love how its not just a strict tutorial teaching you everything, Daniel feels like an actual human being trying to have some fun while teaching and it makes the environment so much more relax and so much more fun to learn the program
  • You're awesome man. No gibberish and well thought out examples to get us to understand the tools and their use case. Many thanks!
  • As a beginner to Adobe Illustrator, I think you did a fantastic job at introducing the tools necessary to create beautiful, creative and modern designs. Thank you.
  • @verum6666
    Anyone else feels a bit warm and fuzzy with how happy and excited Mr. Scott appears to be about working and teaching Illustrator? He just loves how that shape builder tool makes vector coloring easy.. and I'm definitely here for it.
  • @bradentraub
    I can't believe I didn't have to pay for this. I learned SO much, thank you!
  • @joshualepik
    The value in this tutorial is insane! At first I was like “oh gosh, 3 hours”. But wow, the best use of 3 hours to get a really solid grasp on illustrator and I feel like I walked away with a real solid understand of a many key features!! This video is GOLD
  • Dear Dan this tutorial has seriously changed my life these three hours that I will never get back have changed my life drastically PERIOD
  • @JellyMan19
    Got hired as a Graphic Designer for a custom apparel business with zero experience - this tutorial is what saved me. Learned more in 3 hours than my younger brother (a graphic design major) learned in 3 years. Thank you!
  • 1st Lesson: 00:00 - 46:50 Vector 2nd Lesson: 46:50 - 1:00:58 Shape Builder 3rd Lesson: 1:00:58 - 1:10:32 Vector Logo 4th Lesson: 1:11:21 - 1:29:07 Curvature Tool 5th lesson: 1:29:14 - 1:40:20 Pen Tool 6th Lesson: 1:40:58 - 1:50:37 Pencil Tool & Dotted Lines (1:49:50) 7th Lesson: 1:51:24 - 1:57:47 Brushes 8th Lesson: 1:58:56 - 2:06:56 Colour Themes 9th Lesson: 2:07:05 - 2:13:36 Gradient & Alt-Tab 10th Lesson: 2:13:39 - 2:23:41 Type & Font 11th Lesson: 2:23:48 - 2:34:29 Liquify & Distort 12th Lesson: 2:35:07 - 2:41:58 Bend & Warp Type 13th Lesson: 2:42:00 - 2:53:36 Repeating Patterns 14th Lesson: 2:53:44 - 3:04:11 Vetorising an Image 2:58:10 Changing Vector Colour 3:00:20 Photoshop 15th Lesson: 3:04:34 - 3:15:39 Exporting for Print & Web - PDF, - PNG (Clear background) - SVG Parting Words 3:15:40
  • He's GREAT! I've struggled trying to find how to do this and that because I don't want to be a designer just need to sometimes make something easy or edit a file. I ended up frustrated, giving up must of time, and ready to throw my computer. I finally broke down and tood this whole course and it was worth it, even for my limited needs. Plus, he's awesome. I love his personality that comes out in the video.
  • I was blown away by this course. Daniel has an incredible teaching style that simplifies concepts in a fun and easy way to understand. I was engaged for the entire course and couldn't wait to pick back up and resume. As a Adobe Illustrator newbie, I feel like I have the confidence and tools to start working on creative projects. Thank you, Daniel!
  • @sesarman
    34 minutes in and my penguin is looking 🔥
  • @mrk6254
    This man is a legend, teaching lots of things just in 3 hours and still responding to the comments to THIS day! Thank you for your course, it helped lots of people! Good luck!
  • I've been working on Photoshop alone for 10 years and thought that adobe illustrator would be easy, but everything was difficult even though the user interface is practically the same. This video has helped me a lot. Thank you brother!