Looking to transform your sketches and designs into clean vector images using Adobe Illustrator? This course for beginners will help you find your way around Illustrator and the key tools you’ll need to create eye-catching vector illustrations.
Watch the Full Adobe Illustrator: Illustration for Beginners Course
What You’ll Learn
- What Is a Vector Image?
- How to Import a Sketch Image
- How to Use the Pen Tool
- How to Use the Pencil Tool & Paintbrush Tool
- How to Use the Blob Brush Tool
- How to Use the Live Paint Bucket Tool
- How to Use the Shapes Tool
- How to Use the Pathfinder Panel
- How to Use Recolor Artwork
- How to Save Your Image
About Your Instructor
Hi everyone! My name is Jonathan Lam, and I’m a digital artist on a mission to empower, educate and inspire creative students just like you to gain the creative skills you desire!
Currently I work for Ubisoft as a senior artist. My skills range from graphic design to illustration, animation, 3D modelling/sculpting, concept art, and video editing. I’ve also worked as a graphic designer and illustrator with many high-profile clients, including Riot Games, Sony Entertainment, Hasbro, and Google.
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1. What Is a Vector Image?
Adobe Illustrator is famous for creating eye-catching vector illustrations. Now if you’re wondering what a vector illustration actually is, we can basically describe it as a type of computer graphic that is made up of points, shapes, curves, and lines, instead of pixels.
One of the cool things about vector images is that they can be scaled up or down without losing any quality. So if you have a small vector image of a circle, you can make it bigger without it becoming blurry or pixelated.
Because of this, vector images are commonly used in things like logos, icons, and illustrations, because they can be resized and edited easily, without losing quality. They are also smaller in file size compared to other types of images, making them more convenient for storage and sharing.
11. Now You Know How to Create Vector Graphics in Illustrator
So there you have it! You’ve learnt how to create a vector illustration from a sketch using Adobe Illustrator.
In this tutorial, you’ve learnt how to use all the basic tools necessary for you to create awesome vector illustrations. I hope you found this tutorial helpful and that you’ve learnt many new tips and tricks that you can use for your future illustrations and designs. See you next time!
Learn More About Adobe Illustrator
If you want to learn more about Adobe Illustrator, here are some great videos from the Envato Tuts+ YouTube Channel that you’ll want to check out.
Or check out some of these awesome written tutorials. Envato Tuts+ has a huge library of free Illustrator tutorials for you to learn from.