FREELessons: 16Length: 1.9 hours
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3.1 Preparing Your Adobe Illustrator Document
Let’s start our first practical project: a fun word cloud illustration. We’ll begin by creating a new document and adding in a soft gradient background, then prepare the copy we’ll use for the word cloud.
Related Links1.Introduction1 lesson, 01:23
1 lesson, 01:23
1.1Introduction01:23
1.1
Introduction
01:23
2.Adobe Illustrator Type Tools4 lessons, 33:28
4 lessons, 33:28
2.1Basic Type Tools12:09
2.1
Basic Type Tools
12:09
2.2Working With Paths and Type07:16
2.2
Working With Paths and Type
07:16
2.3Warping Type With the Envelope and Free Transform Tools06:06
2.3
Warping Type With the Envelope and Free Transform Tools
06:06
2.4Strokes and Color07:57
2.4
Strokes and Color
07:57
3.Project 01: Create a Word Cloud in Adobe Illustrator5 lessons, 29:14
5 lessons, 29:14
3.1Preparing Your Adobe Illustrator Document05:26
3.1
Preparing Your Adobe Illustrator Document
05:26
3.2Applying the Type (Part 1)09:54
3.2
Applying the Type (Part 1)
09:54
3.3Applying the Type (Part 2)06:38
3.3
Applying the Type (Part 2)
06:38
3.4Applying Type to Path Elements06:32
3.4
Applying Type to Path Elements
06:32
3.5Optional Assignment: Word Cloud00:44
3.5
Optional Assignment: Word Cloud
00:44
4.Project 2: Quote Poster5 lessons, 46:44
5 lessons, 46:44
4.1Document Setup & Applying the Type11:32
4.1
Document Setup & Applying the Type
11:32
4.2Designing the Cloud12:27
4.2
Designing the Cloud
12:27
4.3Highlights and Shadows11:27
4.3
Highlights and Shadows
11:27
4.4Finishing the Poster10:28
4.4
Finishing the Poster
10:28
4.5Optional Assignment: Quote Poster00:50
4.5
Optional Assignment: Quote Poster
00:50
5.Closing1 lesson, 02:39
1 lesson, 02:39
5.1Course Overview02:39
5.1
Course Overview
02:39
Gary Simon has a 1 year old daughter named Natalie, and a beautiful wife Stephanie. He has two other interests aside from his internet business, which are fitness/lifting and being a hobby musician.