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Just finished the syllabus for the crash course in illustration that I’m teaching on matygo.com! Learn the power of Adobe Illustrator in 8 weeks. Check it out!

This course teaches how to create beautiful digital illustrations using Adobe Illustrator. Through a series of interactive worksheets, learn the purpose and power of Illustrator’s vector graphic capabilities.

What you will learn

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful program for many kinds of graphical tasks, from logo design and typography to life-like illustrations. In this course, we will cover all the core tools and capabilities of Illustrator. Learn to draw bezier curves with the pen tool, apply custom colours and gradients, create and layer shapes. Work with type and learn to customize text. Familiarize yourself with layers, ruler grids, view modes, and more.

At the end of the course, students should feel quite familiar with Illustrator and be comfortable using it to solve and wide variety of common illustrative needs.