Lessons
Class Introduction
03:40 2Basic Drawing, Line Weights & Corner Styles
19:58 3Alignment & Spacing Tips
05:17 4Icons with Multiple Shapes & Tools
12:19 5Simple Drop & Slip Shadows & Highlights
10:12 6Scale Stroke Options for Consistency
10:27 7Join Objects to Create Multiple Icons
13:28 8Add Depth and Texture to Icons
07:05Add Consistency to Icons
03:35 10Save & Export Icons for Print or Web
07:18 11Understand Color Panels
12:25 12Global & Non-global Colors
08:55 13How to Use the Color Guide Panel
08:43 14Add Custom Color Swatch to New Projects
15:09 15Web Based Adobe Color Themes
12:03 16Create Preset Color Swatches
08:13 17Tips for Fill & Stroke Color Options
08:37 18Create a Custom Pie Chart
25:39 19Custom 3D Pie Charts
03:12 20Create Custom Bar Charts
21:08 21Area Graph with Custom Dotted Line
05:02 22Add a Drop Shadow for 3D Charts
16:07 23Format Infographics for Print and Web
09:03Lesson Info
Add Consistency to Icons
one of the things you'll notice is I went in and I like to put borders around my icons. And this is one of the ways that I can frame these. And here is one of the reasons why I like to work in this grid structure. You'll see what I did, virtually everything here. By keeping everything the same size and working within this grid structure, I've kept a consistency, a few things like the flames right here or this cooking pot that I've put this in which, you know, this really needs to have the flames here and not over there. I can very quickly see my inconsistencies so that I can go and I can beef up my line weights and you can see looking through here the line made is one of the ways we can keep consistency with absolutely everything. The other thing is, I can go and I can put borders around everything to kind of enclosed them. If I want Teoh. But working within my grid structure, it makes it very easy for me to do that and land this in so that anything that I want to dio, I have the abili...
ty to go in and simply land inside of one of the structures here, make it fit really easily without having to repurpose a lot of my items, which makes it really great. Then if you want to go in and you want to add color to this consistency is key. Check this out because almost all my stroke weights are five points. If I go in and I would like Teoh select my lines here. And I would like to make them all a color to see what they look like. Because I've had everything consistent. I could go under the select menu and I can go in and I can select the same fill color. I could select the same stroke color or, in this case, the same stroke. Wait so that everything that has this consistent stroke wait, I can select all at once. Then I could go in and I could use my whole list of colors that I have in my Swatch panel and I can go in and I can apply a color to them. Overall purples just a slight bit hideous. I can go in looks like we're running out of memory, but I can then go in and I can apply a color all based on my consistent stroke. Wait. So here's how I could very quickly and easily go in and change the overall look and feel. See exactly what it looks like. Anything that's filled, I could go under select same fill color, and by doing that, I could then go in and choose a different color here on all my objects. And I can very quickly and easily figure out how my color scheme can work and doesn't matter what you have. You can very quickly see which ones didn't have the same stroke and fill colors here. So if I select, I want the same stroke or same fill color, same fill color, select everything that has the same fill color. These were not the same fill color. This is why you keep everything as consistent as possible. There it is Now. I could go in. I changed my colors completely, whatever it may be, and I have the ability go in, change them, change everything all at once, and I can see how that looks. So instead of going through selecting each and every one of the items there it is
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Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
This class was amazing! I knew very little about Illustrator going in, and feel so much more comfortable with the tips and tricks Jason shared. Just sitting and watching how Jason breaks down everyday objects into easy to create shapes is fascinating and inspiring! I'm excited to be able to review these classes at my leisure and continue to apply everything.
Yasemin Soyen
WOW! That was one great bundle of information! I wish I knew these earlier and wouldn't spend all those extra hours!!! I really enjoyed and learned a lot today...Thank you so much to both Jason Hoppe and Creative Live team!
Karinya Sipthorp
Just watched the live session - thank you so much!! There were so many tips in there I had no idea (and graphic school never showed us). The colour session was especially awesome. Thanks again.