Things Organised Neatly: Design Principles & Simple Vectors in Illustrator
Sarah Parkinson-Howe
2:04:03
Description
Learn Design Principles and the Essential of Vector Drawing in Illustrator.
The skills you learn in this class are essential in creating unique icons, illustrations and assets for your projects. No pen tool required!
I created this class to help beginner designers see how easy it can be to create a beautiful composition of elements. Working only with basics shapes and the pathfinder palette as well as the design principles of balance, hierarchy, alignment and contrast.
Some times you just need a little project to follow along with, to practice and hone your skills, we will work through some research and a bit of theory to help you understand why you are making certain choices in your design.
You will choose a theme, it could be the items on your shopping list, your favourite biscuits, fruit, anything you like really, the challenge will be reducing those items to their simplest form, we will work with minimal colours and a pattern swatch to fill the drawings, with the final output being all your illustrated elements organised neatly in a square composition, (perfect for sharing on instagram)
Chapter 1: Research
• Choose your theme and get your research together
Chapter 2: Drawing Essentials in Adobe Illustrator
• The workspace
• Setting up your file
• The basic shapes and drawing your first illustration
• Using the Pathfiinder and Shape modes to create more complex shapes
• Alignment and Distribution
• Anchor point tool
Chapter 3: Design Principles
Learn the basics of Balance, Hierarchy, Alignment and Contrast so you can apply them to your final arrangement.
Chapter 4: Final Arrangement
Arrange your illustrations and add color and a pattern swatch, work with the design principles in mind, and export as a Jpeg ready to share on Instagram.
• Color: Global Color, Color Guide, Edit Color Palette
• Simple Pattern Swatch
Below are some example slides of what we work through in this course:
Your final piece will be a square composition of all your drawings arranged neatly. (Please share it with me!)
You will choose a theme and research the elements you want to draw, getting a few examples to help you determine the most common visual aspects.
Draw your elements using the Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator and the Pathfinder and Shape Modes - NO PEN TOOL REQUIRED!
Learn some of the basics of the Design Principles you will use when arranging your elements.
Balance
What You'll Learn?
- Illustration
- Adobe Illustrator
- Design Principles
- Graphic Design
- Creative
- Vector
- Vector Graphics
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Sarah Parkinson-Howe
Instructor's CoursesI am a graphic designer creating unique brands and communication solutions for a variety of clients across the world. My career spans almost 20 years with a mix of agency life, freelancing and teaching in London to building my own business in New Zealand.
I LOVE the discipline of branding - it is the ultimate challenge!
I LOVE Adobe Illustrator - it is my second home.
I always come back to teaching, the process of passing on knowledge and learning is so inspiring, bringing refreshed energy, skills and knowledge back into my own practice. I love connecting with like-minded people and watching them develop into amazing creatives.
Join me on one of my classes!
Colour Theory - For Graphic Designers
A few reviews :)
Amazing class. I think my work will improve so much with this, this is a gem! Highly recommended :)
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Loved this class so much! It was super helpful and totally demystified ( in the best way :) color theory for me! Thank you Sarah!
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A DRUM ROLL FOR THIS ONE...!
Sarah Parkinson-Howe is amazing! Learned a lot and dreaming of another course made by her. Loved this course! It was first of all very colourful, with a teacher that really knows the real theory of colours and she has the ability to explain it so friendly and constructive, great clarity of instructions, examples and practice exercises very interesting and helpful, tips and tricks in Illustrator (so HELPFUL and necessary). It was more than a basic colour course. IT'S PERFECT! If someone says that he doesn't know to use colour or if he is struggling with mixing the colours than should take this course. And she explains the theory and psychology of colours so good and also how to use them in your project and how to present to your clients. Amaaaazing class! Don't trust my word, just learn and enjoy this class. It's a must for those who want to learn more/ better about colours.
Things Organised Neatly - Design Principles & Simple vector Illustration
Learn how to draw object without the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. Learn efficient drawing habits and how to reduce elements to their simplest form. Learn design principles and how to work with them in your class project.
A few reviews :)
Great class! This teacher is gonna get viral sooner or later! I loved the way she taught in this class and the helpful tips while she was designing. I will come back to this lesson in the future!
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This class is ideal to build efficient drawing habits. It focuses on a few key tools and explains every step necessary to adapt those tools to simple vector drawings.
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I learned a LOT and it seemed to be exactly what I needed to learn. I've been a graphic designer for years but was self-taught on Illustrator and always struggled with the pathfinder and so I focused on the pen tool. This course has demystified the pathfinder methods of illustrator which will really help me in my illustration repertoire. Thank you.
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View courses SkillShare- language english
- Training sessions 9
- duration 2:04:03
- English subtitles has
- Release Date 2024/02/12
