Tag Archive for: illustrator

Illustrator Brushes, Symbols, and Patterns—Oh My!

Illustrator brushes, symbols, and patterns are wildly versatile—if you know how to use them! Don’t miss this chance to learn how to integrate them into your workflow to create highly detailed and scalable designs without sacrificing efficiency or flexibility.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Create textured outlines for symbols or pattern shapes with brushes
  • Make intricate designs by applying patterns to symbol instance fills or brush strokes
  • Add variety to repeated elements by combining symbol sprayer effects with pattern-filled symbols
  • Integrate Al features to create brushes, symbols and patterns

Wrangle Your Swatches

Take full control of Illustrator’s Swatches Panel to organize your color palettes, boost efficiency, and ensure consistency across projects. Discover pro tips for creating, managing, and sharing swatches to speed up your workflow and elevate your designs. Learn best practices for sharing swatches across Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Express.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Get your colors organized
  • Color more efficiently
  • Establish brand consistency
  • Share swatches across other applications
  • Collaborate with team members

So You Think You Know Illustrator?

Sure, you’ve been using Illustrator for years. But even as a pro, how do you know what you don’t know? By coming to this session, of course! Join Chris Carls for a good-natured look at features you’ve likely been overlooking in Illustrator. With nothing to lose and knowledge to gain—you won’t want to miss this session!

Topics Include:

  • Illustrator best practices
  • Hidden Illustrator features you likely never knew existed
  • Tips and techniques to surprise seasoned pros

Three Minutes Max: Illustrator

This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don’t miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Illustrator tip—then you get to vote for your favorite!

In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this session, so you don’t want to miss it!

Creating Cool Charts and Groovy Graphs With Illustrator

Illustrator has an incredible toolset but if you started out with the chart and graph tools you may well question that. On first glance they are old and creaky (I know what you’re thinking and stop it, cheeky) but with a little knowledge they can be not only useful, but super fun, too! In this session, we’ll cover everything from structuring your data to using Illustrator’s cunningly-disguised-but-also-mighty tools to make it look like you’ve got a magic wand hidden in your desk drawer. By the end, you could be creating charts and layouts so beautiful, they could make your data look like a work of art.

Topics include:

  • Learn how to hack Illustrator’s Default Chart and Graph types
  • Make your data pop—literally, we’ll be dealing with some graphic fireworks!
  • Discover the secret to navigating chart elements
  • Find out how to create data layouts that don’t wear Illustrator out

Text Effects in Photoshop and Illustrator

Unlock the creative potential of text with this eye-popping session on crafting stunning text effects in both Photoshop and Illustrator. Learn how to combine advanced techniques with design principles to create bold, professional typography for any project.

Topics include:

  • Master layer styles and blending options in Photoshop for striking text effects
  • Create editable, scalable text designs in Illustrator with powerful vector tools
  • Explore creative uses for picture and dingbat fonts
  • Combine Photoshop and Illustrator seamlessly for hybrid design workflows
  • Incorporating text effects into your InDesign documents

AI in Ai

When people think AI in Adobe apps, they usually think Photoshop. But AI can boost your productivity and creativity in Illustrator too! Author and expert instructor Jason Hoppe shows you how to integrate AI into your Illustrator work and create innovative visual solutions. Learn to become a more efficient and effective designer, delivering outstanding results in less time!

Topics include:

  • Generating vectors from text prompts
  • Automating repetitive tasks
  • Bringing outlined type back to life with Retype
  • Making the most of Generative Recolor
  • Integrating Adobe Firefly into your workflow

Just Wow! Cross-Training Photoshop, Illustrator, and Beyond

Discover how combining familiar tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator with new technologies (both AI-driven and not) can unlock amazing creative possibilities. This session is packed with practical techniques and inspiring examples to help you explore fresh design approaches. Walk away with new ideas and methods to take your work to the next level.

You’ll learn:

  • How to use Photoshop, Illustrator, and AI tools including Firefly to create amazing designs
  • The creative possibilities of cross-training with 3D assets, animation, and more
  • How to integrate experimental tools like Project Neo and Substance 3D Viewer into your daily design workflow
  • Fun and innovative ways to enhance your designs with generative AI

Illustrator Magic (a.k.a. Harry Plotter and the Claimer Of Secrets)

Join Tony Harmer for a fun, fast-paced session where he’ll show you some Illustrator wizardry. You’ll see how to use Illustrator’s tools, functions and commands to make your work so slick that to the casual observer you look like you’ve got magic superpowers. Magic-level-proficiency in Illustrator is gained by confidence in the application based on some solid fundamental understandings—which maybe 95% of Illustrator users NEVER get to learn! In this session you will stop acting like the sorcerer’s apprentice and enrol at Snogwarts Academy of Illustrator Magic.

Topics include:

  • Transformatio! The power of transforms
  • Changealthees! Making super-fast changes
  • Selectionus! The art of seemingly-effortless selection
  • Amazio! Using Illustrator’s mystical appearance powers
  • Wowseramus! The tools to create almost-instant magic

Advanced Construction Techniques in Illustrator

Ready to take your Illustrator skills to the next level? This intensive course delves into powerful techniques that will transform your designs from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether you’re a graphic designer, illustrator, or creative enthusiast, this class will equip you with the advanced tools and workflows to create stunning vector graphics easily.

Topics include:

  • Blend tool techniques
  • Tips and tricks for making isometric illustrations
  • Shape Builder and Pathfinder – how and when to use each one
  • Clipping masks mastery
  • Making the most of Offset Path
  • Unlocking the Appearance Panel and Graphic Styles