Create Easy Simple Shaped Cartoons in Adobe Illustrator

Learn to create fun Easy Illustrator Cartoons using Simple Shapes in Adobe Illustrator in this Project Based Course

Created by: Deanna Sheehan
Digital Artist, Illustratror, Designer, College Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• How to overlap simple shapes that make sense for cartoons.
• Use the pen, ellipse, rectangle tools along with live corners.
• Tools including: rectangle, ellipse, pen, shape-builder, width tool. reflect, select and direct select.
• How to use the reflect tool to easily create symmetry in your design.
• Key commands and quick keys/shortcuts to work faster and more efficiently in Illustrator. (e.g. how to group, option copy, and paste in front).
• How to select colors and save them as global colors in illustrator to make any quick color changes to your design.
• How to finish a design by taking the shapes you already have to create highlights/shadows using the same colors you have along with the transparency and appearance panel.
• How to apply what you’ve learned to create your own simple shaped cartoons.

Requirements

• Any version of Adobe Illustrator, Ideally Illustrator CC (Creative Cloud).
• Prior knowledge is not needed
• Written Guide is also provided

Target audience

• This course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn through project based assignments in Illustrator.
• Although it is providing a beginner to intermediate level learning experience even experienced Illustrator users may be missing out on a lot of techniques and features.