Mastering Gradients in Adobe Illustrator

Mastering Gradients in Adobe Illustrator, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.75, with 35 lectures, based on 88 reviews, and has 658 subscribers.

You will learn about How to choose colours to create beautiful smooth transitions. Tips for avoiding murky gradients and colour banding. How to unlock the full potential of Linear, Radial & Freeform Fill Gradients. How to make the most out of different types of Stroke Gradients. Techniques for creating experimental gradients by using Gradient Meshes & Distortion tools. How to take your gradients from good to great with a range of colour modification techniques. How to create 3D-looking design elements using the Blend tool. How to use Opacity Masks with different gradient elements. How to apply gradients to editable type. How to add shading & highlights within strokes. How to work with the Appearance panel to apply multiple gradient fills or strokes. How to enhance your gradient designs with selective and complex colouring techniques. How to add final touches to achieve silky smooth transitions & a beautiful textured look. How to create and use Gradient Assets, such as Gradient Swatches, Graphic Styles & Gradient Brushes. How to prepare your work for print & digital use. This course is ideal for individuals who are Graphic Designers looking to level up their Adobe Illustrator skills. or Design Students who need to supplement their studies with technical skills. or Digital Illustrators looking to explore new creative techniques. or Digital Artists looking to unleash their creativity and create new original work. It is particularly useful for Graphic Designers looking to level up their Adobe Illustrator skills. or Design Students who need to supplement their studies with technical skills. or Digital Illustrators looking to explore new creative techniques. or Digital Artists looking to unleash their creativity and create new original work.

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Title: Mastering Gradients in Adobe Illustrator

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.75

Number of Lectures: 35

Number of Published Lectures: 35

Number of Curriculum Items: 43

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 43

Original Price: £79.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

How to choose colours to create beautiful smooth transitions.
Tips for avoiding murky gradients and colour banding.
How to unlock the full potential of Linear, Radial & Freeform Fill Gradients.
How to make the most out of different types of Stroke Gradients.
Techniques for creating experimental gradients by using Gradient Meshes & Distortion tools.
How to take your gradients from good to great with a range of colour modification techniques.
How to create 3D-looking design elements using the Blend tool.
How to use Opacity Masks with different gradient elements.
How to apply gradients to editable type.
How to add shading & highlights within strokes.
How to work with the Appearance panel to apply multiple gradient fills or strokes.
How to enhance your gradient designs with selective and complex colouring techniques.
How to add final touches to achieve silky smooth transitions & a beautiful textured look.
How to create and use Gradient Assets, such as Gradient Swatches, Graphic Styles & Gradient Brushes.
How to prepare your work for print & digital use.

Who Should Attend

Graphic Designers looking to level up their Adobe Illustrator skills.
Design Students who need to supplement their studies with technical skills.
Digital Illustrators looking to explore new creative techniques.
Digital Artists looking to unleash their creativity and create new original work.

Target Audiences

Graphic Designers looking to level up their Adobe Illustrator skills.
Design Students who need to supplement their studies with technical skills.
Digital Illustrators looking to explore new creative techniques.
Digital Artists looking to unleash their creativity and create new original work.

Level up your gradient skills with my special tips, tricks & techniques ranging from beginner to advanced Adobe Illustrator levels!

Whether you’re going for a vibrant and dramatic look, something subtle and minimalistic, or elaborate and experimental, gradients create a sense of depth and dynamics, allowing you to change the feel of any design, object and environment!

The wide range of tools available in Adobe Illustrator make it a perfect playground for creating different kinds of gradients artworks! And whilst some of these tools might appear pretty basic at first glance, when you learn to extract everything out of their features and functionality, the creative possibilities become pretty much endless.

I am Evgeniya Righini-Brand, a graphic designer, visual artist and an online teacher with over 140k students. I love experimenting with different ways of creating gradient-based designs in Illustrator, and in this course I am excited to show you how to make the most out of a range of Illustrator tools & techniques for creating vector gradient artworks and to share with you a whole load of my special tips & tricks which I use in my work to empower you to create exciting & experimental gradients with ease and confidence!

This class is designed for everyone who loves gradients, and I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to make awesome gradient-based designs suitable for both digital and print projects. Whether you are just starting out and want to create your very first gradient design in Illustrator, or you are a more experienced graphic designer, illustrator or digital artist and want to take your gradient designs and Illustrator skills to a next level, this is a course for you!

In this in-depth course you’ll learn:

How to choose the right colours to create beautiful smooth transitions and avoid murky gradients and colour banding;
How to unlock the full potential of Linear, Radial & Freeform Fill Gradients, including how to use multiple gradient fills and how to apply gradients to editable type;
How to make the most out of different types of Stroke Gradients;
Experimental techniques for creating gradients by using Gradient Meshes, Blends and Opacity Masks;
Techniques for taking your gradient designs a step further to get a perfect colouring, silky smooth transitions & a beautiful textured look;
How to create and use gradient assets, such as Gradient Swatches, Graphic Styles & Gradient Brushes to speed up your workflow or to sell as digital assets;
How to prepare your work for print & digital use.

I cannot wait to see what you create!

What students say:

Maria: “It was extremely informative and the teacher provided so many exercises that were great jumping off points for creating something unique. I’m excited to continuously use these tools and techniques in future projects!”

Alex: “Great class with in-depth explanation of gradient techniques. Very easy to follow and full of great examples. I’ve learnt a lot and I will be coming back to this class whenever I need an inspiration.”

Yeonwoo:“I’m an illustration & design student whose biggest weakness is software, and this course helped me so much! Now I can actually make myself all those cool digital images with gradients my classmates enjoy making, and I’m so excited about what I’ll be able to create with all these new skills!”

This class was recorded in Illustrator CC 2020, but most of the covered tools and techniques can be used in older versions of Illustrator just as well, and so far there has been no significant functional changes to the tools used in this class in newer Illustrator versions.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction & Course Overview

Chapter 2: Understanding Digital Gradients

Lecture 1: What Makes Good Gradients

Chapter 3: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Recommended Document Settings

Lecture 2: Approaches to Creating Colours for Your Gradients

Lecture 3: Creating Global Colour Swatches

Chapter 4: Working With Fill Gradients

Lecture 1: Setting Up Gradients Using the Gradient Panel

Lecture 2: Adjusting Gradients Using the Gradient Tool

Lecture 3: Creating Freeform Gradients

Lecture 4: Creating Multiple Gradients Within One Object

Lecture 5: Applying Gradients to Editable Type

Lecture 6: Applying Gradients Across Multiple Objects

Chapter 5: Working With Stroke Gradients

Lecture 1: Applying Gradients to Strokes: Introduction

Lecture 2: Using Gradients Within Strokes

Lecture 3: Using Gradients Along Strokes

Lecture 4: Using Gradients Across Strokes

Lecture 5: Shading Strokes with Gradients

Chapter 6: Creating Experimental Gradient-Based Designs

Lecture 1: Creating Gradients Using the Gradient Mesh Tool

Lecture 2: Distorting Gradient Meshes to Create Experimental Designs

Lecture 3: Creating Gradients Using the Blend Tool

Lecture 4: Using Gradients in Opacity Masks

Chapter 7: Developing Your Gradients & Gradient-Based Designs Further

Lecture 1: Recolouring Gradients & Designs

Lecture 2: Modifying Colours Using Blending Modes

Lecture 3: Adding Selective Colouring Effects

Lecture 4: Creating Complex Colouring Effects

Lecture 5: Blurring Gradients

Lecture 6: Texturing Gradients & Designs

Chapter 8: Creating Gradient Assets

Lecture 1: Gradient Assets: Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating & Managing Gradient Swatches

Lecture 3: Creating Graphic Styles

Lecture 4: Creating Gradient Brushes

Chapter 9: Exporting Your Work

Lecture 1: Preparing Your Work for Output

Lecture 2: Saving Your Work in RGB

Lecture 3: Converting to CMYK & Saving Your Work for Print

Chapter 10: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Final Thoughts & Conclusion

Lecture 2: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Evgeniya & Dominic Righini-Brand
Graphic Design & Photography

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3 stars: 4 votes
4 stars: 15 votes
5 stars: 68 votes

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