Brian Wood is a speaker, developer and author of dozens of Adobe training books and articles. As an Adobe Certified trainer, Brian has been consulting with teachers, designers, marketing pros, business owners and front end developersall over the country. He has spoken at several major design conferences, including Adobe MAX, the How Interactive Design Conference, the Web Design Conference and the InDesign Conference. He is currently an Instructional Designer for the graphic design segment on the Learn team at Adobe.

GETTING STARTEDWHAT'S NEW IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR (2022 RELEASE)A QUICK TOUR OF ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR (2022 RELEASE)1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA2 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING ARTWORK3 USING SHAPES TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR A POSTCARD4 EDITING AND COMBINING SHAPES AND PATHS5 TRANSFORMING ARTWORK6 USING THE BASIC DRAWING TOOLS7 DRAWING WITH THE PEN TOOL8 USING COLOR TO ENHANCE ARTWORK9 ADDING TYPE TO A PROJECT10 ORGANIZING YOUR ARTWORK WITH LAYERS11 GRADIENTS, BLENDS, AND PATTERNS12 USING BRUSHES TO CREATE AN AD13 EXPLORING CREATIVE USES OF EFFECTS AND GRAPHIC STYLES14 CREATING ARTWORK FOR A T-SHIRT15 PLACING AND WORKING WITH IMAGES16 SHARING PROJECTS

Create artwork from precise drawings to stylistic paintings with Adobe Illustrator. By completing a series of hands-on projects like logos, illustrations, posters, podcast covers, flyers, and more, you'll start with a quick tour of Illustrator, then explore selections, shapes, color, and editing artwork. Progressing to freeform gradients and layers, you'll build up to working with dynamic symbols, artistic brushes, creative effects, as well as exporting assets. All told, you'll create 17 engaging and unique projects, building valuable graphic art skills throughout.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator

Classroom in a Bookï¿¿, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program doesan official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book (2022 release)
contains 17 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to:

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  Downloadable lesson files
  you need to work through the projects in the book
  


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  Web Edition
  containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step
  


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  Bonus video content
  showing nine essential skills not covered in the book and available only in the Web Edition, indicated by video icons in the table of contents
  

What you need to use this book:
Adobe Illustrator (2022 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Note:
Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Illustrator software. This book covers Illustrator on desktop only. It does not address Illustrator on the iPad.