Creating Icons with Illustrator

This course provides an overview of what an icon is and its key characteristics, then teaches you how to design your own icons using Adobe Illustrator. Instructor Bart Van de Wiele explores why you need icons, how you use them, and why scalability is important. Bart steps you through how to set up your Illustrator document before you begin your design process. He describes how to organize your work using Illustrator artboards for arranging, naming, and exporting your icons. Bart walks you through ways to import your sketch into Illustrator, then goes over how to clean up your sketch digitally.

He shows you how to use simple, complex, and compound shapes to build your logo digitally, then explores several more advanced techniques. In conclusion, Bart covers best practices for exporting your icons for the web, for print, and for use in other applications like Photoshop.

About the Author

Bart Van de Wiele is a principal solutions consultant at Adobe.

Bart started his career in 2002 as a designer with a strong focus on print production and image retouching. His career quickly evolved into a life as an Adobe trainer, author, consultant, and worldwide public speaker, covering a variety of subjects and technologies. In his current role at Adobe, he is responsible for coordinating programs which support the company’s partners, marketing campaigns, and business objectives across the EMEA region. This includes developing and delivering content which demonstrates the value proposition for Adobe Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Adobe Stock, delivered via online and offline enablement programs.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Full Exercise File Included
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 3h 9m
• Instructor: Bart Van de Wiele