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Adobe Illustrator 101

Getting started
  1. About Adobe Illustrator
  2. Introduction
  3. Quick Shortcuts
  4. Workspace

Tools
  1. Tools
  2. Selection Tools
  3. Brush Tool
  4. Pen Tool
  5. Curvature Tool
  6. Shape Builder Tool
  7. Width Tool
  8. Blend Tool
  9. Twirl Tool
  10. Puppet Warp
  11. Essential tools
  12. Perspective tool

Panels
  1. Properties Panel
  2. Appearance Panel
  3. Transform Panel
  4. Symbols Panel
  5. Align Panel
  6. Pathfinder Panel
  7. Artboards Panel
  8. Layers Panel
  9. Stroke Panel
  10. Character panel

Selections & Masking
  1. Clipping Masks
  2. Transparency Mask
  3. Draw Inside Mask

Typography and Text
  1. Typography
  2. WRAP TEXT
  3. Responsive Text Background
  4. Text Effects

Colors
  1. Gradient Across Multiple Objects
  2. Color Blindness
  3. Recolor
  4. Color Swatches
  5. Converting colors
  6. Gradient to Editable Text
  7. Improve Colors

3D
  1. 3D & Material
  2. 3D using Mapping
  3. ISOMETRIC 3D
  4. 3D with Blend
  5. 3D with Perspective Grid

Filters and Effects
  1. Trace An Image To Vector

Automation
  1. Actions
  2. Install & Use Scripts
  3. Create a Basic Script
  4. Free Scripts
  5. Plugins and Extensions

Essential Concept
  1. Compound Shapes
  2. Pathfinder vs Shapebuilder
  3. Paths vs Compound Path vs Shapes
  4. Live Shape vs Regular Shapes
  5. Crop, Clip & Layer Clipping
  6. Cut Lines & Shapes
  7. Paintbrush vs Blob Brush

Tips & Tricks
  1. Must Know Illustrator Tips
  2. Hidden features
  3. Smoother Curves
  4. Preference Settings
  5. Simplify Paths
  6. Rulers, Guides & Grid

Print
  1. Bleed
  2. Preparing for Print
  3. Export a PDF

New features
  1. Illustrator 2021
  2. Illustrator 2022

Complete course by Author

  1. Daniel Scott