Illustrator CC One-on-One: Fundamentals

Learn to create elegant, optimized graphics with Adobe Illustrator and industry-pro Deke McClelland's patented One-on-One path to mastery—now updated for Illustrator Creative Cloud. This installment introduces the basic features of Illustrator CC: sizing and arranging artboards; accessing panels, menus, and tools; and creating your first illustrations with line art, shapes, and type. This includes manipulating paths with the Pen tool; painting, grouping, and coloring objects; and placing and adjusting text. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. You'll also learn to trace images you've imported into Illustrator and scale, rotate, and duplicate artwork.

Deke will add new videos as new features for Illustrator CC are revealed, ensuring you'll always be up to date on the latest tools.
Topics include:

Creating new documents
Moving, modifying, and resizing artboards
Drawing with the line tools
Drawing geometric shapes
Auto-tracing an image
Rotating and duplicating objects
Grouping and stacking
Erasing and painting selected paths
Using the Shape Builder tool
Reflecting across an angled axis
Placing and flowing text
Previewing and assigning fonts
Adjusting type size
Creating and applying paragraph styles
Using the Glyphs panel
Inserting and removing anchor points with the Pen tool