Creating Illustrator Infographics

Course details

Infographics are everywhere. These data-driven illustrations visualize your data and help to tell the story behind it. In this course, Tony Harmer shows how to design charts, graphs, and other infographic assets in Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to get started by developing core skills, including the ability to create and customize basic images, charts and graphs, and illustrated tables that link to your data. Explore the five key components of a great information design with step-by-step tips on how to achieve it. Tony walks you through the many different graph types available in the latest version of Illustrator, including extendable charts, timelines and poster options, embellishments, add-ons, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to choose the infographic option that’s best for you and your data.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Creating Illustrator infographics
02 - Prerequisite knowledge

1. Basic Infographic Skills

03 - Skills you need
04 - Creating layouts
05 - Choosing colors
06 - Choosing type
07 - Appearances
08 - Graphic styles
09 - Using symbols
10 - Nine-slice scaling
11 - Plan and play - Skills

2. Basic Charts and Graphs

12 - Chart anatomy
13 - Using data with Illustrator
14 - Column and bar charts
15 - Converting bar chart types
16 - Line and area graphs
17 - Scatter plots
18 - Pie charts
19 - Multiple pie charts
20 - Radar plots
21 - Challenge - Styling
22 - Solution - Styling

3. Extending Illustrator Charts

23 - The Importance of live data
24 - Scaled column designs
25 - Repeating column designs
26 - Sliding column designs
27 - Challenge - Dollaz chart
28 - Solution - Dollaz chart
29 - Creating data markers
30 - Donut chart
31 - Radial bars
32 - Bubble charts
33 - Combining graph types

4. Creating a Timeline

34 - Plan and play - Timeline
35 - Establishing scales
36 - Adding embellishments

5. Creating an Infographic Poster

37 - Plan and play - Poster
38 - Using Draw Inside
39 - Using Opacity Masks
40 - Creating callouts
41 - Linked documents

6. Useful Add-ons

42 - Noun project
43 - Nimbling SSR30
44 - Astute Graphics
45 - Esri maps for Creative Cloud

Conclusion

46 - Next steps

Creating Illustrator Infographics

Authors

Tony Harmer