Drawing Vector Graphics: Painting with Vectors
4h 21mIntermediate2016-04-19
Authors
Von Glitschka
Designer, Illustrator
Course details
The precise, clean, and crisp shapes of digital designs work in many cases, but it is also possible to achieve a more organic aesthetic. Adobe Illustrator offers native digital brushes you can customize or expand to include your own imported, hand-painted brush strokes. Painting with vectors can produce a traditional appearance.
Graphic designer Von Glitschka appreciates the endless brush stroke freedom that real-world brushes offer, and he knows how to replicate this offering in the digital world. In this course, he shows how to create your own custom, handmade brush strokes and import them into Adobe Illustrator. Von demonstrates how to compile and use custom brush strokes to achieve both a hand-painted aesthetic and a personal touch. Whether you're a painter, a designer, or just a fan of Illustrator, this course offers instructions on how to expand your use of Illustrator.
Learning objectives
Painting real brush strokes
Transforming real brush strokes into digital brush strokes
Importing brush strokes
Creating bitmap surface textures
Modifying vectors
Compiling patterns, shapes, and strokes
Working with layers and blend modes
Using vector brushes
Graphic designer Von Glitschka appreciates the endless brush stroke freedom that real-world brushes offer, and he knows how to replicate this offering in the digital world. In this course, he shows how to create your own custom, handmade brush strokes and import them into Adobe Illustrator. Von demonstrates how to compile and use custom brush strokes to achieve both a hand-painted aesthetic and a personal touch. Whether you're a painter, a designer, or just a fan of Illustrator, this course offers instructions on how to expand your use of Illustrator.
Learning objectives
Painting real brush strokes
Transforming real brush strokes into digital brush strokes
Importing brush strokes
Creating bitmap surface textures
Modifying vectors
Compiling patterns, shapes, and strokes
Working with layers and blend modes
Using vector brushes
Skills covered
Digital PaintingIllustrationIllustratorLimited SeriesAdobeAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Exercise files
1. Creating an Authentic Look
- 03 - Hand-painting brushes
- 04 - Hand-painted speckle texture
- 05 - Creating painted art brushes
- 06 - Creating pattern brushes
- 07 - Creating scatter brushes
- 08 - Creating linework brushes
- 09 - Creating bitmap surface textures
- 10 - Saving and importing your brush sets
2. Using Vector Brushes
- 11 - Applying paint brushes
- 12 - Applying linework brushes
- 13 - Applying pattern brushes
- 14 - Applying scatter brushes
- 15 - Vector brush sizes and orientations
- 16 - Using opacity, layering, and blend modes
- 17 - Rounding corners on vector shapes
3. Vector Painting Process
- 18 - Drawing out your artwork
- 19 - Creating base vector shapes
- 20 - Applying brushes and color
- 21 - Creating shadows with vector brushes
- 22 - Creating highlights with vector brushes
- 23 - Creating linework with vector brushes
- 24 - Creating blends on grouped shapes
- 25 - Using bitmap surface textures
- 26 - Using scatter brush textures
- 27 - Rasterizing for final usage
4. Deconstructing Complex Vector Paintings
- 28 - Bird Brain illustration
- 29 - Painted Jungle illustration
- 30 - Pak and Sal illustration
5. Using Adobe Capture
- 31 - Creating a brush with Adobe Capture
- 32 - Adobe Capture brushes in Illustrator
- 33 - Comparing brush-creating methods
Conclusion
- 34 - Goodbye