Geometric Construction

Beginner Adobe Illustrator and Drawing Class

What you’ll learn
Illustrate geometric shapes in Adobe Illustrator
Draw geometric shapes using a pencil, ruler, and compass.
Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator.
Gain exposure to 2D and 3D graphics applications.
Requirements
No drawing or Illustrator experience required. I will walk you through it all!
Description
In this class, we’re going to make all kinds of geometric shapes! I’m going to show you how to draw geometric shapes using a pencil, compass, and straight edge, and I’m going to show you how to make geometric shapes in Adobe Illustrator. I’ll also show you how to divide a circle in half, how to divide a line into fractional parts like thirds, fifths, sevenths, and elevenths, and how to divide a square into fractional parts like ninths, sixteenths, and twenty-fifths!I will show you how to export your art out of Adobe Illustrator, and how to import your art into other software programs like Blender and Cinema 4D. If you don’t know how to use these programs, don’t worry… this is a beginner level software class! I will teach you everything you need to know to get started with Adobe Illustrator, and you will learn the basics of the other programs as well.Also, this is a drawing class… I will show you the basics of technical drawing: what equipment you will need, and all the techniques necessary to make beautiful geometric drawings. Back in high school, I drew a lot in mechanical drawing classes in my high school’s Industrial Arts program. Over the years I have frequently thought back to those high school drawing classes. I’ve often imagined how fun it would be to construct geometric shapes on paper, and then do the equivalent construction on the computer. Well, it’s finally happening, and as you can imagine, I am very excited to welcome you to this class!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Drawing

Lecture 2 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Section 2: Equilateral Triangle

Lecture 3 Drawing an Equilateral Triangle

Lecture 4 Making an Equilateral Triangle in Illustrator

Section 3: Hexagon and Hexagram

Lecture 5 Drawing a Hexagon

Lecture 6 Making a Hexagon in Illustrator

Lecture 7 More Illustrator Functions

Lecture 8 Drawing a Hexagram

Lecture 9 Making a Hexagram in Illustrator

Section 4: Seed and Flower of Life

Lecture 10 Drawing the Seed of Life

Lecture 11 Making a Flower of Life in Illustrator

Section 5: Dodecagon and Dodecagram

Lecture 12 Drawing a Dodecagon

Lecture 13 Making a Dodecagon in Illustrator

Lecture 14 Drawing a Dodecagram

Lecture 15 Making more Dodecagrams and Dodecagons in Illustrator

Lecture 16 Dodecagram Illustration Challenge

Section 6: Importing Illustrator Art into 3D Programs

Lecture 17 Importing Illustrator Art into Blender

Lecture 18 Importing Illustrator Art into Cinema 4D

Section 7: Dividing Objects Into Fractional Parts

Lecture 19 Drawing: Cutting a Line and a Circle in Half

Lecture 20 Illustrator: Cutting a Line in Half

Lecture 21 Drawing: Thirds, Fourths, and Fifths

Lecture 22 Illustrator: Thirds, Fourths, and Fifths

Lecture 23 Drawing: Sevenths and Elevenths

Lecture 24 Illustrator: Sevenths and Elevenths

Section 8: The Square

Lecture 25 Drawing a Square

Lecture 26 Illustrating a Square

Lecture 27 Goodbye (for now)

Game artists, graphic artists, designers, and anyone who wants to learn how to draw geometric shapes or illustrate geometric shapes in Adobe Illustrator.