Creating a Poster in Adobe Illustrator - Creative Basics 201

This course demonstrates how to create a poster in Adobe Illustrator, from basic shapes and color palettes through custom type, gradients, blend modes, and texture effects. It includes practical workflows for designing and refining poster artwork.

Syllabus

Start
Office Hours explanation
Tiling designs for printing
Starting the poster design
Starting with basic shapes
Andrew searches for color palettes on Adobe Color
Augmenting color palettes
Reviewing Nick’s design - adding/choosing type - shearing type
Saving character styles and sharing across CC Libraries
Nick works on type
Editing asset colors - recoloring artwork
Shape Builder tool to create custom type
Working with gradients to add dimension
Adjusting poster colors - applying gradients
Andrew’s poster style with only 3 colors
Pasting in the starfield
Andrew’s secret color sauce - using blend modes
Roughen effect - Mezzotint effect
Nick and Andrew add streaks on their ships
Wrap up