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Drawing Vector Graphics: Color and Detail

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Add depth, texture, and color to your designs with Adobe Illustrator, and make your illustrations more visually effective.

Syllabus

Introduction

Adding color and detail to vector graphics

1. Creative Foundation

Choosing a style
Drawing your artwork
Building your vector shapes

2. Lighting

Establishing light sources
Drawing your light source
How light affects color

3. Colors

Using a color wheel
Color dimensions: Hue, value, intensity
How color affects other colors
Using global colors
Base colors
Shadow colors
Highlight colors and refinement
Coloring with tonal families
Using color for emotion
Shading with cool and warm hues
Creating with the Recolor tool

4. Detailing Methods

Using gradients, blend modes, and opacity
Gradient blend detailing
Radial gradient lighting effect
Spot detailing with radial gradients
Hot spots and deep shadows
Using offset and outline stroke to detail
Using custom brushes to detail
Using rounding techniques to detail
Using layers and masks to improve detailing
Using outer and inner glow for detailing
Creating form with Gaussian blur
Creating motion and depth with Gaussian blur
Adding detail using textures
Colorizing and detailing flat-based artwork
Using multiple methods to detail artwork

5. Color Resources

Collecting color
REUSE: Million-dollar color books

Conclusion

Goodbye

Taught by

Von Glitschka

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