Illustrator CC Technical Drawing
In this course, you'll learn how to create technical drawings with the Pen & Shape Builder Tools. Required Software: Adobe Illustrator.
What you'll learn
Learning how to create technical drawings can be a great addition to your Illustrator tool set. Throughout this course, Illustrator CC Technical Drawing, you'll learn techniques that make technical drawing very easy by using photography, the pen tool, and the shape builder tools. You'll also learn how you can speed things up with the Appearance and Graphic Styles panels. You'll explore best practices for organizing your layers and how to save time by not duplicating effort in the drawing process. Finally, you'll finish up by learning how to translate a grayscale drawing to color and bitmap. This will ensure you know how to get any kind of drawing for any kind of intended media use. By the end of this course, you'll be able to take any photo and break it into manageable sections that can quickly and easily be translated to a technical drawing using the drawing methods learned here. Required Software: Adobe Illustrator.
Table of contents
- Introduction to Module Two 1m
- Screws and Hole Techniques with the Shape Builder Tool 9m
- Outline Fixes with the Shape Builder Tool 5m
- Shadow Detailing 6m
- Adding Single Shapes for Detailing 6m
- Exploring Align Panel and Complex Shape Builder Operations 7m
- Creating Complex Graphic Styles 5m
- Stroke Detailing with Width Tool 6m
- Chuck Drawing with Pathfinder Tools 7m
- Bit Drawing with Shape Builder Tool 5m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... more