Professional

Course
in

Illustrator
Course Educator:
Philip J. Cahill

Lesson 7:
Creative Techniques
DID YOU KNOW?
• The more creative, imaginative networks of the

brain work better when we’re alone.

• Daydreaming is surprisingly good for your brain, it

gets the motor running!

• Adobe Illustrator has around 86 Tools and 41

Panels to help you be creative!

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 Lesson 7

Creative Techniques
Gain a deeper understanding of the tool
Agenda What you will
Lesson 7 learn today

• In Front, Behind & Inside

• Understanding the Pen Tool
• Sketching & Tracing
• Distortion Tricks
❑ In Front, Behind & Inside
❑ Understanding the Pen Tool
❑ Sketching & Tracing
❑ Distortion Tricks

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In-front, Behind & Inside

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Creative Techniques

Understanding The Pen Tool

Drawing Tools

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Creative Techniques

Understanding The Pen Tool

Pen Tool is a drawing tool used to create straight
lines, curved lines and full custom shapes.

Add Anchor Point will allow you to add custom plot

points for editing your pen tool lines or shapes
Pen Tool
▪ Add Anchor Point
▪ Delete Anchor Point Delete Anchor Point will remove custom plot points
▪ Anchor Point Tool for editing your pen tool lines or shapes
Curvature Tool
Anchor Point Tool allows you to change the pen
Drawing Tools line. If curved will straighten the line, if straight can
be curved.

Curvature tool is a pen tool specifically for creating

curved lines.

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 Sketching
The details of details

Drawing or Sketching is a skill

and like any skill you have can
be improved with practice and
patience. While this lesson will
not teach you the wonderful art
of drawing the skills are, of
course, important.

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 Sketching
The details of details
The Rough Sketch

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of drawing the skills are, of
course, important.
If working for a client this may
change multiple times so be open to
compromise

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 Sketching
The details of details
The Loose Sketch

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For the Scanning process it may be a
good step to use a thick black market
so Illustrator can live trace correctly.

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 Sketching
The details of details
The Tight Sketch

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with your drawing you can stop at the
loose stage.

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 Sketching
The details of details
The Tight Sketch

• More details is a tighter sketch

• Live Trace will divide your drawing

easier with connected lines

A Tight or Loose sketch will work

perfectly. So if you are not confident
with your drawing you can stop at the
loose stage.

From Sketch To Illustration with Adobe Illustrator

 Sketching
The details of details
The Tight Sketch

• More details is a tighter sketch

• Live Trace will divide your drawing

easier with connected lines

A Tight or Loose sketch will work

perfectly. So if you are not confident
with your drawing you can stop at the
loose stage.

Professional Course in Illustrator – Module 1

 Sketching
The details of details
The Tight Sketch

• More details is a tighter sketch

• Live Trace will divide your drawing

easier with connected lines

A Tight or Loose sketch will work

perfectly. So if you are not confident
with your drawing you can stop at the
loose stage.

Professional Course in Illustrator – Module 1

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You have been tasked to create a dynamic
design. When complete post on Facebook
with #SHAWCreative

Open a new document in Illustrator using

File>Open.

Use any tool from the toolbar and

combine with the pathfinder & brushes.
Create a design of your liking.

Save the image and post for all of the

other students to see. To see all of the
work from your fellow students just
search #SHAWCreative

#SHAWCreative
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