Adobe Illustrator: Graphic Design for Beginners
Course 2: Shapes, a World of Possibilities on Your Screen: Geometric shapes and groupings
By Gilian Gomes , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Geometric shapes and groupings
Overview
“In this unit, you will learn how to create and group pre-existing shapes in Adobe Illustrator.”
In this video lesson Gilian Gomes addresses the topic: Geometric shapes and groupings, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Shapes, a World of Possibilities on Your Screen. Create and transform objects of different formats.
Partial transcription of the video
“ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR / COURSE 2 LESSON 1 - Geometric Shapes and Grouping Hi. In this course, I'll teach you to work with shapes, the base of our design compositions. Also in this lesson, you'll learn to create and group pre-existing shapes on Illustrator. Let's do this. It's easy to create shapes on Illustrator. We can start with this Rectangle tool. I clicked on it and it opened options. We have Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star and Flare. To make a rectangle, I'll select it here. I simply click on the screen, I hold the mouse button and drag it and I can see a preview of t...”
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Gilian Gomes
By Gilian Gomes
Gilian Gomes is a designer and illustrator, as well as a typography and art direction enthusiast. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he holds a degree in design and a postgraduate degree in branding. He has more than 15 years' industry experience under his belt and now focuses on branding and packaging.
His creative process explores designs that express powerful and singular meanings. Through use of his illustration and typography skills, Gilian seeks unique and impressive results.
Throughout his career he's worked with large corporations, advertising agencies, and design studios like Sweety & Co. and Raison Pure. Some of his biggest clients include O Boticário, Sebrae, Grupo Zaffari, Enjoei, and Wordbank. He currently works as a freelance professional collaborating with clients all over the world.
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