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Illustrator for Web Design

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Overview

Use Illustrator to create high-quality web content and assets. Discover how to set up a project design, responsively create wireframes and moodboards, export assets, and more.

Adobe Illustrator is a key tool for creating web content and assets. Using the strong layout and color management tools in Illustrator along with ability to use vector-based assets, designers can create vibrant web assets. In this course, Emily Kay breaks down the key features and workflows that web designers need to know to get up and running quickly. Emily covers topics such as designing responsively, using the library for asset management, and how using graphic and typographic styles and symbols allow you to streamline and control elements globally. She also goes over the development process—including how to create site maps, wireframes, moodboards, and comps—and explains how to create and export optimized web graphics and SVG files for scalable, resolution-independent graphics in the browser.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Illustrator and web design
  • How to use the exercise files
1. Set Up the Project
  • Document settings
  • Custom web workspaces
  • Artboards
  • Grids
  • Color modes and settings
2. Design Responsively
  • What is responsive design?
  • Set breakpoints
  • Libraries: Work with Adobe Stock
  • Libraries: Manage your resources
  • Libraries: Collaborate
  • Text styles
  • Dynamic buttons
  • Graphic styles
  • Symbols
  • 9-slice scaling
  • Edit color
  • Recolor artwork
  • Seamless backgrounds
3. Development Process
  • Site maps
  • Moodboards
  • Wireframe overview
  • Create a wireframe
  • Develop comps
  • Navigation
  • Templates
4. Collaborate and Share
  • Style guides
  • Comps for client review
5. Export Assets
  • Assets panel
  • SVG format
  • Export icons for screens
  • Extract CSS styles
Conclusion
  • Design tips and tricks
  • Next steps

Taught by

Emily Kay

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