Adobe Illustrator For Beginners: Design A Typographic Logo (Udemy.com)
A beginners course to Adobe Illustrator CC for aspiring Logo Designers. Learn how to to design a professional logotype.
Created by: Will Paterson
Last updated October 2015
What you will learn
- Design A Typographic Logo within Adobe Illustrator
- Create comfortably within Adobe Illustrator
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Illustrator on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
- Reviews150#61 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length1.7 hoursshorter than 82% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2015earlier than 93% of them
Course Description
This course is all about learning the basics of Adobe Illustrator for Logo Design or Vintage Lettering. Adobe Illustrator can seen to be daunting if you've not had any experience within the program, and lots of tutors teach how to use the software, but not how to put your knowledge into practice.
This course is for anyone who's has little to no experience with Adobe Illustrator or any other creative software.
Not only do you get to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator for Graphic Design purposes, I'll be showing you how to design your own personal custom logotype design.
The course has bite size videos within these 5 sections:
- Setup And Explanation
- Understanding Shapes
- Using Pathfinder
- Adding And Stylizing Type
- Design The Logo - The Logo Design Process
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
150 Reviews
Will Paterson
I'm 22, Logo Designer, Teacher, Youtuber, Hand Letterer. I've worked with clients from all around the world creating some amazing logo designs. Design is my passion - teaching it is also my passion! I'm also a Youtuber with an audience of over 30,000 - I love sharing my profession with people, seeing them grow in their passions!
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Reviews
By Fraser Lock-Macardy on 1/27/2021
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and I'm very pleased I came across this. It had everything a beginner needs from Adobe Ai to get started. I also think that Mr Paterson laid the ground work for exactly the job I have in hand. Plus it wasn’t overwhelming. A Very well structured presentation and easy to follow. Cheers.
By Anna Kroglen on 5/22/2020
It was a quite "plain" course and didn't mix Logos that contained both elements (artworks) and text. The Logos made as examples felt dull and uninteresting. I'm a beginner in Illustrator but would have wanted to learn to make a more appealing design. Also missed a part to explain the rules of a successful logo when it comes to layout, coloring and elements to create a Logo that "works"/get noticed/impress the viewer. But thank you for the basics of the program.
By Kelly LaMar on 7/28/2018
This course was ok, but I didn't realize from the description that we would be learning how to make just this one logo - wish there was more advice or more general logotype fundamentals. Instead, it was teaching exactly and only the tools required to make the logotype in the class thumbnail. That said, I didn't know any illustrator before taking this course and I ultimately was able to create my own (very different) logotype than the one displayed, but it took a lot of supplemental googling.
By Lily Shevchenko on 2/24/2018
Will is an amazing and engaging teacher. Calligraphy and typography have always been a hobby of mine but before this week, I have never made a step into transitioning this hobby into something I can possibly do professionally. I started looking up youtube logotype tutorials and by happy accident, stumbled upon Will's channel. Some tutorials later, I loved his channel and knowledge sharing so much that when I discovered he had Udemy course, I bought it immediately. I am about 75% into the course and I have to say that it's money well spent. Illustrator was something very intimidating for me to this point but with this course I am confident enough to get started and playing around with it. For me, this was a perfect first step to logotype design.
By Dmytro Hrabovskyi on 11/15/2017
To my mind, it is an accurate and well built course for beginners. It allows you to learn essential basics of Adobe Illustraror in order to start working in the programme's environment. I got relevant experience to the course description and I am totally sutisfied with the information received throughout the course. I recommend it to everyone who is new and has no clue about Adobe product.
By Scotty O'Leary on 9/26/2017
I really enjoyed this course a lot. I came into it without knowing anything about Adobe Illustrator and I now have some practical knowledge to design an logo for my business that I really like. Will did a great job of showing how to use all the tools and explaining Illustrator concepts. He also used examples of how to apply the skills to design a logo. This course was extremely helpful!
By Scott Dill on 9/3/2016
I am completely new to Illustrator and this class has been very educational. I am learning a lot about how to use Illustrator and how I can apply it to some of the graphics I have designed for some websites in the past to actually make them more professional.
By Tory Kelso on 6/8/2016
good content, easy to follow, helpful tips for logo creation, finding inspiration, and using illustrator! being new to illustrator and new to designing logos, i would really enjoy a course that builds on the content presented here. thanks will!!
By Irina Momchilova on 2/19/2016
I like that the course contains enough information for beginners but still keeping it simple and to the point. No unnecessarily long explanations of every single tool. The explanations are easy to understand and follow. I'd recommend it to any Illustration beginner :)
By Nathyn Netzel on 11/24/2015
Will is great with instruction and explanations. Only tweak would be more projects. Examples of past logos and how to make them. The course leaves a lot to look forward to.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100






