Drawing Monsters with Adobe Illustrator CC (Udemy.com)
Learn to create professional vector character illustrations
Created by: Martin Perhiniak
Last updated October 2019
What you will learn
- Advanced vector art techniques in Adobe Illustrator
- Producing vector artwork that can be used both on web, print and animation
- Creating character illustrations ready to be sold as stock assets
- Coming up with and sketching unique and engaging characters
- Principles of character illustration and creating engaging characters
Course Description
Do you want to learn how to create professional vector illustrations using Adobe Illustrator and having fun at the same time? Then this course is perfect for you!
We will be working on three character illustration projects, covering the whole workflow each time from the initial sketches to the fully fledged vector drawings to give you insight into each step of the creative process. As the title of the course suggests these characters will be fun and quirky monsters. You will be able to use the sketches, colours, and elements included with the course and follow along the videos to recreate each artwork OR you can use the techniques demonstrated to create your own versions of these characters and let your imagination run wild.
Don’t worry if you have no experience in character art as the first long chapter of this course covers all the important techniques and concepts used by illustrators to create engaging characters. This course is best suited for anyone who already has a basic understanding of working with Adobe Illustrator as we are going to use advanced techniques like shading with Gradient Meshes, adding texture effects, using Clipping Masks and CC 2019 new features like Freeform Gradients and Global Edit. If you are new to working with Adobe Illustrator I would recommend to start with my Illustrator CC MasterClass before diving into the mysterious and fascinating world of monsters.
You will need Adobe Illustrator to follow along the course, ideally the latest Creative Cloud version, but not older than CC 2015 as we will be working with many newly introduced features. A pen tablet can be useful for taking this course, but it is not necessary. You will be able to finish all the projects without any issues by using a mouse.
If you have what it takes to face these monstrous projects you should enroll now and start learning today!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
125 Reviews
Martin Perhiniak
Martin is a graphic designer and an Adobe Certified Instructor. He was a presenter at Adobe MAX the ultimate creative in 2018 and was recently voted one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world. Over 100,000 students are studying from his online courses from over 200 countries.
As a designer and illustrator he worked for companies like Pixar, BBC, Mattel and as an instructor taught teams at Google, Ben&Jerry's, House of Lords and Oxford University Press.
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Reviews
By Robert Phillips on 5/14/2024
Excellent instructor with lots of knowledge on the subject matter. As all his courses I will use as a future resource.
By Julie E Rockwell on 6/13/2023
very detailed explanations of the tools in Illustrator and when to use them, really enjoyed this class as I feel I learn a lot about the different tools and how they are best used in taking a sketched character and turning it into a vector file. Thanks Martin!
By Masaya NISHIDA on 12/24/2022
The teacher shows everything including failed or messed-up schenes, and cut-and-try to the issues, it's super helpful learn the real working style.
By Nikolett Gyöngyösi on 6/6/2022
Very informative and well-polished. It's clear that a great amount of thought and effort was put into creating this course.
By Steven Taniko on 6/4/2021
The techniques and tools shared are very useful. They are good for those who has basic knowledge in illustrator. The exercise artwork could be improved, but the videos did achieve its purpose of showing how different techniques can be applied on different situation.
By Heath Howes on 1/3/2021
Although this series of video lessons are a very good study of bringing a character/monster to vector form, this whole lesson seemed rushed. I would liked to have seen more about the principles of character design and a focused study of one single character and then more on the ways to bring forms to life within the methods of shaped building, deconstruction of lights and darks, and the variety of gradient uses. The final result wasn’t a character of blended techniques. But the teacher did say he’d have to put another hour in to get the character done....so why not do it? Nice info, buts it’s rushed.
By Melanie Maslaniec on 8/22/2020
So far I am learning new things and the teacher simplifies the content really well.
By Tayfun SAKOĞLU on 10/24/2019
The reason I give this course bad, İllustratorde does not tell the drawing, draw with pro create, illustrator program and then draws from there. That's not what I want.
By Fred Beck on 10/21/2019
Making Monster Characters has never been so fun
By Wolfgang Ohlig on 10/1/2019
By now I propably sound like a fanboy - but what can I say? Martin is by far one of - if not the best - tutor in this field. Easy to follow - nice presentation, clear voice - well thought through. Thanks!
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Overall Score : 88 / 100












