From the course: Creating Icons with Illustrator
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Challenge - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Creating Icons with Illustrator
Challenge
(mechanical music) - We've come to the end of this chapter and you know what that means. It's time for another challenge. Now, in this chapter, we've covered a variety of ways of using different tools and techniques for designing and drawing different types of icons, all based on their geometry or their patterns. And I need you to do the following. In the project folder you'll find an icon that's already designed but I need you to recreate that icon. I want you to recreate those shapes using your own techniques. And of course I need you to use the techniques that we've covered throughout this specific chapter. Now, there are no real right or wrong ways to approach this, as long as the end result is the same, but of course certain techniques will prove a lot easier or more efficient when dealing with these types of icons. When you're done, simply save your work and look at the solution video, and I'll show you how I…
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Designing with basic shapes7m 31s
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Setting stroke options7m 53s
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Using the Pathfinder panel4m 45s
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Understanding compound shapes4m 19s
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Mastering the Shape Builder tool3m 48s
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Discovering the Appearance panel6m 24s
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Useful filters and effects8m 15s
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Power tips5m 10s
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Advanced techniques: Creating a winter icon4m 57s
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Advanced techniques: Creating a summer icon3m 33s
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Advanced techniques: Creating a fall icon6m 45s
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Advanced techniques: Creating a spring icon4m 58s
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Challenge1m 6s
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Solution7m 41s
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