Hey, gang, this is Deke McClelland. Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Now very possibly you've never heard of Otto and Marie Neurath, but their efforts influence…the efforts of every graphic artist and designer working today.…Now I know that sounds like a big claim, but here's the deal.…Back in the 1930s, they pioneered this thing called Isotype which stands for the International…System of Typographic Picture Education.…And the idea was this, instead of representing common concepts using words, which vary from…one language to another and therefore somebody is not going to understand, we represent these…concepts using stylized pictograms.…
And by way of example, I have these two here, man and woman, which you probably see on an almost daily basis.…Now, while these modern variations aren't the work of Otto and Marie's team,…it's safe to say they wouldn't exist without Isotype.…Now we are going to creating these pictograms in Illustrator by stroking these two vertical paths.…So everything you see here is a result of strokes, partially because it's entertaining,…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
10/15/2019Released
1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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Q: Why can't I earn a Certificate of Completion for this course?
A: We publish a new tutorial or tutorials for this course on a regular basis. We are unable to offer a Certificate of Completion because it is an ever-evolving course that is not designed to be completed. Check back often for new movies.
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