Our Adobe Illustrator chats from last week were recorded and are now available for you to watch at your leisure. Follow this link to ReneeTV on ReneePearson.com and the links to the two archived chats are on that page under my name.
I begin the 2pm chat by talking about my intermediate online Adobe Illustrator class, Illustrator 2. After that, I take questions and do some demonstrations of working with the Pen Tool, points, paths and building art. I also demonstrate working with scaling a pattern in Adobe Illustrator and how to make small adjustments to a pattern we create in my Ink & Paint class.
The 9 pm chat demonstrations are all about creating repeat pattern swatches in Illustrator.
These chats were open to the public, and they were the first of my monthly Illustrator chat series. Starting in February, Illustrator chat acess will be limited to those who are enrolled (or have been enrolled in the past) in one of my online Adobe Illustrator classes on ReneePearson.com.
Our February chats will take place on February 15th. If you are enrolled and have an idea for a subject you'd like me to cover, post your suggestions in the Illustrator Lounge forum on ReneePearson.com. I hope to see you at our next chat!
That was a wonderful demonstration, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and workflow.
Must say that I also loved the part about distributing elements within a pattern tile is going back and forth a lot, LOL! And shared your secret on preparing the the pink flower design... :-)
Can't wait to really get going with Illustrator!
Posted by: Jacqueline | January 26, 2012 at 05:40 PM
I'm glad you like it Jacqueline! I'm working on a new method now that I think will make the "back and forth" a little easier. I'll let you know when I have it all figured out!
Posted by: coyleart | January 30, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Hi Laura! I´m a brazilian design student, who is beginning at the illustration and pattern world! I really enjoyed your videos at youtube and the Adobe Illustrator chat! They helped me a lot!
Posted by: Nathalia Araujo | January 31, 2012 at 07:30 PM
Thanks Nathalia! I'm so glad you've found them helpful!
Posted by: coyleart | February 01, 2012 at 08:44 AM