Last week I organised a small Adobe Illustrator bootcamp at my center with all the material sourced from Youtube. Youtube is great for the purpose because whenever it is unclear you can quickly pause and rewind. When a concept stays unclear the participants can collectively google for the solution stimulating the educational processes. Here a compilation of the tutorials we’ve been through, starting from the basics to more advanced Illustrator tools.
Terry White his 40 minute introduction:
How to make image masks videos
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs5/cropping-images-with-clipping-masks/
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs5/cropping-images-with-opacity-masks/
Tutorial about drawing proteins and ligands:
About usage of colors:
The the following tutorials apply the concepts of the previous once and take it to the next level
Make a logo for the local pizza hut:
Recreate the 2008 OBAMA campaign poster