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CreativeLive On Air: Brush Lettering Basics

1/27/2018

 
Jan 29, 11a CST

Bring Type To Life With Brush Lettering.

Be sure to check out our other Brush Lettering classes on Flourishes & Ornamentation and Putting Together a Final Piece.

Brush Lettering is a fun, analog activity that can be applied to personal and professional projects. Put a personal touch on your brand, and evoke a playful spirit without changing the words themselves. In this class, type designer Laura Worthington covers the tools and techniques you need to get started brush lettering, including:
  • How to hold the brush, best posture, body mechanics
  • Basic strokes
  • Trying different styles of lettering using adjectives and themes

You’ll learn the basic strokes that are the building blocks of the alphabet, and you'll start rendering upper- and lower-case characters and numerals. Take this class, and you'll receive an easy-to follow guide you can use to practice.

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CreativeLive - Exploring Color and Composition

1/26/2018

 
Instructor Mary Jane Begin is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor in the Illustration Department. Mary Jane will guide viewers through useful exercises and practices that help to solve both understanding the color they see and want to recreate, as well as exploring the art of inventing palettes that resonate with expression.

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CreativeLive On Air: Basics of Packaging Design in Illustrator

1/25/2018

 
Jan 27, 11a CST

Use Illustrator to create packaging dielines efficiently. Learn the terminology used in the packaging and printing industry to understand dielines, live, trim, bleed, knockout, overprint, folds, scores and embossing. This tutorial will show you how to set up a grid structure, create all the panels and flaps, breeze through the measurements and produce a finished package ready for the industry. As a bonus you will see how to quickly render the final package for the client to view the finished product.



Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2017.1

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CreativeLive On Air: Create an Online Portfolio

1/24/2018

 
Jan 26, 11a CST

Presentation is everything in an online portfolio, but creating one can be a daunting task. This beginner-friendly class will cover all the basics you need to create a portfolio. Erica Gamet is an Adobe Certified Expert.
In this class, Erica will walk you through the process for creating a layout from scratch. She’ll cover:
  1. How to place, arrange, and manipulate photos in a layout
  2. How to create a layout in InDesign and incorporate images and text
  3. How to export that layout for digital consumption


This course is for you if you’re a DIYer, photographer, crafter, or small business owner needing to put together a digital portfolio featuring images of your product. From real estate brochures to photobooks to a small product catalog, you will have the knowledge to showcase your imagery in a logical and well-laid out manner. 


Software Used: Adobe InDesign CC 2018

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CreativeLive On Air: Working with Color Tools in Illustrator

1/22/2018

 
Jan 25, 11a CST

How much can there be to Adobe Illustrator’s color tools? A lot!
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Adobe Certified Expert and Illustrator guru, Erica Gamet, will walk you through the basic features to help you understand how to pick colors from existing swatches.
In this class, Erica will cover:
  • How color gets introduced into a document
  • How to choose other colors (palettes)
  • Bringing in colors from other sources
  • How to combine shapes and color

This class is for beginning designers or basic InDesign/Photoshop users that dabble in Illustrator and never really explored color in the application. 

Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2018

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CreativeLive On Air: Grow your Business with YouTube

1/20/2018

 
Jan 22, 11a CST

Make And Leverage Videos To Sell Your ProductsIn Grow your Business with YouTube you'll learn how video can take your business to a new level! You’ll learn how to find time to make videos that are fun, easy, and effective at selling your products. We will focus on generating content ideas, and you'll learn how to use those videos to find brand-new customers (and keep your current customers coming back). You'll walk away from this class with a customized plan for making videos that will grow your business and increase sales.
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Use YouTube to:
  • Build trust with your audience
  • Regularly talk about your business and products in a friendly "behind the scenes way"
  • Demonstrate your subject matter knowledge


We Will cover: 
  • How to replicate your customer experience online (mood, brand, attitude)
  • Building community by being yourself
  • How video fits in your brand and business
  • Planning content (lots of idea generation) Including short samples!
  • How to be yourself and comfortable on camera

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CreativeLive On Air: Photoshop CC Creation with Adobe Stock

1/19/2018

 
Jan 22, 11a CST
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Create Impressive Vector Art Using Imagery From Adobe StockWe’ve designed a beginner-friendly class led by one of CreativeLive’s favorite instructors and Adobe® Certified Expert, Jason Hoppe. He’ll break down the newest version of Adobe Photoshop and teach you how to create a comprehensive professional asset package, such as business cards, holiday invitations or flyers, using Adobe Stock imagery.

In this class, you’ll learn:
  • How to search Stock for 2D and 3D images
  • When and why stock is useful
  • How to manipulate images to create business cards, flyers, and a holiday invitation
  • Use art boards to create a consistent look throughout
  • This class is great for beginners who want to start making professionally designed assets. By using Adobe® CC Photoshop and Adobe Stock, the process can be simple and you’ll be up and running in no time.

​Software Used:  Adobe Photoshop CC 2018, Adobe Stock

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