Abstract Gradients in Adobe Illustrator: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Organic Vibrant Artworks
Learn to take full creative control over Gradient Meshes and create exciting and vibrant artworks to use in digital or print design, branding or packaging projects, as wall art or digital wallpapers, or sell as print-on-demand products or digital assets!
Gradient Meshes make a fantastic base for creating exciting abstract artworks and designs — and in this step-by-step course, you will learn how to work methodically and easily develop sophisticated compositions with beautiful colour transitions and elaborate organic distortions!
Mesh-based designs can appear rather complex, but when you focus on the different aspects of the design at each stage of the process, you can develop your work visually in a more advanced manner, take full creative control over your artwork, and customise it to make it uniquely yours.
Following this course, you will be able to create your own sophisticated abstract gradient artworks by:
- gaining an understanding of what goes into creating this type of work;
- how you can split the process into clear manageable steps;
- and how you can use a range of Adobe Illustrator’s tools to develop your meshes into something intentional and captivating!
In this 1 hour 18 minutes course, I will step-by-step guide you through all of the stages of creating artworks with Gradient Meshes including:
- developing the structure of distortions using the Direct Selection, Anchor Point, Gradient Mesh & Distortion tools;
- creating exciting vibrant color transitions using the Recolor Artwork tool and refining coloring using the Color Swatches and HSB Color Sliders;
- trouble-shooting and refining the composition;
- integrating solid geometric elements into the mesh using Clipping & Opacity Masks to elevate the work, give it more dimension and add a personal stylistic touch;
- enhancing your work with easy texturing and colour adjustment techniques;
- saving your work for print and digital use.
If you are a designer, illustrator or an artist who loves the look of abstract organic colourful artworks and would like to create your own to use in digital or print design, branding or packaging projects, print out to use as wall art, or sell as print-on-demand products — this is the course for you!
Whilst the step-by-step nature of this class will allow you to follow the process regardless of your level, for the best experience you’ll need to know your way around Adobe Illustrator and have some understanding of the principles behind creating vector artworks and working with colours and gradients in a digital environment.
I am super excited to let you in on how I create my abstract mesh-based designs and cannot wait to see what this course inspires you to create!
— Evgeniya / Attitude Creative