Geometric Illustration for Social Media: Make Your Vectors Pop

Get to know Jorsh, your teacher for this course. He shares his creative career so far before discussing the influences that helped him to develop his artistic style and the importance of having a personal philosophy. Then, he talks through what you can expect from the course.

Explore the basic principles of creativity. Jorsh takes you through a series of steps and processes to help you develop your imagination and create unique concepts to inspire your future creations. Learn to use information as a tool for inspiration and think outside the box before developing your concept and beginning to sketch your ideas.

Delve into Adobe Illustrator and experiment with the tools needed to create simple geometric figures. Choose a color palette that brings harmony to your design and discover the importance of tools like Bezier and Pathfinder for adding detail to your work. Learn how to add light and shadow to your composition before selecting fonts to enhance your illustration.

Use the tools learned so far in the course to create your avatar. Then, experiment with patterns and textures to make covers for your social media networks. Create unique headers with typography and learn to export your content to optimize the quality of your finished project and share on social media.