Want to create art your customers love?

Many apparel decorators struggle to turn their creative ideas into print-ready artwork. This FREE course shows you how to use Adobe Illustrator to create t-shirt graphics that your customers will love. 

We get it.

Software can be intimidating.

Especially software as robust as Illustrator. That's why we've split this course up into short easy to understand lessons. Each video focuses on a skill you need to create designs to print on apparel. 

This course is for apparel decorators. If your just getting started or if you want to enhance your Illustrator skills, this course is for you.

Reviews

5 star rating

Great Course!

Brittany Wiggins

This was a great course for beginners and even a great refresher for others.

This was a great course for beginners and even a great refresher for others.

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5 star rating

Great Training

made manifest

Pacing is excellent & the content is perfect (relevant, directly related to tshirt design). I realize this is intended to market FM transfers, but this i...

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Pacing is excellent & the content is perfect (relevant, directly related to tshirt design). I realize this is intended to market FM transfers, but this is the most valuable advertising content ever! I was considering using this vendor - now I definitely will & I’ll return to this training again & again.

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5 star rating

Awesome course

Patti Massingale

Although I have been using Illustrator for years, I was able to get some pretty cool shortcuts and different ways to do things from the course. Loved it!!!

Although I have been using Illustrator for years, I was able to get some pretty cool shortcuts and different ways to do things from the course. Loved it!!!

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Curriculum

  • 1

    The Basics

    • 01 - Art Board-Canvas Size

    • 02 - Tools

    • 03 - Setting Up Your Workspace

    • 04 - Layers
  • 2

    Vector Shapes & Objects

    • 05 - Shapes & Lines

    • 06 - Pen Tool

    • 07 - Trace With The Pen Tool

    • 08 - Knocking Out Shapes (Garment Show-Through)

    • 09 - Live Trace

    • 10 - Merge Shapes

    • 11 - Align Objects
  • 3

    Text

    • 12 - Creating Text

    • 13 - Create Area Type

    • 14 - Text Along A Path

    • 15 - Text Effects (Warp)

    • 16 - Convert Text To Outlines (Shape)

    • 17 - Knockout Text From Shape (Garment Show-Through)
  • 4

    Colors

    • 18 - Creating Spot Colors

    • 19 - Fills & Strokes (Outlines)

    • 20 - Creating A Gradient (Fade)

    • 21 - Masking A Photo/Shape
  • 5

    Make It Print Ready

    • 22 - Check Fine Printing Detail (Spot Colors)

    • 23 - Check Fine Detail (Full Color/4-Color Process)

    • 24 - Checking Fine Non-Printing Detail

    • 25 - Save A For Single Image Transfer

    • 26 - Setting Up A Gang Sheet Transfer

Pricing

Skills

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  • Pen Tool

  • Text Effects

  • Gradients

  • Masking Objects

  • Knocking Out Shapes

  • Managing Colors

About Your Instructor

Instructor

Nathan Anderson

As a second generation professional in the decorated apparel industry, Nathan carries a broad and diverse understanding of the many facets of the apparel business.  He currently leads the development of F&M's marketing and technology group.