Illustrator Calendar

The Graphic Arts calendar is a great way to view everything you have to do for Illustrator in one place. You can view daily calendar events and scroll to review past calendar postings. The calendar also includes video instructions and project links.

Monday, October 26, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Friday, October 23, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Thursday, October 22, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Friday, October 16, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Thursday, October 15, 2026

34 Illustrator Tutorials
34 Illustrator Tutorials - Download lesson files. Practice using various tools, panels, and menus to create vector artwork.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

32 Using Image Trace
32 Using Image Trace - Download lesson files. Image Trace lets you convert raster images to vector artwork allowing for many kinds of styles and techniques.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

27 Transparency and Blending Modes
29 Transparency and Blending Modes - Download lesson files. Blending modes are useful to change the color of the objects by adding blending effects and colors on the chosen objects based on the position of the object on the layer or group.

Monday, October 12, 2026

26 Working with Brushes
28 Working with Brushes - Download lesson files. Brushes can be applied to paths and strokes, and they are great for creating stunning stroked designs quickly and easily.

Friday, October 9, 2026

27 Transparency and Blending Modes
29 Transparency and Blending Modes - Download lesson files. Blending modes are useful to change the color of the objects by adding blending effects and colors on the chosen objects based on the position of the object on the layer or group.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

26 Working with Brushes
28 Working with Brushes - Download lesson files. Brushes can be applied to paths and strokes, and they are great for creating stunning stroked designs quickly and easily.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

22 Fonts and Typography
22 Fonts and Typography - Download lesson files. Learn how to access, activate, and edit a font that's perfect for your typographic design.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

21 Create and Working with Text
21 Create and Working with Text - Download lesson files. Learn about creating and working with type in Adobe Illustrator.

Monday, October 5, 2026

20 Working with Gradients
20 Working with Gradients - Download lesson files. A gradient is a graduated blend of two or more colors or tints of the same color.

Friday, October 2, 2026

19 Blend Objects and Envelopes
19 Blend Objects and Envelopes - Download lesson files. Illustrator blends lets you combine shapes and colors between two or more objects to create a new object.

Thursday, October 1, 2026

17 Scale, Shear, and Distort Objects
17 Scale, Shear, and Distort Objects - Download lesson files. Illustrator has various methods and techniques when vector objects need to be sized or modified.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

16 Shaper and Shape Builder Tools
16 Shaper and Shape Builder Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator has tools and methods to select numerous shapes and combined objects into one shape or multiple shapes.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

18 Combine Objects and Pathfinder
18 Combine Objects and Pathfinder - Download lesson files. Illustrator can join vector objects to create shapes in a variety of ways depending on the method you use to combine the objects.

Monday, September 28, 2026

15 Erase, Cut, and Mask Artwork
15 Erase, Cut, and Mask Artwork - Download lesson files. Illustrator has numerous tools and methods for dividing objects into separate pieces.

Friday, September 25, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files. Work to complete the pattern assignment (Create 50 Adobe Patterns).

Thursday, September 24, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files. Work to complete the pattern assignment (Create 50 Adobe Patterns).

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files. Work to complete the pattern assignment (Create 50 Adobe Patterns).

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files. Work to complete the pattern assignment (Create 50 Adobe Patterns).

Monday, September 21, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files. Work to complete the pattern assignment (Create 50 Adobe Patterns).

Friday, September 18, 2026

29 Working with Patterns
29 Working with Patterns - Download lesson files.A seamless pattern is an image that can be placed side-by-side with copies of itself without any visible seams or interruptions on the content, so you can repeat this image and create a pattern that can go on infinitely to create unique backgrounds, text effects or brand elements.

Thursday, September 17, 2026

14 Offset, Rotate and Reflect
14 Offset, Rotate and Reflect - Download lesson files. Illustrator has useful and effective tools that can be used to rotate, mirror, and modify objects.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

13 Working with Layers
13 Working with Layers - Download lesson files. When building visual compositions in Illustrator, layers allow you to manage multiple elements that make up an image.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

12 Working with Color
12 Working with Color - Download lesson files. Learn about the many ways and tools Adobe has when working, editing and saving colors within Illustrator.

Monday, September 14, 2026

10 Simple Lines and Shapes
10 Simple Lines and Shapes - Download lesson files. Illustrator has simple tools to quickly create shapes and other forms that require only the use of lines.

Friday, September 11, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor. Complete Assignment.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor. Complete Assignment.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Thursday, September 3, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Monday, August 31, 2026

09 Pen and Curvature Tools
09 Pen and Curvature Tools - Download lesson files. Illustrator allows you to define your own anchor points, as well as adjust the curve associated with those anchors, simply by manipulating two control points associated with each anchor.

Friday, August 28, 2026

08 Fill, Stroke, and Color
08 Fill, Stroke, and Color - Download lesson files. Learn how to apply color and patterns to basic shapes and create a variety of attributes to every object drawn in Illustrator.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

07 Creating Basic Shapes
07 Creating Basic Shapes - Download lesson files. Creating basic shapes, and modify the corners of the shapes.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

05 Rulers, Grids, and Guides
05 Rulers, Grids, and Guides - Download lesson files. Accurately place and measure objects in the illustration window or in an artboard by using, rulers, grids, and guides.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

04 Working with Documents
04 Working with Documents - Download lesson files. Learn how to create a new document, work with the artboards in the document, and save that document.

Monday, August 24, 2026

03 Illustrator's Panels
03 Illustrator's Panels - Download lesson files. Illustrator’s control panels offer quick access to many important options and settings used within the application.

Friday, August 21, 2026

01 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
01 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator - Download lesson files, overview of the program and setting up the interface.

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
01 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator - Watch video about Abode Illustrator.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Adobe Accounts
Login to Adobe Accounts

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

First Day
First Day of School