An interactive workshop for illustrators, letterers, and designers who want to add truly unique style to their work in Adobe Illustrator.

This workshop is offered as an pre-conference add-on event, or can be purchased seperately if you are not attending the UCDA Design Conference.

This custom Illustrator brush workshop is an in-person, hands-on class where you learn how to make unique, one-of-a-kind, hand-created textures and turn them into custom brushes. We also explore the many ways to use them in your work.

The content is drawn from what Jeremy learned while illustrating the children’s book Chin Up, Chinchilla. He sought to create a unique style within the vector-based Adobe illustrator platform while still achieving a hand-drawn, analog style.

This three-hour presentation covers:

• Getting our hands dirty! We supply paint, brushes and some unexpected drawing tools.
• Ways to import your hand-made brushes. No laptop is required but you’re welcome to bring one and work alongside us.
• How to take those digital assets and create various types of brushes in Adobe Illustrator.
• How to use and integrate brushes in your work to create linework, texture and transparency.
• Downloadable step-by-step reference guide that walks you through the process—so you can spend more time making, and less time taking notes.
• Downloadable demonstration files to pick apart and practice on.

Cost: $50 (for those attending the conference); $75 (those those who just want to attend the workshop)

Space is limited. Pre-registration required.