- In this course, we've had a chance to come to terms
with some amazing and essential concepts,
things like lines, shapes, fill, stroke, color,
shape building, round corners, the pencil tool,
the curvature tool, the pen tool,
not to mention text and the wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Did you read that chapter, the one about the tin woodman?
That scarecrow cracks me up.
Anyway, I hope it feels like you made some serious progress
and like you had a chance to build
some exciting, hands-on projects.
I remember when I first started using Illustrator.
I had some sketchy results, which is why
I created one-on-one in the first place,
so your experience would be more expedient
and more satisfying than mine.
Meanwhile, if you're feeling like,
"Hey man, I'm exhausted. I've had enough," I get it.
You don't need me saying this, but you have my permission
to cut loose any time you like.
Well, actually you don't.
I'm not the boss of you, but here's the thing.
If you stop now, you're going to miss some amazing stuff,
some of the best stuff there is,
stuff like pathfinder operations, the appearance panel,
layers and stacking order, gradients, live paint,
dynamic effects, blend modes, patterns, pictographs, logos.
Seriously, look at me.
I'm totally out of fingers, but, whatever you do,
it's been my immense pleasure sharing my knowledge
of Illustrator with you.
On behalf of LinkedIn and Lynda.com,
this is Deke McClelland hoping to see you real soon.