DIY Comics, Sneakers, Shirts, and more! | Design & Illustration Live from San Francisco on Sept.19th

9AMpt – Create A Comic: Join Hank Washington as he shows you how to illustrate and lay out your own comic to tell your story. Create unique characters and incorporate type effects to make your story jump off the page.

10AMpt – Designing A Sneaker Brand: Learn how to use the mockup features in Adobe Illustrator to create your own design and apply them to sneakers, packaging, and more!

11AMpt – Design & Print Custom T-Shirts: Use Adobe Express to design shirts for you upcoming family gathering or special event. Then, use Print and Deliver to get your shirts printed and shipped right to you.

12PMpt – Animating Your Comic: Import your files from Illustrator to Express to add animation and text effects to your comic.

Alexus Washington is a photographer specializing in product, branding, stop-motion, and composites, based in Atlanta, GA: https://www.alexusroberts.com

Guest Hank Washington is an Art Director, Illustrator, and Designer based in Georgia: www.hankdesigns.com/

Chris Porter is a graphic designer and Creative Director at Baby Grand, based in Memphis, TN: https://www.creativepunchmg.com/work

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00:00 Start
1:10 Who are Hank and Alexus?
1:45 Today’s project
8:00 Adding highlights
28:40 Creating combined shapes
42:30 Fonts
1:01:20 Intro
1:03:25 Today’s project
1:07:10 Choosing fonts
1:12:00 Editing text
1:17:00 Creating a brand icon
1:36:00 Creating a mockup
2:04:25 Who is Alexus Washington?
2:05:00 Zazzle Partnership
2:15:50 Generating images
2:25:28 Removing background
2:45:20 Zazzle video mockup
2:51:20 Creating a second design
03:03:00 Who is Hank Washington?
03:04:11 Work from last stream
03:06:34 How to prepare files for Adobe Express
03:12:32 Animation
03:28:18 Recap Thus far
03:47:31 Second Animation