Adobe Illustrator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqjZR_v37K8

Throughout the video, the woman explains different tools that could be helpful when creating art on Illustrator. I think the ones she covered are fairly simple and will not be too difficult to get the hang of. I do think that since there are so many different things to learn and remember it may take a while and it may take a few watches of the video to really nail it down. I think where she uses the alt key to switch from zooming in and out is a helpful tool to know and remember. Overall, the video is super helpful to learn certain tools to navigate Illustrator as a beginner. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE9INcmRCdA

This video explains how to make the activity symbol on Apple products using basic Illustrator techniques. Holding down shift to make a perfect circle is helpful to know while starting as a beginner to save you time and perfect your work. As well as being able to offset the shape and create borders on the inside and outside helps to create the infamous design. I think that these tools are fairly simple, it is just a matter of remembering which tools do what tasks. As well as creating cuts using anchor points to make the design, I thought this video was really helpful in showing how to create such a simple design. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBKRywEbNs

This video is super helpful in explaining where you can find certain tools while telling us what those tools do. He explains the toolbar, the header, and how multiple tools have smaller "tools" within them. He explains how you can create more than one artboard when creating multiple different artworks. He shows how you can change the shape and size of geometric shapes after adding them to the artboard. I think that these tools are very simple and will be easy to pick up/remember once using Illustrator for a little bit. 

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