Then, we dive into Illustrator and spend some time setting up our typography in an appealing and cohesive layout. We also learn how to use some of Illustrator's built-in tools for creating custom charts and graphs and also some of the tools for creating illustrations and icons for the infographic.

This tutorial is great for any designer who wants to create an infographic, has a basic understanding of illustrator, and wants to know the best workflow for executing this type of process from start to finish.

By the end of this training, you'll have created your very own infographic about coral reefs. You'll also understand some new useful tips about typography, charts, icons, color choices, and many more essential pieces to creating a thought-provoking infographic.


1. Introduction and project overview
2. Why use an infographic? Where to start making your own
3. Setting up the document and choosing our colors
4. Creating the title layout
5. Setting up the main headers
6. Building the header for the tone-shift call-out text
7. Setting the type for the secondary headers
8. Setting the fact section's pull-quote style type
9. Building the animal life pull-quote
10. Setting the type for the main call-out
11. Setting the last two call-outs and all the remaining stand alone text blocks
12. Creating pie charts
13. Building a customized scatter graph
14. Creating a column graph with customized shapes
15. Placing images and accompanying text
16. Planning and creating illustrations to use as design elements
17. Creating coral illustrations with the blob brush
18. Painting and drawing branching coral with the Paintbrush and Pencil tools
19. Creating cohesive icon illustrations
20. Placing the illustrations
21. Placing the icons and their labels
22. Exporting as a PDF with crop marks