
ARTBOARDS: I will recommend a (1080px by 1080px, 300PPI, RGB) as your Initial or Base Artboard Size. The Initial Artboard Size can be changed at any point without ruining your own artwork. Use the Properties Panel to Scale Artwork and Artboards. ACTION STEP: Create a "Building Template" that includes Artboard Size, Resource Images, and Template Layers. For your own artwork, pick a "Building" Artboard Size you can use for your Website and Social Media Postings. Most sites use a 1080px as its base size to modify for Landscape, Square, or Portrait. → ARTBOARD SIZE FINDER / SOCIAL MEDIA SIZE FINDER / POD SIZE FINDER
ARTBOARD SIZE FINDER: Not sure what size to set up your artboard before you start designing? Tap a card below to see the exact pixel dimensions, color mode, and resolution for logos, brand marks, profile icons, and common digital canvas sizes — so you're set up correctly in Adobe Illustrator before you draw a single line.
→ ARTBOARD SIZE FINDER



FREE RESOURCES: For your artwork and designs, I have created a printable checklist to help you find free resources online. This will be a good starting lists for stock photos, colors, and fonts. Before you open Illustrator for the first time, everything on this checklist should be done as it relates to Free Resource Setup. These are one-time setup steps — complete them now and your workflow will be faster and less interrupted from the very first session.

ANCHOR POINT GUIDES: Select your workflow, type in your subject, and this tool assembles a detailed AI image generation prompt designed specifically for Adobe Illustrator practice exercises — Choose from anchor point guides, tablet sketch construction diagrams, and shape-based Pathfinder breakdowns, across three difficulty levels. → PRACTICE EXERCISE PROMPT BUILDER



TEMPLATE LAYER: In the Layers Panel, drop down in the menu for Template (50%) or double click on the layer for properties (Dim 10-30%). Lock Layer. Create a New Layer above for Building.







CARTOON BRUSHES: Most people get stuck at one of two spots — they have a sketch, but can't build and ink it cleanly in Adobe Illustrator. This combo fixes both ends: sixteen AI prompts turn your rough sketch into clean, professional cartoon linework, formatted for Midjourney, Gemini, ChatGPT Images, Kittl, and Canva — then the actual 70-brush library lets you finish and edit it by hand in Illustrator.





COLOR PALETTE GENERATOR: Pick a starting color — type a word like "forest" or "cozy," paste a hex code, or use the color picker — and get a complete 5-color palette built on real color theory. Switch between analogous, complementary, triadic, and four other harmony rules, lock the colors you want to keep, and export as CSS, PNG, or plain hex codes. Built for t-shirt designers, POD sellers, and anyone picking colors for a new brand. → COLOR PALETTE GENERATOR

SAVING + OPENING: If you have a CC Account, simply click Add to Library from Adobe Color. If you don't have a CC Account, download Color Swatches from Adobe Color as an ASE File. Open Swatch Libraries from the “Other Library” Option. If you added to your Library (CC). Open from the Library Panel. LEARNING TARGET (1): Save or Download Free Color Swatches for your own artwork and designs. LEARNING TARGET (2): Open through the Swatches Panel or Library.
SOCIAL MEDIA SIZE GUIDE: The exact pixel dimensions for every major social platform — feed posts, stories, covers, banners, and profile images. Tap any platform below to see its full specs: dimensions, resolution, color mode, file format, and a quick tip on what to watch for before you design. Covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and X (Twitter). → SOCIAL MEDIA SIZE GUIDE






































































































