Illustrator Creative Challenges. November & December 2024

Below you’ll find a collection of all of the Illustrator Creative Challenges on Adobe Live for October 2024. These were all around the holidays so there’s a transition from fall to winter themed content. The starter files, videos, and final art are included, if you want to create along with me!

Masking with Type

Skills Challenge; Create type designs using clipping masks and opacity masks on text while learning different use cases for the types of masks in Illustrator.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 1, text effects. Frost on a light blue background, stylized ice text with highlights, extruded, light surface texture, and reflection.

Custom Can Packaging

Marketing Challenge; Design a custom beverage label that can be used for print and mock-ups with simple shapes, gradients, and type.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 2, can label design and mock-up. Left side design layout. "Winter Cranberry, Joy, Craft Soda, 12oz," green gradient background and large pink circles framing top and bottom with "Joy" in script in the middle. Placeholder nutrition facts on the back. Right, aluminum can mock-up.

Bandana Design with Symmetry

Skills Challenge; Use the repeat tools to easily create a symmetrical bandana design. Keep your file organized using the selection tools to easily edit similar assets.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 3, bandana design. Pattern made of pumpkins, leaves, and acorns. Warm colors, yellow, orange, maroon, dark green.

Parade Floats

Illustration Challenge; Use Illustrator’s 3D effects to extrude and inflate your own holiday parade floats.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 4, parade float. 3D Extruded gingerbread man with detailed mapped to the surface for face and icing. Light gray city silhouette in the background, 3 people carrying the float in the foreground.

Halftone Type

Illustration Challenge; Create a fully editable halftone effect with type using gradients and the appearance panel to stack multiple effects.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 5, halftone type. Left, green background and yellow "holiday cheer" halftone type and texture. Right, back of postcard, placeholder copy, stamp, and address area.

Holiday Sticker Pack

Typography Challenge; Create a holiday sticker pack using simple shapes and a consistent color palette. Use an offset path to create cut lines. Reuse elements to add a header to brand your sticker sheet.

Adobe Illustrator Challenge 6, Sticker sheet. Purple, blue, and pink. Holiday sticker pack, hat, bow, mittens, bell, gift bag, and boot stickers, stylized line.