Adobe Illustrator:  The Tool Bar

Selection Tool (V): Select single objects or click and drag to select multiple opbjects. Hold shift to add or remove objects from your selection.

Direct Selection Tool (A): Select individual anchor points, sides of objects or groups of anchor points. Also can be used to manipulate handles of anchor points.

Magic Wand (Y): Select like objects with a single click.

Lasso Tool (Q): Circle objects that you want to select.
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Pen Tool (P) Add/Delete (+/-), Convert Anchor Tool (Shift C):
Create bent paths both open and closed. Add points, delete points, and bend paths.
Link: Pen Tool Guide

Type Tool (T):
Communicating with Typography
Link: Type Tool Guide
Kerning Game: Sharpen your typography skills

Line (\), Grid, Polar Grid Tools:
Adobe's Quick Run Down of these RAD Tools.

Rectangle (M), Elipse (L), Polygon, Start Tools:
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Brush Tool (B):
Paint with brushes. 
Link: Brush Tool Guide
​Link: Adobe Brush Guide

Pencil (N), Smooth and Path Eraser Tools:
Pencil Tool Guide

Blob Brush Tool (Shift B):
The Blob Brush Tool in Action

Eraser (Shift E), Knife (C), & Scissors Tools:
Cutting, Dividing, and Trimming Objects by Adobe

Width, Warp, Twirl,  Pucker, Bloat, and More Tools:
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Shape Builder Tool (Shift M):
SBT for Dummies

Live Paint Bucket:
Live Paint Bucket without messing up lines. 1M Video.

Perspective Grid Tool:
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Symbol Sprayer Tools:


Artboard Tool: Change the size or format of your artboard.

Slice Tool: Divides a design into spaces for web design.

Hand Tool:

Zoom Tool ( Cmd + / Cmd - ): 

Vector Overlays:

Placing Images into Illustrator Documents:
  • Drag and drop an image into an existing AI document. (Don't open an image with AI)
  • Another way is to choose File> Place and select your image file. 
  • After the image is in AI click Embed at the top of your screen. 

Transferring Your Own Images to your Computer:
If you have no idea how to get any of your best duck face selfies onto your computer from your smartphone now is the time to learn. 

One way is to use the Drive App:
  1. Install the app on your device.
  2. Login with your school account. 
  3. Click the + button.
  4. Select the images you want to transfer from your photos, select a desired folder, and don't forget to click upload.
  5. On your computer, login to your school google account. 
  6. Find your drive folder and download your images to your computer.

If you don't have data or wifi you can connect using a charger cord:
  1. This method may not work with all android devices. 
  2. Open the Preview App to view an iOS device.
  3. Select only the photos you want to download. 
  4. Click download selected. 

Window> Panels:

Graphic Styles Panel:
Link: Graphic Styles by Adobe

Gradient Panel:
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Image Trace:
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Pathfinder Panel:
Comprehensive Guide to the Pathfinder Panel

Stroke Panel:
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Resources: 

Inspiration:
Wild and Crazy Hair 
25 Fantastic Portraits
20 Beautiful Portraits on Abuduzeedo

EXCELLENT COLLECTION of Vector Portrait Tutorials on VectorTuts.
Pinterest: Illustrator...explore what's out there.

Geometric Pattern Tutorial


Ten Amazing AI Tips! Great Ideas to dive into.
Tutorials: Look to these tutorials and try and incorporate them into your project:

Adobe User Guides:
Complete Beginner User Guide 
​Adobe User Guide
Adobe Beginner Users Guide
Adobe Tutorials

Comprehensive Guides:
Guide to the Brush Tool
Guide to the Pen Tool 


Portrait Step by Step Tutorials:
Quick Vector Portrait from a Photo
Great Line Art Technique
Vector Face from a Photo
Imitating a Scanner Darkly Technique

HAIR HAIR HAIR!!!
This tutorial has an excellent hair technique
Create Dynamic Hair
More on  Dynamic Shiny Hair
Vector Hair with Brushes

Vectoring Skin Techniques
Downloads:
Royalty Free Vector Graphics
Vecteezy.com
Brushes to DL for AI