Monika Gause

Monika Gause

About

Monika Gause is a graphic designer based in Hamburg, Germany. After being involved in the production of a couple of interactive installations in museums she is now a freelancer designing mostly for print. She teaches workshops and speaks at conferences. Monika is a lecturer at Designschule Schwerin and has produced a couple of LinkedIn Learning (formerly video2brain) trainings on Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer and Inkscape.

Her »Adobe Illustrator Praxisbuch« has been published in its 9th edition in 2023. She celebrates her love for vector graphics writing about it for German design and computer magazines. As an active Adobe Community Expert she is helping people in Adobe’s online forums, in Facebook groups and wherever she comes across an interesting problem.

Speaking at these events

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The Design + AI Summit 2026
April 9–10An Online Event

Learn the AI techniques that help you save time, improve results, and stay relevant.

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Interview with Monika Gause, Print Designer and Illustrator Expert

Q&A with Monika Gausse, who is presenting at the 2026 Design + AI Summit for CreativePro.

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Understanding Illustrator File Formats

Understanding Illustrator file formats such as AI, PDF, SVG, or EPS can save you some headaches down the line.

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Stacking Effects in Illustrator

Learn how ignoring a warning can give you the power to create unique effects in Illustrator artwork

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How to Improve Custom Brushes in Illustrator

Learn how to manipulate custom brushes in Illustrator, including fixing the odd results that can happen when a brush’s path overlaps itself.

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Vintage Vectors: The Enduring Power of Blends in Illustrator

Take a deep dive into the amazing power of vector blends.

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What’s New in Illustrator: The July 2022 Release (Version 26.4)

Numbered and Bulleted Lists, a History panel, and new 3D features have been added to Illustrator.

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How to Apply Custom Graph Marker Designs in Illustrator

Adding attractive (and legible) custom markers to graphs in Illustrator isn’t hard. So you never have to settle for ugly graphs.

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Expanding Artwork in Illustrator

Learn the benefits and consequences of rendering live effects as real vectors.

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Applying Custom Designs to Illustrator Graphs

Learn how to improve Illustrator graphs with custom column designs and labeled data points

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CPW Icons

June 29–July 3, 2026

Nashville, TN (and online)