Master the art of Adobe Illustrator in just 5 days with this comprehensive course offered by Training Connection. From interface navigation to complex illustrations, you'll learn all the tips, tricks, techniques, and shortcuts professional designers use in the real world. Ideal for designers, marketers, and aspiring graphic designers.
This is our most comprehensive Illustrator course, taking you from beginner to master in 5 days. Our trainer will take you step-by-step through a series of Real World projects and show you how the best professional designers use Adobe Illustrator in the Real World. You will learn hundred of tips, tricks, techniques and shortcuts so that you master this program. By the end of the week, you'll be designing complex illustrations.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for designers, marketers and anyone who is pursuing a career in graphic design. No prior experience of Illustrator is needed. Training available on both Mac and PC.
Course Outline
Introduction: Interface & Navigation
In this lesson, you will explore the interface and navigation of Adobe Illustrator - the World's no. 1 vector editing program.
Icon Design
In this lesson, you will create basic icon shapes to begin to master some of the key fundamental features and tools in Illustrator.
The Pen Tool: Tracing & Coloring Artwork
In this lesson, you will use the ultimate precision path creation tool in Illustrator, the Pen Tool.
Type Basics
In this lesson, you will learn the fundamentals of working with text and text formatting in Adobe Illustrator.
Rock 'n' Roll Vector Poster Design
In this lesson, you will take what you have learned so far as well as a few new features, to create an event poster.
Exporting for the Web
In this lesson, we will be exploring the best way to finish your artwork and export it for websites, social media and beyond.
Compounding Shapes
In this lesson, you will learn how to combine shapes into a single shape known as compound shape.
Complex Shapes
In this lesson, you will use the powerful Pathfinder Tool to create compound and other types of unique custom shapes.
The Pathfinder in Practice
In this lesson, you will harness the power of the Pathfinder Panel and some new techniques to create some logos.
Use & Create Symbols
In this lesson, you will learn about Symbols in Illustrator. This will allow you to save your art and then distribute it in various ways.
Typography
Time to delve deeper into the world of typography and explore more panels and text path effects to expand your artistic abilities.
The Gate: Feature Film
Use what you have learned in previous lessons in some new ways to create a title for a feature film and brand called THE GATE.
Color like a Pro
Jump into Illustrator Swatches panel to manage and create color. We will also explore setting up a more convenient color workflow for projects.
Social Media: Design & Workflow
Use your skills in Illustrator and the power of multiple artboards to create several social posts tailored for the most popular networks.
Dance for Me: Puppet Warp Project
In this lesson, we will explore one of the newer features known as the Puppet Warp Tool. This tool allows you to articulate vector images in a fluid way.
Tool Exploration
In this lesson, you will use Illustrator's weird WARP tools to enhance text elements. You have used them before, but now it's time to go further.
Cross-Application Roundtripping
In this lesson, we are going to take art created in the previous lesson and move it to Photoshop to add texture and more.
Zombie Party! Multi-page Brochure
In this lesson, you will harness all that you've learned as well as learn a few more tricks to create a Zombie Party brochure for print.
Faux 3D Buttons - Advanced Design Techniques
In this lesson, you will use the powerful Appearance panel to create a simulated 3D button - a skill that can be used to crate amazing art in Illustrator.
Infographic Design
In this lesson, you will harness Illustrator graphing tools and other features to create infographics.
Typography-Based Design Work
In this lesson, you will use several tools and techniques to create a Typography-based poster.
Advanced Tracing - Live Trace & Live Paint
This lesson will delve into Illustrator's power conversion features Live Trace and Live Paint to explain the good, the bad and ugly.
Repetitive Art - Patterns & Transformations
In this lesson, you will use Illustrator's amazing Pattern Maker as well as a few hidden features to create amazing repetitive artwork.
Advanced Blending Modes
In this exercise, we will use the infamous Blending Modes to create complex blending effects on your images.
Text & Graphics: Formatting Techniques
In this lesson, you will learn more methods on combining text and graphics to create a one-page article.
Vector Brushes
In this lesson, you will not only learn how to use vector brushes in Illustrator, you will learn how to create them.
Vector 3D Art
In this lesson, you will use 3D Effects in Illustrator to create two very different types of 3D vector artwork.
Raster & Vector - Mixing Artwork
In this lesson, you will learn how to combine Raster and Vector graphic design together and learn how to manage their relationship in Illustrator.
Advanced Color - Conversions & beyond
In this lesson, you will learn use some of the most powerful coloring features in Illustrator to alter and convert your artwork.
Perspective - Design Workflow
Use the powerful Perspective Grid in Illustrator to create 3D looking perspective vector artwork.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
Please note: Free retake/refresher should be coordinated directly with the school
All cancellations and rescheduling requests must be made in writing and emailed to [email protected]
We are unable to offer refunds for cancellations.
While we make every effort to deliver classes as scheduled, we reserve the right to reschedule previously confirmed classes for a variety of reasons including but not exclusively, the illness of the Trainer. In such cases, we will endeavor to inform the Client as soon as possible of the new training dates. We are not liable for any additional expenses incurred as a result of rescheduling training.
We are not able to offer refunds for no-shows or uncompleted courses.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
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