Course Description

THE RATIONALE

This course illustrates the step-by-step key techniques for working in Illustrator CC. The 15 project-based lessons show participants the key techniques for realizing your creative potential with Adobe Illustrator CC. Following hands-on step-by-step projects, participants create logos, illustrations, posters, and more.

Explore the Essentials workspace that makes learning Illustrator even easier. Learn how to use the Shaper tool and Live Shapes along with dynamic symbols to streamline graphics creation. Create website assets and export them in multiple formats to support modern responsive web designs. From exacting illustration to free-form painting, you’ll build a solid foundation in Illustrator as you progress through the training.

THE COURSE OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop necessary technical skills required to create computer generated digital artwork for print and other media using Adobe Illustrator CC.
• Use the Illustrator Workspace, Tools and Panels
• Create Graphics using various vector production methods
• Include Text in Compositions
• Apply Colour to Graphics using basic methods
• Work with Layers
• Save files correctly to suit media requirements
• Use Live Effects and Symbols
• Create Graphics in Perspective
• Apply Masking techniques

 THE COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover the following:

THE ILLUSTRATOR WORKSPACE

• Choosing a workspace
• Using existing Adobe Illustrator files and making new files
• Using and Manage Workspaces
• The document window
• Importing artwork
• Creating and using multiple Artboards
• Changing your view and screen modes
• Preview versus Outlines
• Navigating the artboard
• Using Tools
• Using Panels
• The Control Panel
• Ruler Guides
• Using the Grid
• Using Smart Guides

GRAPHIC CREATION

• Vector Path Fundamentals
• Using the shape tools
• Selecting artwork
• Repositioning and resizing shapes
• Using the Transform panel and tools
• Adding a Fill and Stroke to document elements
• Using Layers when building a document
• Working with Groups
• Adding “Live” Effects
• Linking and Embedding images
• Transparency and Blending modes
• Compound paths
• Using the Pathfinder Panel
• Creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool
• Combining and Subtracting shapes
• Transforming using values
• Aligning and Distributing

COLOUR BASICS

• Colour Models and Modes
• Colour Measuring
• Basics of the Appearance panel
• Creating and changing colours
• Creating a Colourful illustration
• Using Live Paint
• Creating and applying Gradients
• Using the Gradient Panel and Gradient tool
• Creating Blends
• Colour swatches
• Using Pantone colours and spot Colour printing.

WORKING WITH DRAWING TOOLS

• Path Fundamentals
• Working with the Pen tool
• Using the Shaper tool
• Using the Curvature tool
• Manually tracing images
• Placing an image as a template
• Other drawing tools
• Cutting paths with various tools
• Refining and joining paths
• Using the Puppet Warp Tool

IMAGE TRACE

• Working with Image Trace
• Using the Tracing Presets
• The Image Trace panel
• Understanding tracing options
• Expanding Image Traced artwork.

WORKING WITH AND FORMATTING TEXT

• Illustrator text tools
• Character formatting
• Paragraph formatting;
• Creating Paragraph and Character Styles
• Text on a path
• Touch Type Tool
• Warping text
• Text in a shape
• Creating Text outlines
• Creating print documents using Illustrator

WORKING WITH LAYERS

• Organising your Illustrations documents with Layers
• Getting to know the Layers panel
• Layer management
• Using the Layers panel to make selections
• Isolation mode
• Creating new layers and moving items between layers
• Nested layers and sublayers
• Using Template layers.

SAVING ILLUSTRATOR FILES

• Save and exporting graphics
• File Formats and what and when to use
• Exporting files to other applications
• managing Colour
• Printing and exporting transparency
• Rasterizing images
• Printing Illustrator images
• Saving and optimizing images for the web.

STROKES

• Setting Strokes attributes
• Variable width Strokes
• Gradient on strokes
• Dashed strokes
• Applying brushes to strokes
• Using the Strokes panel
• Using Arrowheads
• Applying multiple Strokes

EFFECTS

• Applying non destructive Effects
• Types of Effects
• Appearance panel
• Graphic Styles panel
• Applying Multiple Fills and Strokes
• Saving Styles
• Expanding Appearances

SYMBOLS

• Using and Editing Symbols
• Symbols panel
• Isolation mode
• Symbol Libraries
• Creating your own symbols
• Symbolizer Tools.

CLIPPING MASKS

• Creating Clipping Masks
• Working non destructively
• Editing Clipping Masks
• Applying and Releasing Clipping Masks
• Using Draw Inside

PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

• Drawing new objects in perspective
• Perspective grid presets
• Applying existing artwork to your perspective work
• Release objects with perspective
• Selecting objects in perspective
• Transforming objects
• Adding text and symbols in perspective
• Perspective Grid settings
• Using a template image as a guide

WORKING WITH LIVE PAINT

• Creating a Live Paint group
• Setting Gap Detection options
• Using the Live Paint Bucket and Selection tool

TARGET AUDIENCE

Anyone who wants to start using Illustrator in their career and get paid for their Illustrator skills

Newbie, amateurs, graphic designers, motion graphics artists and any creative individual who want to design their own graphics from scratch.

Delivery Method: Combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations

Requirements: Any version of Adobe Illustrator, preferably the CC (Creative Cloud) version.

No prior knowledge or experience with Illustrator is required

Venue:

Fee:

Duration: 1 week

Course Date: May 22nd – 26th 2023