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London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT |
Day One
Get to grips with the essentials in no time
• Understand Illustrator's unique role in the design industry
• Explore, adjust and personalise Illustrator's interface to suit your work
• Learn speed tips, shortcuts and good practice
• Edit existing Illustrator documents
• Create Illustrator documents of any size, with any number of artboards optimised for print, video, web or mobile devices
Create original graphics with shapes
• Explore ways to select and edit artwork
• Explore the building blocks of great art
• Combine simple shapes to make complex shapes
Fill your world with colour
• Understand and work with RGB and CMYK colours
• Mix, apply, update, and organise your own branded colours and tints
• Add depth to your work with gradients
• Experiment with simple pattern fills
Create original artwork with drawing and painting tools
• Create freeform and straight paths with the Pencil tool
• Draw straight lines and smooth curves with precision and ease
• Manipulate, edit and refine your artwork
• Join artwork together by combining paths
Magically create art with Illustrator's AI features
• Create editable graphics using simple text prompts
• Experiment with settings to create patterns, icons, or scenes
• Transform your designs by referencing the aesthetics, colours, and design elements of a sample artwork.
Cut a dashing line with Illustrator's stroke options
• Introducing stroke options
• Draw attention with dots and dashes
• Create new shapes from paths
Learn how to save time and effort as you manipulate your artwork
• Rotate, reflect, and skew your artwork
• Speed up your workflow by transforming multiple elements simultaneously
• Cut, reshape, and combine with other artwork elements
Day Two
Create eye-catching headlines and text
• Explore Illustrator's powerful typographical controls for formatting text
• Manipulate letterforms to create attention grabbing headlines or copy which beautifully complement your graphics
Take full control of complex graphics
• Learn how to use rulers, guides, and smart guides to work effectively and accurately
• Lock, group and hide content
• Rework grouped elements
• Control object hierarchy
• Align content for visual appeal
• Take control of complex graphics with powerful layer functionality
Create pixel-perfect artwork for web and social media
• Explore digital design tools and workflows
• Design artwork assets for mobile, web or social media using artboards
• Add multiple designs and versions with artboards
• Keep artwork precise with a grid
• Seamlessly align your artwork with the pixel grid
• Save your design elements or even whole artboards to JPG, SVG and PNG file formats for use on the web, social media, in-app content, and more
Manage your design assets and your time
• Build a reusable custom library of icons, illustrations, designs, graphics, and colours, and use them anywhere, even in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
• Save time and make friends by sharing your custom assets with colleagues
Present and share your projects
• Turn your Illustrator layouts into press-ready PDFs for your printer, and ultra-compact PDFs optimised for your customers to download and print
Questions & Answers
"Very useful, helpful and patient. Great being able to talk about individual needs and work on examples. Would highly recommend and would attend another course. Great introduction to illustrator. Thank you Peter."