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Adobe Illustrator Beginners Short Course

Course description

Used by designers for creating patterns and digital artwork, Illustrator allows designers to scale up to any size without losing quality. As part of Adobe Creative Suite, it integrates seamlessly with InDesign, Photoshop and Flash.

Course Outcomes
By the end of this course you should be able to:

  • Make a simple and impactful logo design
  • Make a professional looking vector illustration
  • Incorporate bitmap and vector images onto an integrated design

Who Should Attend
Artists and designers wishing to learn the fundamentals of vector design. The course gives an introduction to the building blocks of the software enabling students to develop their own vector image portfolio.

Level
Beginner: You do not need any prior knowledge.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

  • Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
  • New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that’s crystal clear and easy to understand.

Experience life on campus

  • Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
  • Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
  • Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
  • Ask questions of your tutor in real time
  • Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
  • Experience the many sights of London on your down time

A certificate of completion:

  • You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
  • As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
  • We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
  • Certificates are great to complement your CV

Available dates

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Details

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to the Illustrator environment
  • Creating vector shapes
  • Creating and amending a path
  • The pen tool
  • Colours and fills
  • Gradients
  • Strokes and fill effects
  • Basic typography - outlining in text
  • Grouping vector elements
  • Isolation mode
  • Pathfinder and compound shapes
  • Using patterns
  • Symbols and the symbol sprayer
  • Incorporating bitmap images - linking files
  • Saving Illustrator documents
  • File formats and what format to use

Materials

Please bring with you to the first session:

  • A notepad and pen 
  • Laptop

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This course will teach you key skills of Adobe Illustrator, an industry standard for the creation of vector graphics. You will learn the fundamentals of the software, its range of tools and some more advanced techniques to create vector illustrations.

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