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Are you ready to unleash your creativity and take your graphic design skills to the next level? Our Adobe Illustrator course is the perfect choice for anyone seeking to create beautiful, professional-grade illustrations and designs. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced designer, this comprehensive course will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to create stunning designs for print and digital media.
With expert instruction, hands-on learning, and a focus on best practices, you’ll be able to create everything from logos and branding to digital illustrations and infographics. And with a focus on preparing you for the Adobe Certified Professional Exam, you’ll have the opportunity to take a practice exam and be thoroughly prepared to become a certified professional in Adobe Illustrator. Enroll in our Adobe Illustrator course today and take the first step towards creating designs that will set you apart in today’s competitive market.
Are you ready to unleash your creativity and take your graphic design skills to the next level? Our Adobe Illustrator course is the perfect choice for anyone seeking to create beautiful, professional-grade illustrations and designs. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced designer, this comprehensive course will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to create stunning designs for print and digital media. With expert instruction, hands-on learning, and a focus on best practices, you’ll be able to create everything from logos and branding to digital illustrations and infographics. And with a focus on preparing you for the Adobe Certified Professional Exam, you’ll have the opportunity to take a practice exam and be thoroughly prepared to become a certified professional in Adobe Illustrator. Enroll in our Adobe Illustrator course today and take the first step towards creating designs that will set you apart in today’s competitive market.
With Adobe Illustrator, students will learn the fundamentals of the interface, learn how to create and export files that are compatible with web video and print, create basic to advanced shapes, learn and master the pen tool, work with color, create masks and work with transparencies, create and format text, create graphs and charts with real-world data.
Each session is three hours long and offered once per week.
This week will introduce you to Adobe Illustrator, its interface, and the difference between vector and raster graphics. You will learn how to create and save a new Illustrator file, and explore the basic shapes and tools available in Illustrator. You will also be introduced to online resources for Adobe Illustrator.
This week will focus on the pen tool and anchor points, and how to create and edit basic shapes and objects. You will also learn how to use the shape builder tool and understand layers and the layer panel.
This week will cover the type tool, formatting text, creating and editing paragraph styles, and using the Glyphs panel. You will also learn how to work with type on a path.
This week will cover the type tool, formatting text, creating and editing paragraph styles, and using the Glyphs panel. You will also learn how to work with type on a path.
This week will cover working with fonts and typography resources, formatting text with character styles, creating and editing text wraps, designing logos with typography, and creating complex typography effects.
This week will cover digital illustration techniques such as using the pen tool and other drawing tools, creating and using custom brushes, using the Appearance panel for digital illustrations, and applying digital illustration techniques to design projects.
This week will cover using the Image Trace panel, tracing and vectorizing images, converting bitmap images to vector graphics, and creating clean and accurate vector graphics. You will also learn how to work with the Trace Options panel.
This week will cover understanding infographics and their purpose, using the graph tool to create charts and graphs, creating and editing infographics, using typography to enhance infographics, and applying design principles to infographics.
This week will cover understanding color theory, using the color panel in Illustrator, applying color to shapes, objects, and text, creating and editing color swatches, ad working with gradients and color effects.
This week will cover understanding the importance of logos, designing logos with vector graphics, using typography in logos, creating memorable and effective logos, and applying design principles to logo design.
This week will cover creating and using templates in Illustrator, understanding layout and design principles, using grids and guides for layout, creating and using master pages, and applying layout and design principles to design projects.
This week will cover importing images into Illustrator, using the image crop tool, using the texture panel, creating and editing texture swatches, and applying textures to shapes and objects.
This week will cover understanding web and mobile design principles, designing graphics for web and mobile, using the export options in Illustrator, creating and optimizing SVG graphics, and designing graphics for mobile apps.
This week will cover understanding print design principles, setting up documents for print, creating and using print templates, working with bleed and trim marks, and applying print design principles to design projects.
This week will focus on applying all the skills learned throughout the course to a final project, reviewing and revising design work, preparing for the Adobe Certified Professional exam, and taking practice tests.
Final Review
Practice Exam
Program Cost
$1,495
LTU ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS PAY:
$1,000
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