Course Outline

Illustrator Creative Cloud is an illustration and drawing program excelling at the creation and output of vector graphics. It is used widely in industries such as graphic design, web design, desktop publishing, illustration, in fact wherever there is a need to create print-based and digital art.

We will be designing a simple logo using Illustrator’s drawing and shape tools, then placing this logo into a business card design and creating a file suitable for print using a standard commercial template. We will also be creating a multi-page PDF containing photographs, formatted text content and then exporting for both web and print.

The course includes

• Introducing Illustrator Creative Cloud
• Essential Techniques
• Document Setup
• Drawing Shapes
• Colour and Strokes
• Reshaping Objects
• Gradients and Patterns
• Layering and Arranging Objects
• Text and Images
• Libraries and Templates
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Applying Effects
• Document Output

Prerequisites

Students must have Illustrator CC (Creative Cloud) software installed on their computer
Students must have good skills with PC or Mac