Adobe Illustrator Basic

Course overview

The Adobe Illustrator Basic course is aimed at delegates with little to no experience and aims to allow them to confidently and independently create designs and layouts using vector graphics.

Topics covered

Fundamentals

  • Introduction to illustrator
  • Artboards
  • Creating documents
  • Terminology
  • Navigation techniques
  • Help files

Eyedropper, paint bucket and pen tool

  • Tools
  • Text overflow
  • Paragraph pallettes
  • Type path tools
  • Copying and pasting elements
  • Simple lines and paths
  • Combining path types
  • Modifying paths

Fills and colour

  • Applying colour to artwork
  • Colour books
  • Stroke options
  • Swatch libraries
  • Transparency effect
  • Gradients
  • Distortion filters

Drawing/transforming tools

  • Measurements tool
  • Paints attributers palette
  • Custom colours
  • Producing patterns
  • Magnification and reduction
  • Moving, rotating and scaling
  • Object drag

Delivery methodology

(Face-to-face or virtual delivery available)

Small groups

Ideally 6-8 delegates to maximise engagement and interaction levels.

One-to-one

We also provide one-to-one 90 minute support workshops to provide targeted individual support (specific topics to be selected).

Tailored sessions

Talk to us about designing bespoke workshops for your team