What you will learn

• How to navigate the Illustrator environment
• Methods to create documents and basic shapes
• Working with colors, swatches, and fill and stroke
• Organize a project and work with layers and artboards
• Discover advanced illustration techniques

How you will benefit

• Students will benefit by gaining skills with the Adobe Illustrator program
• Gain confidence in your ability to create stunning graphics
• Open the door for new employment and freelance opportunities

1. Getting to Know the Illustrator Environment

   1. Menus and Navigation
   2. Panels
   3. Tools
   4. Workspace
   5. Rulers and Guides
   6. File Management
   7. Exercise: Illustrator Environment

2. Getting Started

3. Creating a Project

4. Create a New Document

5. Exercise: Create New Document

6. Creating Basic Shapes

7. Selection

8. Using Drawing Modes

9. Exercise: Draw components of the project

10. Working with Colors

11. Working with Swatches

12. Fill and Stroke Attributes

13. Exercise: Format Artwork

14. Organizing a Project

15. Organizing a Project

16. Creating Layers and Sublayers

17. Layer options

18. Layer Organization

19. Exercise: Work with Layers

20. Artboards

21. Working with Duplication of Artboards

22. Exercise: Artboards and Duplication

23. Creating Advanced Illustrations

24. Using Advanced Techniques

25. Using the Pencil Tool

26. Exercise: Drawing with the Pencil Tool

27. Using the Pen Tool

28. Exercise: Drawing with the Pen Tool

29. Using the Line Tools

30. Exercise: Drawing with the Line Tools

31. Transforming Objects

32. Align and Distribute Objects

33. Liquefy Tools

34. Working with Grouped Objects

35. Exercise: Manipulate Project Components

36. Advanced Management of Shapes

37. Management of Shapes

38. Working with Appearance

39. Exercise: Appearance Panel

40. Working with Pathfinder

41. Working with Shape Builder Tool

42. Exercise: Path and Shape Builder Tools

43. Working with Coloring and Painting

44. Live Paint

45. Creating Patterns

46. Exercise: Brushes and Patterns

47. Using Gradient Tools

48. Exercise: Gradients

49. Working with Graphic Styles

50. Exercise: Styles

51. Working with Type

52. Working with Type

53. Create Text

54. Format Text

55. Exercise: Creating Types of Text

56. Working with Styles

57. Using Tabs

58. Exercise: Styles and Tabs

59. Working with Glyphs

60. Converting Type to Outlines

61. Exercise: Type to Outlines

62. Managing Project Components

63. Project Components

64. Reusing Design Elements

65. Custom Art Brush

66. Sharing Color Themes

67. Exercise: Reuse

68. Import Text and Thread Text Frames

69. Import Styles

70. Import Artwork

71. Exercise: Import

72. Manage Linked and Embedded Project Components

73. Exercise: Working with Linked Content

74. Sharing Your Project

75. Sharing your project

76. Proofing Tools

77. Preview Project

78. Exercise: Proof

79. Printing

80. Export Options

81. Save for Video

82. Save for Web

83. Generate CSS

84. Exercise: Print and Export

85. Package a Project

Prerequisites:

There are no specific prerequisites for this program, but experience with basic software programs such as Microsoft Word is recommended.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 11.0 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Illustrator (not included in enrollment)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.