Course description
Adobe Illustrator training course for existing users, expanding your knowledge and teaching skills to streamline the drawing process, speed up your workflows and create slicker drawings and graphics.
Building on the topics taught in our introductory course, this course teaches techniques in the following areas to power-user level:
- Drawing
- Brushes
- Painting
- Objects
- Text
- Charting
- Customisation
- Drawing in perspective
- Layers
- Effects.
Armada has been hosting training in Adobe creative software for over 20 years. Illustrator courses are hosted by highly experienced instructors with vast experience of using Illustrator professionally.
Training is designed for the busy professional, being fast-paced and intensive. The tuition combines lecture, demonstration and practical exercises carried out under guidance. It goes beyond a basic ‘how to’ approach, offering best practice advice. Delegates have ample opportunity to discuss their specific requirements and issues with the trainer.
Delegates receive:
- Comprehensive training materials to refer to throughout the course, and use as a refresher after.
- A certificate confirming successful completion of the Adobe Illustrator course.
- 30 days’ email support from your trainer to help with any post-course issues.
Upcoming start dates
Course Content
Course content
Blending colours, lines and shapes
- Blend tool
- Blending colours
- Blending shapes
- Gradient Mesh tool
Editing colours
- Colour groups
- Recolour artwork
- Search colours and swatches
Advanced type
- Style Sheets – Paragraph and Character
- Using Opentype
- Glyphs panel
- Tabs
- Distorting type
- Type as masks
- Applying bullets and numbers
Advanced effects
- Envelope Distort
- Distort and Transform – Pucker, Bloat
Working with Objects
- Creating and editing patterns
- Creating Radial, Mirror and Grid patterns
- Intertwining objects
Infographics
- Graphs – importing data, creating graphs
- Combining graphics with data
Placing files
- Embedding/linking files
- Unembedding files
- Packaging files
- Multi-file place
- Links panel – managing placed files
Perspective
- Constructing perspective grids
- Drawing in perspective
3D objects
- Rotate, Revolve and Extrude
- Applying surface textures
- Lighting and rendering
Transparency and colour
- Applying transparency
- Overprinting
- Overprint preview
- Flattening artwork
- Transparency masks
Sending to print
- Colour separations
- Print options
Training venue
All our Armada training centres offer excellent training facilities, providing a comfortable environment to learn your new skills.
A computer running licensed Illustrator software is made available to each delegate to practice the techniques taught. You can choose to use a Windows computer or a Mac.
If you prefer not to travel to one of our centres, we also offer this training in our popular live online format.
Which versions of Adobe Illustrator are covered?
Training is based primarily on Adobe Illustrator 2025, but is relevant to all recent versions.
Suitability - Who should attend?
Pre-requisites
It is a prerequisite of this course that you have a good working knowledge of Illustrator, i.e. have attended our Introduction to Illustrator course or have equivalent knowledge through other means.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Delegates receive an e-certificate confirming successful completion of the Adobe Illustrator course.
Course delivery details
Training is designed for the busy professional, being fast-paced and intensive. It is hands-on and practical.
Our trainers teach the necessary theory and demonstrate techniques step-by-step. You then practice the techniques taught on a computer running Illustrator. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
Tuition goes beyond a basic ‘how to’ approach, offering best practice advice and delegates have ample opportunity to discuss their specific requirements and issues with the trainer.
Why choose Armada
4.9 stars Google Review rating
Over 96% delegate experience rating on our Autodesk courses in 2021
5 locations across UK and live online courses
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