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          Discover high quality drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator. You will start with an overview of Illustrator and work on lessons that will step you into a greater skill level. Discover the unique features of Illustrator, including how to create logos, professional type effects, complex airbrush effects and color control. You will learn the industry standard program for print and online graphics. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.
 
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         Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. We highly recommend working with the application tutorial before coming to the course.
 
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Getting to Know the Work Area
• Viewing artwork
• Using the illustrator tools
• Changing the view of artwork
• Working with palettes
• Using context menus
• Using online help

Creating Basic Shapes
• Setting up the document
• Using the basic shape tools
• Drawing a the pencil shape
• Drawing the piece of stationery
• Drawing with the rectangular gid tool
• Decorating the stationery border
• Tips for drawing polygons, spirals, and stars
• Painting the logo
• Copying and scaling shapes

Painting
• Filling with color
• Stroking with color
• Building a custom palette
• Copying paint attributes
• Copying appearance attributes
• Saturating colors
• Painting with patterns and gradients
• Painting with a Pattern brush

Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Drawing straight lines
• Drawing curves
• Editing curves
• Finishing the pear illustration

Working with Brushes
• Applying brushes to paths
• Using Art brushes
• Using Scatter brushes
• Changing the color attributes of brushes
• Using a fill color with brushes
• Using Calligraphic brushes
• Using Pattern brushes
• Painting with symbols
• Creating brushes

Transforming Objects
• Scaling objects
• Rotating objects
• Distorting objects
• Shearing objects
• Positioning objects precisely
• Reflecting objects
• Changing perspective
• Using the Free Transform tool
• Working with symbols
• Making multiple transformations
• Modifying and refining a symbol

Working with Type
• Adding type to a document
• Sampling type
• Changing the character size
• Reshaping text with an envelope
• Creating columns of type
• Changing character attributes of placed text
• Changing paragraph attributes
• Adjusting the text flow
• Wrapping type around a graphic
• Typing along a path
• Creating type outlines
• Creating type masks
• Saving your file for electronic distribution

Blending Shapes and Colors
• Creating a gradient fill
• Adjusting the direction of a gradient blend
• Adding colors to a gradient
• Creating smooth-color blends
• Blending intermediate steps
• Modifying the blend
• Combining blends with gradients

Using Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects
• Using Appearance attributes
• Using live effects• Editing an effect
• Using styles
• Copying, applying, and removing styles and appearances
• Printing and saving files with transparency effects