Two-Day Intro to Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp | Washington, D.C.

About this workshop series

Bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector graphics software, used by designers and illustrators who want to create digital graphics, logos, illustrations, and composition layouts. Students will set up their workspaces and learn the essential tools to create visually compelling designs for both print and web.

Takeaways

• Learn the essential tools and panels.
• Learn smart guides, artboards, layers, placing images, etc.
• Learn how to draw and live tracing with the pen tool.
• Learn how to scale, rotate, opacity, etc.
• Learn gradients, pathfinders, stroke, textures, patterns, effects, etc.
• Produce a business card, landing page, logo, patterns, resume template, and wireframes.

Prereqs & Preparation

This is an introductory bootcamp design for first time and beginning Adobe Illustrator users. No prior experience with Adobe Illustrator is required for this class. All students must be able to bring a laptop for each day, preferably a Mac. You will need to have Adobe Illustrator version CS6 and above installed for the start of the class. The full version of Adobe Illustraotr CS6 or the free 30-day trial version of it can be found at http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.