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Adobe Illustrator CC is a practical course designed to build essential skills in vector graphics, graphic design, and digital illustration. Learn the Illustrator environment, selections, shapes, objects, colours, and creative workflows while developing professional vector art and illustration techniques.
Develop your Illustrator skills by exploring colour management, typography, object organisation, and advanced creative design techniques. This course provides a structured approach to creating polished graphics, helping learners strengthen their digital illustration abilities and apply effective design principles to creative projects.
Complete your Adobe Illustrator CC learning journey by discovering how to refine, save, and export professional artwork for different uses. Whether you are interested in logo design, typography, vector art, or graphic design, this course helps you confidently create and manage compelling visual designs.
Learners complete an assignment designed to evaluate their understanding of the course content. The assignment is reviewed by qualified tutors who provide personalised feedback, allowing learners to demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills.
After completing the Adobe Illustrator CC course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Adobe Illustrator CC is a powerful vector graphics platform used for creating professional illustrations, logos, branding, and digital artwork. This course helps learners explore drawing tools, shapes, typography, colour, layouts, and vector illustration techniques while developing confidence with essential Illustrator workflows.
Studying Adobe Illustrator CC can strengthen both creative and technical graphic design skills. Learners can create scalable artwork, develop compelling logos and illustrations, and apply professional design techniques to branding, marketing materials, digital media, creative portfolios, and a wide range of visual communication projects.
The Adobe Illustrator CC course has a total study time of 5 hours, 26 minutes. Learners can progress through the programme at a flexible pace, developing practical skills in Adobe Illustrator, vector graphics, digital illustration, logo design, typography, graphic design, vector artwork, creative design, and professional Illustrator workflows.
The Adobe Illustrator CC course has no formal entry requirements, making it suitable for beginners and aspiring graphic designers. An interest in vector graphics, digital illustration, logo design, typography, and creative artwork is beneficial. Basic computer skills, good English, and reliable internet access are recommended for practising Illustrator techniques and completing the online training.
1. What is the Adobe Illustrator CC course?
The Adobe Illustrator CC course introduces learners to professional vector-based design and illustration using Adobe Illustrator. It covers Vector Graphics, Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, Vector Art, Logo Design, Typography, Creative Design, Illustration Techniques, Illustrator Skills, and professional design workflows.
2. Who is the Adobe Illustrator CC course suitable for?
The course is suitable for beginners, aspiring graphic designers, illustrators, logo designers, digital artists, marketing professionals, freelancers, students, and creative professionals who want to develop practical Adobe Illustrator and Vector Graphics skills.
3. What will I learn from the Adobe Illustrator CC course?
You will progress through Getting Started, becoming comfortable with the Illustrator environment, working with selections, and learning drawing techniques. The course helps develop practical skills in Vector Art, Digital Illustration, Typography, Logo Design, and Creative Design.
4. Do I need previous Adobe Illustrator experience?
No. The course begins with fundamental Illustrator concepts and introduces the working environment before progressing to more practical design techniques. It is suitable for learners with little or no previous experience using Adobe Illustrator.
5. What is Adobe Illustrator used for?
Adobe Illustrator is professional vector graphics software used to create logos, illustrations, icons, typography, branding materials, advertisements, packaging designs, and other scalable graphic artwork.
6. What are vector graphics?
Vector Graphics are artwork created from mathematically defined paths, shapes, and points. Unlike raster images, vector artwork can generally be scaled to different sizes without losing its sharpness, making it useful for logos, illustrations, and print design.
| Section 01: Getting Started | |||
| Learning Objectives | 00:03:00 | ||
| Understanding Raster | 00:03:00 | ||
| A Crash Course In Graphic File Formats | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 02: Getting Comfortable in the Illustrator Environment | |||
| Opening, Creating and Working with Multiple Documents | 00:10:00 | ||
| A Tour Of The Illustrator Interface | 00:10:00 | ||
| Customizing The Illustrator Environment | 00:09:00 | ||
| Saving Saving Interface Workspaces | 00:03:00 | ||
| Zooming and Navigation Techniques | 00:11:00 | ||
| Using Illustrator’s Outline Mode | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 03: Working With Selections | |||
| Using the Selection Tool | 00:05:00 | ||
| Using the Direct Selection Tool | 00:05:00 | ||
| Free-Handing Selections With The Lasso Tool | 00:04:00 | ||
| Selecting Objects Based On Colour | 00:05:00 | ||
| Advanced Selection Techniques | 00:05:00 | ||
| Saving and Reloading Selections | 00:04:00 | ||
| Section 04: Drawing Shapes | |||
| Drawing Rectangles and Squares | 00:08:00 | ||
| Drawing Ovals and Circles | 00:02:00 | ||
| Drawing Rounded Rectangles, Polygons and Stars | 00:07:00 | ||
| Drawing Lines, Arcs and Grids | 00:05:00 | ||
| Drawing With The Pencil Tool (And Erasing Mistakes) | 00:06:00 | ||
| Understanding Vector Paths | 00:03:00 | ||
| Introducing Illustrator Brushes | 00:09:00 | ||
| Using The Blob Brush | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 05: Managing Objects | |||
| Moving And Duplicating Objects | 00:05:00 | ||
| Scaling, Rotating, Reflecting, Sheering | 00:09:00 | ||
| Precisely Transforming And Positioning Objects | 00:07:00 | ||
| Precise Positioning Using The Transform Panel | 00:05:00 | ||
| Automatically Calculating In The Transform Panel | 00:04:00 | ||
| Controlling Stacking Order | 00:03:00 | ||
| Grouping And Ungrouping Objects | 00:05:00 | ||
| Locking And Hiding | 00:04:00 | ||
| Aligning And Spacing Objects Apart | 00:06:00 | ||
| Aligning To A Key Object | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 06: Working With Colour | |||
| Methods For Applying Fills And Strokes | 00:11:00 | ||
| Setting Stroke Options | 00:05:00 | ||
| Creating A Dashed Outline Effect | 00:04:00 | ||
| Exploring Illustrator’s Swatch Libraries | 00:06:00 | ||
| Mixing And Saving Custom Colours | 00:08:00 | ||
| Creating, Saving, And Using Custom Gradients | 00:11:00 | ||
| Filling Objects With Patterns | 00:04:00 | ||
| Copying Fills And Strokes | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 07: Working With Type | |||
| Creating Point And Area Type | 00:06:00 | ||
| Importing Large Amounts Of Text | 00:07:00 | ||
| Formatting Text | 00:11:00 | ||
| Area Type Options | 00:04:00 | ||
| Creating Type on a Path | 00:06:00 | ||
| Converting Text To Shapes | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 08: Going Further With Illustrator | |||
| Introducing Layers | 00:09:00 | ||
| Using Illustrator’s Pathfinders | 00:06:00 | ||
| Applying Special Effects | 00:12:00 | ||
| Exploring The Appearance Pane | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 09: Saving and Exporting Your Work | |||
| Saving Your Work In Different File Formats | 00:08:00 | ||
| Saving Your Work For The Web | 00:08:00 | ||
| Section 10: Wrapping Up | |||
| Where to Go From Here | 00:05:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Adobe Illustrator CC | 00:00:00 | ||
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