ILLUSTRATOR BOOTCAMP
Master Illustrator in just 3 days with
Illustrator Bootcamp
Illustrator Bootcamp® is targeted at those who are new to the Illustrator package and wanting to learn Illustrator inside out.
From drawing and manipulating simple shapes to create logos, right through to creating complex, robust illustrations that go beyond those you could create using Illustrator’s basic tools.
The course is made up of 3 days of classroom based Illustrator training which can either be completed in 2 stages at our York centre, remotely online or at your own location. This is then supported and extended by 12 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, exercises, sample files and instructor led support forums.
Experienced Instructors
Over 20 years experience
Post Course Support
Hours of videos & more
Closed Courses
Live Online or inhouse
Secure Online Booking
£725.00
Scheduled Live Online Course Dates
Stages must be completed in order shown
Prices ex VAT. Highlander standard terms and conditions apply to all bookings.
Please contact us if you would like a private or onsite course.
The first stage of the Illustrator Bootcamp gets you up and running with Illustrator introducing basic tools such as the pen tool as well as explaining topics like what are vectors, how boolean curves work etc..
Stage 1 - Illustrator Getting Started (1 day)
- What are vectors
- What are Bézier curves
- The pen tools
Creating shapes
- The pen tool
- Primitive shapes
- Adding/deleting anchor points
- Creating Bézier curves
- Combining shapes
- Creating outlines from text
- The shape builder tool
- The blend tool
Editing shapes
- Adjusting existing shapes
- Cutting paths
- Combining paths and shapes
- Erasing paths and shapes
Organising your work
- Artboards
- Custom artboards
- Layers
- Sub-layers
- Layer properties
- Templates
- Group Isolation mode
Color
- Choosing a colour
- Using swatches
- Saving your swatches
- Spot colours
- Process colours
- Global colours
Stroke and Fill
- Creating strokes
- Creating fill
- Applying colour to strokes and fills
Transforming shapes
- Duplicating
- Moving, rotating
- Reflecting, Shearing
- Scaling
- Step and repeat
- Transform again
Effects
- 3D
- Stylize
- Distort & Transform
- Warp
- Organising your effects
- etc
Text
- Adding text
- Text within a a shape
- Text on a shape
- Controlling text
- Creating outlines from text
Saving and Exporting
- Saving options
- Exporting options
- Exporting to pdf
- Other export formats
- Using Illustrator with other applications
Stage two of the Bootcamp covers more Advanced areas of Illustrator. The standard topics we cover are listed below.
Illustrator Advanced Techniques
Symbols
- Creating symbols
- Editing symbols
- Saving symbols
- Using the symbol tools
LivePaint groups
- LivePaint groups
- Detecting Gaps
- Painting strokes and fills
- Live paint bucket and Live paint selection tools
Blob brush tool
- Painting with the blob brush
- Merging and keep selected options
- Tolerances and options
Perspective Grid Tool
- Introduction
- Presets and settings
- Drawing in perspective
- Attaching & releasing objects
- Bringing in objects
- Selecting objects
- Transforming objects
- Adding text and symbols
Colour
- Recolouring your artwork
- Creating swatches from your artwork
- Applying swatches to your artwork
- Colour groups
Gradients
- Creating gradients
- Applying gradients to shapes
- Applying gradients to strokes
- - along the length, across the width, within the stroke
Gradient Mesh
- Creating mesh objects
- Editing mesh objects
- Mesh points and mesh patches
- Using transparency
Tracing Images
- Image trace
- Presets
- Mode
- Using a palette
- advanced options
Brushes
- Art brushes
- Scatter brushes
- Bristle brushes
- Pattern brushes
Custom Brushes
- Creating your own brushes
- Using your custom brushes
Patterns
- Defining your pattern
- Creating your pattern
- Applying your pattern
The Appearance Panel
- Organising your effects
- Moving your effects
- Multiple strokes
- Multiple fills
The Illustrator Bootcamp is designed to take you from complete beginner to advanced user quickly and effectively.
You will learn to
- Understand the difference between vector and raster images
- Be able to create artwork in Illustrator such as logos, technical drawings, typography and illustrations.
- Know how to customise the Illustrator interface to improve efficiency and work better
- Feel comfortable using Illustrator's tools to create shapes, lines, bezier curves (we'll explain these too) and more.
- Understand and be able to organise your layers, artboards, templates, etc..
- Apply colours, gradients and a wide range of effects to your illustrations
- Transform your shapes by duplication, rotating, scaling, and more
- Save your illustrations for reuse in both print and web using formats such as ai, pdf, svg and more.
- A variety of shortcuts to enable you to work more effectively
- How to make your own symbols and use them properly
- To quickly re-colour your artwork
- How to create artwork in perspective
- To create and work with colour groups
- How to create your own custom brushes and use them properly
- How to use the Gradient Mesh tool to make your artwork more realistic
- To trace photographs and convert them to vector shapes
- How to create your own patterns and how to use them
- How to apply multiple effects and multiple strokes and fills onto your shapes
Who should attend this course
This Illustrator course is suitable for those who want to learn to use Illustrator CC but have no previous experience. If you already have experience using Illustrator then you might want to consider our Advanced Illustrator Training Course instead.
If you are unsure which Illustrator courses are most suitable then why not try our free Illustrator Skills Test to help you test your current skills.
Comments from delegates that attended Illustrator courses at Highlander
"Really helpful and clear, he always goes through things if you haven't got it straight away and is very patient"
Designer, Marks and Spencer
"The centre was comfortable to work in, while the instructor was very clear and answered all our questions"
Creative Assistant, The Walt Disney Company
"Fantastic tutor, patient and fun. I've really enjoyed my course and I feel much more equipped to start working with illustrator. I think the size of the class was perfect and the pace of the course was also great."
Photographer and Publicity Assistant, Reliance Precision
"Very good, answered all my questions and was flexible enough to deviate from agenda to show me techniques or queries I had during the sessions."
Design Team Manager, Girl Guiding UK
"I enjoyed the fact that it is mostly practical and you're able to get hands on with the software. The instructor is very friendly and approachable which makes it easier to ask for help"
Marketing Administrator, Softbox
