Adobe Illustrator Training Courses
Create stunning images with Adobe Illustrator, the professional's drawing application of choice.
Our courses are for all skill levels, and cover topics like graphics creation & logo design.
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Our Illustrator Courses
Illustrator Intro & Intermediate
CPD Certified
4.87 / 5
2 days.
Client Site Courses Available.
Online & Guildford.
Become a confident Illustrator user in 2 days on this complete beginners course.
- Illustrations from scratch
- Strokes & image trace
- Layers & gradients
- Creating text effects
- Anchor points & pencil
Become a confident Illustrator user in 2 days on this complete beginners course.
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Illustrations from scratch
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Strokes & image trace
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Layers & gradients
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Creating text effects
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Anchor points & pencil
- The Illustrator window components
- Exploring the Illustrator Interface.
- Illustrator Palettes
- Managing Files using Adobe Bridge
- Using the Navigation Tools
- The Adobe Help Centre
- New Document Setup
- Editing document setups
- Creating new Documents
- Creating and using shapes
- Drawing Shapes Precisely
- Manipulating shapes
- Scaling Shapes
- Duplicating Shapes
- Aligning and Distributing shapes
- Using shape mode commands
- Using the pathfinder palette to create compound shapes
- Grouping shapes
- Rotating shapes
- Adjusting stacking order
- Exporting illustrations in different file formats
- Adding Metadata to Illustrator files
- Mixing swatches using the swatch palette
- Saving Swatch Libraries
- Loading swatch Libraries e.g. pantones, tricolour, Custom.
- Adding swatches from a spot colour library
- Applying colour to Illustrations
- Exploring the colour palette
- Storing colours
- Creating and using spot colours
- Applying colour to strokes and Fills
- Modifying Stroke items
- Aligning Stroke options
- Using the Eyedropper tool
- Drawing Paths
- Locking and Unlocking Items
- Using the pen tool to create paths
- Using the Pencil and smooth tools
- Creating Complex paths
- Selecting and editing paths
- Understanding Anchor Points
- Editing Anchor Points
- Cutting paths using the knife and Scissors
- Creating text
- Importing Text
- Altering text
- Using the area type tool
- Creating type on a path
- Position type on a path
- Converting text to outlines
- Creating a new layer
- Adjusting the layer stacking order
- Hiding and locking layers
- Organising layer contents
- Creating duplicate layers
- Working with gradients
- Creating a basic gradient
- Adjusting gradients
- Using transparencies
- Preparing a document for print
- Understanding print settings
- Creating an exportable file
This is a beginners’ course. You don’t need previous experience with Illustrator to attend it.
So long as you have a reasonable understanding of Windows, and the ability to work with multiple windows, navigate the desktop and an understanding of computer file storage (i.e. drives, files and folders) you’ll be absolutely fine.
He started his career working as a graphic designer. Then in 1989 he was asked to help train people use Aldus Pagemaker and CorelDraw and the rest is history.
He has focused on training Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator for the last 15 years.
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Illustrator Advanced
CPD Certified
4.86 / 5
2 days.
Client Site Courses Available.
Online & Guildford.
Take your Illustrator skills to the next level on this course for intermediate Illustrator users.
- Using masks & adjusting type
- Enhancing fills & strokes
- Drop shadows & distortion
- Creating vector images
- Slices & exporting to web
Take your Illustrator skills to the next level on this course for intermediate Illustrator users.
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Using masks & adjusting type
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Enhancing fills & strokes
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Drop shadows & distortion
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Creating vector images
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Slices & exporting to web
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Click on the sections below to see the full syllabus that is covered during this course.
- Compound Paths
- Cutting shapes using pathfinder
- Outlining the stroke of a path
- Creating offset paths
- Introduction to clipping paths and opacity masks
- Creating a clipping mask
- Creating opacity masks
- Flow type
- Linking type containers
- Linking multiple type containers simultaneously
- Wrapping text around items
- Formatting body text
- Setting document tabs
- Inserting typographic characters
- Using character Styles
- Creating paragraph Styles
- Editing Text
- Proofing text
- Replacing text
- Managing font usage
- Creating multiple fills and strokes
- Adding colour to greyscale images
- Creating a gradient mesh
- Creating a pattern swatches
- Applying patterns
- Creating a seamless pattern
- Transforming a pattern
- Using the brushes palette
- Creating a pattern brush
- Adjusting properties for an object that has a brush applied.
- Filters versus effects
- Applying a filter to a raster image
- Creating distortion effects
- Applying distortion effects
- Stylise effects
- Creating drop shadows
- Using the effect gallery
- Editing effects
- Creating graphic styles
- Creating vector versions of raster images
- Auto tracing a raster image
- Auto tracing scanned line art
- Applying colour using live paint
- Using live paint on vector art
- Using the live paint selection tool
- Printing Illustrations
- Colour management
- Conversion options
- Making a crop area
- Gradients, blends and colour considerations
- Transparency flattening presets
- Dealing with colour separations
- Viewing artwork in pixel preview
- Creating slices
- Manipulating slices
- Naming slices
- Exporting web graphics
This advanced Adobe Illustrator training course assumes that you are a competent Illustrator user.
It assumes that you have either attended our Introduction / Intermediate Adobe Illustrator training course or have practical experience of the elements covered in that course.
He started his career working as a graphic designer. Then in 1989 he was asked to help train people use Aldus Pagemaker and CorelDraw and the rest is history.
He has focused on training Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator for the last 15 years.
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Illustrator Combined (SAVE £55)
CPD Certified
5 / 5
4 days.
Client Site Courses Available.
Classroom, Online & Client Site.
The fastest way to master Illustrator. Go from complete beginners to expert in 4 days.
Save £55 when you book our 2 day Introduction & Intermediate and 2 day advanced course at the same time.
The fastest way to master Illustrator. Go from complete beginners to expert in 4 days.
Save £55 when you book our 2 day Introduction & Intermediate and 2 day advanced course at the same time.
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What Do Previous Delegates Say
Georgia Thomas, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Small group size and doing the course with colleagues in the same department so you could talk about how it could be applied to our rules.
Hannah Woollven, Challengers Events & Communications Manager
Being able to have a 1:1 session meant that we were able to go at my pace and be thorough with things I needed to expand on, or skip over things I already knew. It has really helped me.
Amber Ayres, Global Brands Group Customer Service Adviser
I really liked the relaxed setting, making notes first then seeing demonstration by Paul, then trying myself. Thank you very much Paul - I really enjoyed it!
Ellinor Siljestrom, Global Brands Group Assistant Product Manager
Again Paul was a brilliant teacher and helped everyone understand each element.
Vivienne Saville, Veterinary Medicines Directorate Communications Officer
Could work at our own pace and cover specific areas relevant to our work. Excellent trainer, clearly knowledgeable with valuable relevant experience.
Gillian Rose, FDD International Ltd Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator
Very informative and helpful course with great guidance and instruction.
Alice Merry, FDD International Ltd Sales & Marketing Coordinator
Small group size, easy to ask questions.
Rebecca Cartwright, Global Brands Group Designer
Explaining all of the tools in the programme was very useful and will improve the efficiency of my work.
Carol Siwicka, Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Low attendee numbers create an easy environment to ask questions or chance pace. Excellent trainer with perfect level of detail to give confidence using alone.
Hannah Salvidge, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
I really liked Paul's training style - relaxed, chatty and adaptable to what we thought we might need for our work. Obviously very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject too.
Florence Nicholas, Senior Creative Marketing
Small group size, easy to ask questions.
Grace May, Designer
Learning on the subjects I already knew and finding simpler shortcuts of doing them.
Sara Foreman, Customer Marketing Executive
Great overview of the capabilities of the software.
Joanne Magistrado-Harris, Global Brands Group Senior Footwear Designer
I loved all of it! Well taught and at an easy to understand pace.
Victoria Buckley, Abplas Ltd
Being in a small group and being able to ask questions. Everyone was very approachable.
Emily Palmer, Marketing Manager
The pace of learning, the environment and the laptop and computer provided. Great directions and easy to find and park.
Digital Media Manager at Right Track Group
The tutor. and course layout
Attendee
trying out the package myself
Senior Account Executive – Property House Marketing
Small classes, expert help
Business Development Coordinator – Morgan Sindall
The size of the class - only 2 of us so lots of 1-2-1 assistance. Everything was explained clearly. Tutor was very, very patient and highly knowledgeable.
FAQs
For General FAQs and Booking questions, see our FAQ Page.
Illustrator is best suited to dedicated designers working on branding, illustration, and detailed vector graphics.
Figma is often the better starting point for product teams, marketers, and business users who need to create and share designs quickly.
It supports collaboration and modern digital workflows in a way that Illustrator wasn’t originally built for.
Adobe Illustrator will give you the tools necessary to quickly draw shapes, diagrams and plans that can then be saved in formats suitable for inclusion in documents for print, Powerpoint and Web. You’ll be able to create graphs, logos, infographics, icons, maps, and even trace images to convert them into editable line drawings and shapes, without having to draw them manually.
Adobe Illustrator costs under £20/month on a Creative Cloud subscription.
Yes. Layers will help you manage the content of a more complex illustration. Think of them as the sheets of acetate you used to place on an overhead project!
Where Do Your Illustrator Courses Run?
London Training Venue & Course Details
44 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
Our City of London training centre sits in Holborn, one of central London’s most accessible locations. From the West End, Paddington, Liverpool Street or Canary Wharf – you’re rarely more than 20 minutes away.
See the full London location details here.
Guildford Training Venue & Course Details
Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
See the full Guildford location details here.
Online Courses
We run a full schedule of remote courses over Zoom.
We also deliver private courses over Teams, if requested.
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