Adobe Illustrator CS5: Advanced Illustration Techniques

In this course, you will learn how to: Create complex illustrations; Use the perspective grid; Add effects to your artwork; Work with pixel-based artwork

Course Outline

In this course, you will learn how to: Create complex illustrations; Use the perspective grid; Add effects to your artwork; Work with pixel-based artwork

Course Outline Brief Review and Course Background

• Setting on screen workspaces and Illustrator's preferences
• Document set up and using the artboard tool
• Working with appearances
• Working with multiple fills, stokes and effects
• Working with patterns on fills and stokes
• Working with Illustrator's colour tools

Creating Complex Illustrations and Advanced Techniques

• Using compound and offset paths to build up borders and complex edges
• Working with the different modes of the Brush tool
• Using the Bristle Brush to produce realistic painting techniques
• Using effects and transformations to duplicate and position shapes
• Working with blends to create complex gradients and to merge shapes together
• Working with gradient meshes to reproduce realistic shading effects
• Using clipping masks to create frames for objects

Drawing with the Perspective Grid

• Understanding the basics of 2-point perspective drawing
• Adding and modifying a perspective grid
• Drawing and transforming objects using the grid

Working with Transparency Effects

• Using the different types of transparency effects (opacity and blending modes)
• Working with transparency on multiple objects and groups
• Using various pixel-based transparency effects (drop shadows, glows and blurs) and adjusting the settings
• Transparency effect considerations

Working with Raster (Pixel-based) Images

• Incorporating images or Photoshop files into your artwork
• Auto Trace features to convert various images into vector artwork
• Working with the Live Color Fill options to easily colour a tracing or other artwork

Integrating Illustrator files in the Adobe Creative Suite 5

• Exporting an Illustrator file with layers as a PDF for Adobe Acrobat
• Importing an Illustrator file in Adobe InDesign using pages and layers
• Importing an Illustrator file in Adobe Photoshop and working with a Vector Smart Object
• Opening an Illustrator file in Adobe Flash Catalyst to convert into an animated Flash file
• Aligning artwork onto the pixel grid to export cleaner web graphics
• Slicing files into multiple images to use as part of a web page

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Adobe Illustrator CS5 is essential

Certificates offered

Certificate of completion

Cancellation Policy

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. will make every attempt to be flexible in regards to class cancellations and rescheduling. In an attempt to make sure that everyone enjoys a consistent training experience, Eliquo offers the following cancellation policy:

Any student cancellation that occurs a minimum of six (6) business days prior to a scheduled class is eligible for a full class credit or a 100% refund on the cost of the class.

Due to scheduling logistics, if you cancel or re-schedule a registration within five (5) business days of the course date, payment is due in full at that time and will be held as a credit towards a re-scheduled date or a future course booking. Course credits are valid for 12 months from the date of the original class booking.

All cancellations and rescheduling must be in writing and sent either by email to registrations@lastminutetraining.ca or by fax to 647.258.9319. Verbal communication of a cancellation will not meet our refund requirements.

In the event that a class is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, your full registration fee will be refunded or you can reserve a seat in the next available class. You will be notified of a class cancellation at least five (5) business days in advance of the scheduled class.

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. reserves the right to postpone or cancel a class at any time, in which case the refund and rescheduling policy would apply. Eliquo Training and Development Inc. is not liable for any travel expenses incurred by the student, even in the event of a cancellation.

Map & Reviews

Eliquo Training
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Eliquo Ottawa
185 Somerset St West.
Suite 312
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada   K2P 0J2

Reviews

 

   

Under prerequisites, Eliquo stated: ADAI101—Adobe Illustrator CS5 is essential; however, the pace of the advanced course was very fast and assumed that, in addition to ADAI101, participants had a certain proficiency / practical experience level. As such, it would have been very helpful if Eliquo had stated the minimum number of hours of practical experience needed to join the Advanced Illustrator course. At best, I received some exposure vs. learning specifics.

Reviewed by Linda R. 2012

   

The introduction at each session which includes a detailed explanation of post-course support and an overview of the outline takes way too much time (upto 45 minutes on average). If you are taking the course, you already know the outline and it should only take 10 minutes to quickly go through the post-course support. People with questions can always ask during the break. Everything else with Eliquo is excellent!

Reviewed by Faith W. 2012