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Illustrator E-learning course

In this Illustrator CC e-learning you discover the basic functions of Adobe Illustrator at your own pace: from shapes, colours and layers to typography and sharing your project.

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  • Entirely at your own pace
  • 24/7 access to the course materials for a year
  • Practical exercises, videos and quizzes
  • Directly applicable in your daily work or hobby
  • Compiled by experts in graphic design

With this Illustrator e-learning you work at your own pace on professional visuals: from logos and icons to infographics and posters. You learn all the basic functionality and create your first designs in no time.

Description

In this Illustrator e-learning course you get to know Adobe Illustrator CC, a versatile program for designing logos, illustrations, infographics, posters and complete layouts for online and offline media.

You work at your own pace through texts, videos, presentations, practice assignments and quizzes. This teaches you how to set up projects, draw illustrations, work with typography and share or export your designs. The total study time is around 16 hours and you have 24/7 access to the lesson modules for a year.

The course has been put together by experts in graphic design and visual design and covers both the basics and more advanced techniques within Illustrator CC.

Topics

This Illustrator e-learning covers topics including the following:

  • Getting to know the Illustrator environment: menus, panels, tools, workspace and file management
  • Starting a project: creating documents, drawing basic shapes and working with colours, swatches and strokes
  • Organising a project with layers, sublayers and artboards
  • Creating advanced illustrations with the Pencil tool, Pen tool and Line tools
  • Managing shapes, combining them with Pathfinder and building with the Shape Builder Tool
  • Working with patterns, gradients, Live Paint and graphic styles
  • Typography: creating and editing text, styles, tabs, glyphs and outlines
  • Reusing project components: importing or linking brushes, colour themes, text frames, styles and artwork
  • Sharing your project: proof, preview, printing and exporting
  • Saving for video or web, generating CSS and packaging a complete project

Result

After this e-learning you know the Illustrator environment and how to work in it. You create projects, documents and basic shapes, and you apply colours, swatches, fills and strokes. Working with layers, sublayers and artboards comes easily to you.

You apply various illustration techniques, such as the pencil tool, the pen tool, line tools, blending and grouping. You create and manage shapes, combine them, colour them in and work with patterns, gradients and graphic styles. You will also be able to handle typography, fonts, styles, tabs, glyphs and outlines.

Finally, you manage project components, reuse design elements and link or embed files. You create proofs and previews, and you save your project correctly, export it, print it or package it complete for delivery.

Target audience

This e-learning is intended for beginner users of Adobe Illustrator who want to discover and apply the program's possibilities. Think of graphic designers, visual and brand designers, illustrators and small business owners who create visuals for their own media. If you want to design logos, illustrations or posters in your spare time, you will also get a great deal out of this course.

Teaching method

You follow this course entirely online as an e-learning. The modules are available 24/7, so you learn wherever and whenever it suits you. You work at your own pace through texts, videos, presentations, practice assignments and quizzes. The total study time is approximately 16 hours and you have access to the material for a year.

Prior knowledge

No specific prior knowledge is required for this e-learning. A working computer with internet access and basic experience with Windows or macOS is sufficient. Have you worked with other Adobe programmes before? That is a bonus, but certainly not a requirement.

Comments

This e-learning course is in English. You follow this e-learning course at your own pace, with 24/7 access to the modules for a year. The total study time is approximately 16 hours.

Practical information

Education level
Suitable for all levels
Preparation time
None
Included
Course materials
Certificate
At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance

In-company

Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.

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What others say about this course

"Thanks to Learnit's three-day Illustrator CS6 course, I can finally get to work on a long-cherished wish: doing my own design work!"

P. Brouwers
Illustrator CS6 Basics8.0

“The course book is clearly divided into topics. You can easily practise these topics by completing assignments. The book is mainly practical in focus, which makes for very pleasant learning. You can learn at your own discretion and pace. There is plenty of room during the course to ask questions and to have topics explained or explored in more depth. With the course book you can easily continue practising on your own afterwards.”

L. Kipperman
Gemeente Apeldoorn
Illustrator CS5 Basics9.0

"Very pleasant course; it has made me even more interested in the module."

S. Neesan
Stg. Opao
Illustrator CS6 Basics8.1

“Took a good Illustrator course; for me it was convenient that it was three consecutive Fridays rather than three consecutive days. That gave me the opportunity to try things out myself in between and to come back with more focused questions from my own practice. Alongside the material from the book there was plenty of room for individual questions and situations.”

R. Isaacs
PRWORKS BV
Illustrator CS4 Basics8.9

“The course book is clearly divided into topics. You can easily practise these topics by completing assignments. The book is mainly practical in focus, which makes for very pleasant learning. You can learn at your own discretion and pace. There is plenty of room during the course to ask questions and to have topics explained or explored in more depth. With the course book you can easily continue practising on your own afterwards.”

L. Kipperman
Gemeente Apeldoorn
Illustrator CS5 Basics9.0

"If you no longer feel like sitting through hours of lectures, but a training room is a good incentive to actually get down to work on a specific course rather than spending an hour at home now and then, then the three-day Illustrator CS4 course is really for you: not listening, but three days of doing it yourself! With a trainer on hand whenever you get stuck."

J. Pique
Illustrator CS4 Basics8.3

Frequently asked questions

How long does the Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning take?
The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning has a total study time of approximately 16 hours. You get 24/7 online access to the lesson modules for a year and set your own pace. The course consists of texts, videos, presentations, practice assignments and quizzes, with which you learn to know and apply all the basic functionality of Adobe Illustrator CC at your own rhythm.
Who is the online Adobe Illustrator CC course suitable for?
The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning is suitable for beginning users of Adobe Illustrator. Think of graphic designers, visual designers, brand designers, illustrators and small business owners who want to create visuals for their own media. Hobby users who want to design logos, posters or illustrations will also get a great deal out of this course. Prior knowledge of Illustrator is not required.
Which topics are covered in the online Illustrator CC course?
The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning covers eight main themes: the Illustrator environment, starting a project, organising a project with layers and artboards, advanced illustration techniques, shape management with Pathfinder and Shape Builder, typography and fonts, managing project components and sharing your project via export, print and web. You learn to work with colours, gradients, patterns, brushes, glyphs and outlines.
Do I need prior knowledge for the Illustrator CC e-learning?
No, you do not need any prior knowledge for the Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning course. The course is designed for beginners and starts with the basics: getting to know the Illustrator environment, menus, panels and tools. From there you build up step by step towards more advanced techniques. Your own licence for Adobe Illustrator CC and a basic level of computer skills are useful, so that you can carry out the exercises.
How does the Illustrator CC e-learning work and how long do I have access?
You get 24/7 online access to the modules of the Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning course for a full year. The course consists of texts, videos, presentations, practice assignments and quizzes that you work through at your own pace. You learn where and when you want, on your laptop or desktop. The total study time is about 16 hours, spread over eight topics, from the Illustrator environment to exporting your project.
Do I receive a certificate after the Illustrator CC e-learning course?
Yes, after successfully completing the Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning course you will receive a certificate of participation from Learnit. This certificate shows that you have mastered the basic functions of Adobe Illustrator, from working with layers and artboards to typography, shape management and exporting. A useful addition to your CV or LinkedIn profile, particularly if you work as a designer, illustrator or self-employed professional.
What will I learn in the Illustrator e-learning that I would not pick up so easily from free YouTube tutorials?
The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning offers a structured learning path of roughly 16 hours, put together by experts in graphic design. That is the main difference from individual YouTube tutorials. You work through the software in a logical order: from the Illustrator environment and basic shapes, to layers and artboards, advanced drawing tools (pen, pencil, Shape Builder), typography with glyphs and outlines, and finally exporting, packaging and generating CSS. Each module contains texts, videos, practice assignments and quizzes, so you also test your knowledge. With YouTube you often miss the coherence and you do not know what you are skipping. This e-learning covers the basic functionality in full. You get 24/7 access for a year and learn at your own pace, which is handy if you want to learn alongside your work or studies.
When should I choose an Illustrator e-learning and when a classroom course?
E-learning suits you if you want to learn flexibly, at your own pace, alongside your work or studies. You get a year's access to the modules and decide for yourself when to practise. The total study time is around 16 hours, spread across texts, videos, presentations, practice assignments and quizzes. A classroom course is more practical if you want direct feedback from a trainer on your own designs, want to ask questions while you draw, or want to work on assignments in a fixed group. Torn between the two? Choose the e-learning if self-discipline is not an issue and you mainly want to master the basic functions. Choose classroom if you want to progress more quickly through personal guidance or if you have specific project questions you want to discuss live.
Is Illustrator CC still the standard for vector illustrations, or would I be better off learning an alternative such as Affinity Designer or Figma?
Within the creative industry, Adobe Illustrator CC is still the market standard for vector illustrations, logo design and print work. Agencies, printers and clients supply files almost as standard in .ai or .eps. Affinity Designer is a good alternative for freelance designers who do not want a subscription, but exchanging files with clients is less smooth. Figma is strong for UI and web design, but less suitable for print, complex illustrations or typographic work involving glyphs and outlines. If you work in a professional context, or want to take on commissions, Illustrator is the logical choice. This 16-hour e-learning focuses specifically on Illustrator CC and covers the pen tool, Pathfinder, Shape Builder, artboards and export options for print, video and web.
After this e-learning, can I immediately take on logo design jobs as a freelancer, or do I still need additional knowledge?
The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning course teaches you the basic functions of Illustrator: working with shapes, colours, layers, typography, the pen tool, Pathfinder, gradients and exporting. That is enough to build a logo technically and deliver it correctly (vector, outlines, colour profiles). For paid logo assignments you also need design knowledge that is not part of this course: thinking in terms of corporate identity, conducting briefing conversations, sketching, substantiating typography choices and managing feedback rounds. The course covers the tools, not the profession of graphic design. So combine the e-learning course with separate specialist literature on branding or a follow-up visual design course. Do you already have a design background and simply want to learn how to operate Illustrator? Then, after the 16 study hours, you can in principle start on simple jobs.
How does Illustrator relate to Photoshop and InDesign, and which programme should I learn first?
Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign are all three part of Adobe Creative Cloud, but each has its own focus. Illustrator is vector-based and intended for logos, icons, illustrations and infographics that need to be scalable without loss of quality. Photoshop works with pixels and is aimed at photo editing and digital image manipulation. InDesign is designed for multi-page layout, such as brochures, magazines and books. Which program you learn first depends on your goal. If you want to create logos, brand marks or vector illustrations, Illustrator is the logical starting point. If you mainly work with photos, start with Photoshop. For laying out publications, InDesign is the place to begin. The Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning course focuses specifically on the vector side and takes about 16 hours, to be followed at your own pace.
What will I concretely be able to produce after this e-learning, and which tasks still fall outside its scope?
After the Illustrator CC Introduction e-learning you can independently create vector illustrations, logos, icons, infographics, posters and simple layouts. You have command of the basic tools (pen, pencil, shapes), work with layers and artboards, apply colours, gradients and patterns, and can edit typography with styles, glyphs and outlines. Exporting for print, web and video is also covered, as well as packaging complete projects. What falls outside the scope: advanced production techniques such as complex print preparation with spot colours and overprint, expert-level 3D effects, scripting/automation, and integrated workflows with Photoshop or InDesign for large publications. For commercial logo work you will also need knowledge of corporate identity, typography theory and file delivery requirements per printer. The e-learning takes around 16 hours and you have access for a year.

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