About
Produce stunning artwork for your portfolio and impress clients by signing up for this easy-to-follow Adobe Illustrator online course.
See how simple it is to produce beautiful designs from scratch. Learn to create your own logos, banners, business cards, infographics, and more to start making money with your newfound graphic design skills.
Turn your creativity into a career by exploring:
- The most important Illustrator tools and easy shortcuts you need to know
- How to use Adobe Illustrator to build a brand and create artwork for marketing
- How to digitize your hand drawn sketches and transform them into graphic designs
- Step-by-step Abode Illustrator tutorials on how to navigate different shapes, fonts, colors, shading and effects
- How to turn your passion into your job by finding clients and growing your business
Requirements
Trendimi courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.
Lessons
Module 1: An Introduction To Adobe Illustrator
- Meet the designer: Alice Thorpe, graphic designer, and YouTuber
- What does Adobe Illustrator do? Is it easy to use? (Hint: YES!)
- Customizing your workspace: software and hardware
- The tools: what they do and easy shortcuts
- How to create a new document and make simple shapes
Module 2: Getting Started: A Practical Workshop
- Working with shapes: pen tool, shape builder, align, Bézier
- Enhance your work: colors, light and shadows, gradients, patterns, brush strokes
- Working with fonts: creating your own fonts, font effects
- Applying and editing effects: Stylize, Distort, Warp, 3D
- Combining different elements: compound path, groups, layers
Module 3: Create Your Own Logo: From Start To Finish
- How to put pen to paper: fine tuning your ideas and inspiration
- Digitize your designs using image trace or the pen tool
- Refine your design: anchor points, handles, copy, cut and paste
- Bring your design to life with color: CC color palettes, color wheel
- Present your work in different formats for different applications
Module 4: Build A Professional Brand Using Illustrator
- Build your brand identity: logo variations, fonts, colors
- Design double-sided business cards ready for print
- Design a flyer or poster
- Create a dynamic web banner with images and graphics: edit, crop, erase
- Design an infographic
- How to correctly save and export graphics for your website, social media, and print
Module 5: How To Make Money Using Adobe Illustrator
- Illustrator projects that you can make and sell
- How to put a price on your work and earn money
- Finding clients & building your business
- How to fine-tune your workflow and meet deadlines
- Useful tips and tricks that design professionals love
- Final thoughts and goodbye
Career
Who is this course for?
- Anyone interested in learning how to use Adobe Illustrator
- All graphic designers and digital artists who want to improve their skills
- Any business owners or entrepreneurs who want to create their own brand identity and designs
- Social media managers and influencers looking to produce eye-catching posts that engage followers
How will it help me
- Know how to use Adobe Illustrator - get to know the tools, easy shortcuts, customize your workspace and create a document
- Move on to find out what does Adobe Illustrator do - work with shapes, fonts, colors, light and shade, different effects including 3D
- Have practical experience of using Adobe Illustrator to create a logo in different formats for different applications
- Use Illustrator to build a brand by creating artwork for marketing, websites and social media
- Know how to make money using Illustrator - Know how to find clients, build your business, price your work and meet deadlines
Certification
You will be required to complete each lesson in full, and answer exams at the end of each course module. If your pass rate exceeds 55% on each exam then you are eligible to access a certificate of achievement or other accreditation options to recognize your achievement.
Most of our courses will earn you credits through Continuing Education (CE) / Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CE/CPD points are accepted and recognized by professional member bodies and academic institutions across the US and internationally. All courses are accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (www.icoes.org).
When successfully completing a course, students can choose to purchase an ICOES certificate that recognizes the achievement, from this third-party institution.
Creator
Alice Thorpe
Expertise: Graphic Design
Alice Thorpe is a UK based content creator specializing in graphic design and has been sharing her knowledge, tips, and tricks for her audience all over the globe since 2014. Alice is known as a seasoned graphic designer and illustrator and has first-hand experience working with international clients, whilst amassing a global following of over 100,000 across her social media platforms. Her career mission is to share the journey of being a 20-something freelance graphic designer and creative, thus encouraging and inspiring others to pursue their goals.
Adobe Illustrator
310 Students. ICOES Accredited. CPD Certified.
310 Students.
ICOES Accredited.
CPD Certified.
About
Produce stunning artwork for your portfolio and impress clients by signing up for this easy-to-follow Adobe Illustrator online course.
See how simple it is to produce beautiful designs from scratch. Learn to create your own logos, banners, business cards, infographics, and more to start making money with your newfound graphic design skills.
Turn your creativity into a career by exploring:
- The most important Illustrator tools and easy shortcuts you need to know
- How to use Adobe Illustrator to build a brand and create artwork for marketing
- How to digitize your hand drawn sketches and transform them into graphic designs
- Step-by-step Abode Illustrator tutorials on how to navigate different shapes, fonts, colors, shading and effects
- How to turn your passion into your job by finding clients and growing your business
Requirements
Trendimi courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.
Lessons
Module 1: An Introduction To Adobe Illustrator
- Meet the designer: Alice Thorpe, graphic designer, and YouTuber
- What does Adobe Illustrator do? Is it easy to use? (Hint: YES!)
- Customizing your workspace: software and hardware
- The tools: what they do and easy shortcuts
- How to create a new document and make simple shapes
Module 2: Getting Started: A Practical Workshop
- Working with shapes: pen tool, shape builder, align, Bézier
- Enhance your work: colors, light and shadows, gradients, patterns, brush strokes
- Working with fonts: creating your own fonts, font effects
- Applying and editing effects: Stylize, Distort, Warp, 3D
- Combining different elements: compound path, groups, layers
Module 3: Create Your Own Logo: From Start To Finish
- How to put pen to paper: fine tuning your ideas and inspiration
- Digitize your designs using image trace or the pen tool
- Refine your design: anchor points, handles, copy, cut and paste
- Bring your design to life with color: CC color palettes, color wheel
- Present your work in different formats for different applications
Module 4: Build A Professional Brand Using Illustrator
- Build your brand identity: logo variations, fonts, colors
- Design double-sided business cards ready for print
- Design a flyer or poster
- Create a dynamic web banner with images and graphics: edit, crop, erase
- Design an infographic
- How to correctly save and export graphics for your website, social media, and print
Module 5: How To Make Money Using Adobe Illustrator
- Illustrator projects that you can make and sell
- How to put a price on your work and earn money
- Finding clients & building your business
- How to fine-tune your workflow and meet deadlines
- Useful tips and tricks that design professionals love
- Final thoughts and goodbye
Career
Who is this course for?
- Anyone interested in learning how to use Adobe Illustrator
- All graphic designers and digital artists who want to improve their skills
- Any business owners or entrepreneurs who want to create their own brand identity and designs
- Social media managers and influencers looking to produce eye-catching posts that engage followers
How will it help me
- Know how to use Adobe Illustrator - get to know the tools, easy shortcuts, customize your workspace and create a document
- Move on to find out what does Adobe Illustrator do - work with shapes, fonts, colors, light and shade, different effects including 3D
- Have practical experience of using Adobe Illustrator to create a logo in different formats for different applications
- Use Illustrator to build a brand by creating artwork for marketing, websites and social media
- Know how to make money using Illustrator - Know how to find clients, build your business, price your work and meet deadlines
Certification
You will be required to complete each lesson in full, and answer exams at the end of each course module. If your pass rate exceeds 55% on each exam then you are eligible to access a certificate of achievement or other accreditation options to recognize your achievement.
Most of our courses will earn you credits through Continuing Education (CE) / Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CE/CPD points are accepted and recognized by professional member bodies and academic institutions across the US and internationally. All courses are accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (www.icoes.org).
When successfully completing a course, students can choose to purchase an ICOES certificate that recognizes the achievement, from this third-party institution.
Creator
Alice Thorpe
Expertise: Graphic Design
Alice Thorpe is a UK based content creator specializing in graphic design and has been sharing her knowledge, tips, and tricks for her audience all over the globe since 2014. Alice is known as a seasoned graphic designer and illustrator and has first-hand experience working with international clients, whilst amassing a global following of over 100,000 across her social media platforms. Her career mission is to share the journey of being a 20-something freelance graphic designer and creative, thus encouraging and inspiring others to pursue their goals.
