Adobe Illustrator Hands-On Intensive
Characteristics Of This Class:
This in-depth but user-friendly class uses hands-on exercises to teach you Illustrator's core concepts and features. As the day progresses, you'll learn powerful tools for creating and manipulating digital illustrations.
- The difference between vector and raster graphics
- Using Layers to composite shapes into simple and complex graphics
- Using the pen tool and its variants
- Creating organic Bezier-curves
- Working with paths, strokes, and brushes
- Using the Gradient, Color and Symbol panels
- Imaginative effects like the Symbol Sprayer Tool
- Transforming scanned drawings to vector art with Live Trace
- Bendable, dynamic text
- Organizing and saving your files
Who Should Take This:
Anyone who wants to be a graphic designer, or learn how to do their own graphic design in-house. You should learn Illustrator if you want to create logos, posters, and other bold graphics, or use text in your designs.
Taking Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator as an overview is helpful, but not necessary.
Wes Price
Wes Price has over 13 years experience producing illustration and animation for national and community organizations. His clients have included New Life Cinema, Warner Brothers, Buena Vista Games, Simon & Goodman Picture Company and National Geographic. As a board member for ASIFA-Colorado, the local chapter of the International Animated Film Society, he was instrumental in delivering the Animation Station workshops during the 2008 and 2009 Denver International Film Festivals. Wes is a lifelong student of anatomy and holds an MS in Medical Illustration and Animation from the Medical College of Georgia.
Tons of great info to get started! [The instructor] was very knowledgeable and friendly! Fabulous!
Courtney, 12/3/2012
[The instructor] was wonderful. Learned some very cool tools.
Iris Sela, 12/1/2012
(This class) solved a mystery Ive been working on for some time!
Aimee, 9/7/2012
Instructor Wes Price is great ... learned a few things! Kira Woodmansee is great, too.
Cynthia, 9/7/2012
I learned so much! I was doing so many things the wrong way. I finally learned the correct way of making vector graphics. The instructor was great! Patient, knowledgeable - Awesome Instructor!!
Vanessa, 6/2/2012
Exactly what I expected, very thorough. [The instructor was] very well spoken, very well prepared, and could answer all of our questions.
Chloe, 6/2/2012
Wes did a great job - lots of information, no wasted time and lots of great examples.
Sara, 6/2/2012
I think I finally understand how Illustrator thinks. Well presented, not too fast, not too slow. Basics covered well.
Rayna, 6/2/2012
Great starter course. I didn't know a thing about AI before coming in and now I'm comfortable with the basics! The instructor was very friendly, clear and concise.
Amelia, 2/24/2012
You guys set the bar. You've turned me from a good designer into a great one. The instructor kept to schedule and answered all questions.
Kevin, 2/24/2012
I learned everything I wanted to learn.
Whit, 9/10/2011
Wes was excellent, I feel comfortable with Illustrator after just one class. I recommend him and the class.
Cole, 5/14/2011
The instructor was thorough and came with great impact to fill the class with quality instruction.
Langford, 5/14/2011
The instructor was thorough and came with great impact to fill the class with good quality instruction.
Langford, 5/14/2011
We hit all of the main building blocks and addressed questions. This class was extremely helpful, concise, and easy to follow.
Emily Rose, 2/12/2011
Items I had questions about were ALL answered! Very pleased!
Sage, 12/13/2010
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Optional Payment Plan for Transitions Certificate Programs:
We want to make our training as accessible as possible so we offer a simple payment plan for our Transitions Certificate Programs. Each of the 4 payments is 25% of the total registration fee with no finance charges or other costs. The first payment will be taken when you register and the remaining 3 payments are paid every month for the following 3 months (detailed payment information in the table below). It's easy to take advantage of this option and we encourage you to sign up early since these programs often fill up fast! If you're interested, don't register online. Instead, please contact BDA staff at 303-800-4647 or email us with the name and start date of the program you wish to attend (info@boulderdigitalarts.com) and we'll get you setup, take your first payment, and confirm your registration.
Payment Program Details
| BDA Member | Non-Member | |
| Payment 1 Paid at time of registration. |
$62.25 | $72.25 |
| Payment 2 Due one month after registration. |
$62.25 | $72.25 |
| Payment 3 Due two months after registration. |
$62.25 | $72.25 |
| Payment 4 Due three months after registration. |
$62.25 | $72.25 |
| Note: registrants using the payment plan are not eligible for the early registration discount and always pay the standard registration fee ($249.00 for BDA members and $289.00 for non-members). | ||
Registration Fees
BDA Members: $239.00
Non-Members: $279.00
Registration Discount Applied
You save $10.00 by registering before midnight on 6/25/2013. Standard registration fees for this program are $249.00 for members and $289.00 for non-members.
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Learned so much more than I thought.
Brenda L., 1/26/2013