Foundations and Techniques of Illustrator Condensed into a Short Course.
Learn to master the world’s most popular vector graphics software. The intensive Adobe Illustrator course offered by RUFA is designed to help you gain greater proficiency with the software and create vector graphics, professional layouts, photo compositions, and other graphic products.
The technical skills you will acquire have a wide range of applications, from design and web design to illustration and the creation of multi-page documents. This comprehensive course focuses on using all the vector tools offered by Illustrator, typographic knowledge, and print techniques for your projects.
At the end of the course, a certificate of attendance will be issued, provided you attend at least 12 out of the 15 lessons, for a potential recognition of 2 CFU.
Course type: group – in-person
Number of participants: Max 15
Frequency: weekly, Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Duration: 13 lessons – total 26 hours
Cost: €400*
Language: Italian
Instructor: Emiliano D’Angelo
Location: RUFA – Via degli Ausoni, 7 – Rome
Registration opens: 7 November 2024
Registration closes: 19 January 2025
* Students also enrolled in the Indesign course are eligible for a reduced registration fee.
JANUARY
18/01/2025
25/01/2025
FEBRUARY
01/02/2025
08/02/2025
15/02/2025
22/02/2025
MARCH
01/03/2025
08/03/2025
15/03/2025
22/03/2025
29/03/2025
APRIL
07/04/2025
14/04/2025
Objectives
Course participants will be able to create vector graphics, layouts, photo compositions, and other graphic products, applicable in fields ranging from advertising to design, illustration to web design, and multi-page document creation. The course focuses on using all the vector tools provided by the software, combined with typographic and print knowledge.
Basic knowledge for proper software use
– Workspace, Overview of tools
– Enhanced multiple artboards
– Rulers, grids, guides, and crop marks
– Creating a new document, formats, CMYK and RGB colour methods, and their selection
– Illustrator templates
– Working with imported objects
Vector graphics and tools
Adding depth and volume to designs through shading and halftones.
Perspective
– Concept of vector graphics, Differences with bitmap graphics
– Fundamental drawing elements
– Vector tools and the pen tool
– Bézier curves
– Pathfinders panel
– Drawing tracing
– Blend tool
– Illustrator brushes
Object selection and arrangement
– Selecting objects
– Grouping and expanding objects
– Moving, aligning, and distributing objects
– Using layers
– Locking, hiding, and deleting objects
– Object overlapping
– Resizing and distorting objects
– Cutting and splitting objects
– Clipping masks
– Creating 3D objects
– Colour panel
– Swatches panel
– Colour guide panel
– Painting with fills and strokes
– Live paint groups
– Applying colours and tints
– Gradients and gradient meshes
– Patterns
– Typographic notions on colour printing
Text tool
– Entering text
– Typography basics
– Area text and point text
– Formatting text in Illustrator
– Text and paths
– Text colouring and conversion to outlines
Special effects with filters
– General use of filters
– Applying to vector images
– Creating a 3D object
– Formats and interaction with other software
– Interaction with Photoshop
– PDF format
– Web optimisation
Professional graphic designer since 2005, specialising in editorial graphics and brand identity.
Over the years, he has worked on projects for various organisations, including Rai Trade, Cartoons on the Bay, Fondazione Memmo, Ugo Bozzi Editore, and VyTA.
Since 2008, he has been involved in education: a graphic design instructor at the International School of Comics in Rome until 2019, he is currently the coordinator of the three-year Graphic Design programme at ACCA Academy.
RUFA Students and Alumni: 50%
Former Short Course and Summer Course Students (2023-24): 10%
University Students: 5% (upon presentation of a student ID).
Course/Group/Family Packages: contact corsibrevi@unirufa.it