Live workshopAdobe Creative Cloud training for teams

Adobe Illustrator Advanced (Level 2)

Adobe Illustrator Advanced is about precision and speed. Across four live sessions you learn to construct complex artwork accurately rather than approximately, build with symbols and styles so a change propagates instead of repeating, use appearance and effects non-destructively, and prepare production files a printer accepts without a phone call.
  • Built around your actual work
  • Live online, or on-site by request
  • Training careers nationwide since 2006

Workshop brief

Adobe Illustrator Advanced (Level 2)

Duration
14 hrs (4 sessions)
Tuition
$795.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
Delivery
Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
Included
Certificate of completionFor every participant

The shape is close. Close does not print.

Advanced Illustrator is mostly about two things: making the thing you meant rather than the thing that looked about right, and building it so that changing it later is not a punishment. Neither is glamorous and both separate a professional file from a competent-looking one.

Participants work on artwork complex enough to expose their habits. The path built with forty points where six would do. The logo where the curve is nearly symmetrical. The brand file where changing one color means touching thirty objects.

Working designers take this to sharpen construction and stop fighting their own files. In-house teams take it to build brand systems that hold together. It counts toward the Graphic Design and Digital Media Production certificates.

Content and exercises are built around real work, and private group sessions are built around your own brand, templates, and files. Classes are delivered live online, and on-site delivery is available across the Colorado Front Range. This class sits alongside our other Adobe Creative Cloud classes.

Why teams book DWC

  • Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
  • Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
  • Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization

What your team gets

This course includes

  • Live, instructor led class delivered across four sessions
  • Precision construction work on genuinely complex artwork
  • Rebuilding your own brand artwork as a system that propagates changes
  • Production preparation including spot colors, overprint, and packaging
  • Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
  • Certificate of completion for every participant

Course outline

How the workshop runs

Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.

The first sessions are precision construction. Participants learn to build with as few points as the shape requires, use alignment and geometry rather than eyeballing, and work with the tools that produce accurate results instead of near ones. Most discover their curves have been approximate for years.

The middle is systems: symbols, graphic styles, global colors, and appearance attributes used so a change happens once and propagates everywhere. Participants rebuild a piece of their own brand artwork as a system and see what a rebrand actually costs when the file was built properly versus not.

The final sessions are complex artwork and production. Blends, gradient meshes, clipping, and effects applied non-destructively. Then output: preparing files for a printer, handling spot colors and overprint, packaging assets, and producing the deliverables a production partner needs without a follow-up email.

Outcomes

What You'll Learn at a Glance

  • Construct artwork accurately rather than approximately
  • Build paths with as few points as the shape actually needs
  • Use symbols, graphic styles, and global colors so a change happens once
  • Apply effects and appearance non-destructively
  • Work with blends, meshes, and complex clipping
  • Prepare production files including spot colors and overprint
  • Package and hand off assets a printer accepts first time

Duration

14 hrs (4 sessions)

Prerequisites

Participants should be comfortable drawing with the pen tool, working with shapes and type, and navigating Illustrator day to day. Those without that foundation should start with Adobe Illustrator Beginners (Level 1). Illustrator must be installed before the first session.

Format

Live, instructor-led

Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.

Adobe software is not included

Participants need access to the Adobe application this workshop covers, and the software has its own cost. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.

Dates and options

Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team

Public sessions

  • Tue, Jan 19 - Thu, Jan 28, 2027

    5:00 PM to 8:30 PM

    $795.00per participant

Train your team privately

Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.

How team training works

From first call to trained team

  • 20,000+Participants trained
  • 90%Completion rate
  • 1,500+Organizations served
  1. Scope it

    A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.

  2. Customize it

    Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.

  3. Deliver it live

    Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.

  4. Make it stick

    Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.

Pricing

Tuition and ways to buy

$795.00 per participant

Adobe Illustrator Advanced (Level 2) runs 14 hours across four live sessions. Enroll as an individual or book private training for your team.

  • Individual enrollment: $895 per participant. Book a seat on a scheduled class directly. If no date is listed, request information and we will tell you when one opens
  • Private group training: request a custom quote. Built around your own brand, templates, and files, and scheduled around your team
  • Certificate credit: this class counts toward the Graphic Design Certificate and the Digital Media Production Certificate
  • Employer funding: we provide invoices, purchase order documentation, and certificates of completion on request

Register above for the next scheduled class, or request a quote for group pricing and scheduling.

Adobe software is not included in tuition. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.

  • Per participant

    Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.

  • Private team session

    Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.

  • Invoice your organization

    DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.

  • Multi-workshop programs

    Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.

Adobe Creative Cloud training

Adobe Creative Cloud training for teams

Marketing, communications, and in-house creative teams rely on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Express. DWC teaches each one live, in beginner and advanced levels, with exercises built around your brand and the assets your team produces.

Train a whole creative team at once, or upskill the people outside it who need to produce on-brand graphics, documents, and video without waiting in the design queue.

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FAQ

Questions from training managers

Still deciding? Call 970-980-8091 or request a quote.

Can you customize this workshop for our team?

Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.

Is the training online or on-site?

Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.

Is there a minimum group size?

Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.

Do participants need Adobe software?

Yes. Participants need access to the Adobe application the workshop covers, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, or After Effects. The software has its own cost and is not included in tuition. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.

Do you offer beginner and advanced levels?

Yes. Most Adobe workshops come in a beginner level and an advanced level, so new users and experienced staff each get the right starting point.

Do participants receive a certificate?

Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.

Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?

Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.

Can individual employees join a public session?

When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.

Bring this workshop to your team

Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.