Adobe Illustrator Advanced (Level 2)

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.

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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

Description

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.

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

Details

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.

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DWC provides expert Adobe Creative Cloud training aligned to your organization’s needs, your funding requirements, and your participants’ skill levels. With customization at every level, from content to scheduling to delivery format, DWC builds Adobe training programs that produce measurable outcomes.

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Tuition

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