Course Title: Design Projects for Adobe Illustrator CS2
Hours required: 24
Price: $99
Length course offered: 6 Weeks
Instructor: Sherry London [Bio]
Description:
Practice while you learn the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator CS2 with useful design projects.
You'll gain valuable experience with Illustrator's drawing tools and image-editing features that aren't usually covered in introductory courses. You'll practice drawing and tracing with the Pen tool and learn how to fine-tune the contours of any line. You'll discover how to work with color, use shortcuts for applying color to images, and add special effects to your drawings. Real-world assignments will challenge you and help you hone your new skills.
The course is designed to let you work at your own level, whether you're just getting started with Illustrator or looking to refresh your Illustrator skills. Each project includes instruction and practice in the principles of good graphic design.
Goals:
Master Illustrator's drawing tools, including the Pen tool. Learn how to use Illustrator's many image-editing features. Reinforce your Illustrator skills as you explore the elements of composition, color, and typography, along with secrets of good graphic design.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
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Instructor Bio: Sherry London
Sherry London is a noted Photoshop and Illustrator expert, fiber artist, writer, and teacher. Her art has been featured in magazines and exhibitions. Her published works include Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild, Photoshop Magic, Photoshop Effects Magic, Photoshop In Depth, Photoshop Textures Magic, and Illustrator f/x and Design. She writes the Tips and Tricks column for Photoshop User magazine and is a two-time nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame. She has taught for the prestigious Thunder Lizard Photoshop Conference and the Professional Photographers of America seminars, as well as for Drexel University, Moore College of Art, and Gloucester County College. Sherry holds a Master's Degree in Information Systems and has taken doctoral level courses in curriculum design.
