Adobe Illustrator CC Level 2

Advance your design expertise and create sophisticated illustrations with the Adobe Illustrator CC Level 2 course, perfect for experienced creatives and professionals ready to elevate their skills with complex techniques.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Organize and enhance artwork utilizing advanced layer techniques.

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Blend colors and shapes seamlessly for impactful designs.

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Harness the power of brushes to create dynamic art styles.

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Prepare and optimize your creative work for print and web applications.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Designers
  • Publishers
  • Pre-press professionals
  • Marketing communications professionals

Description

​You have probably used Adobe® Illustrator® Level 1 to create simple illustrations and logos. If you are ready to go beyond the basics and create more complex and exciting illustrations for either print or the web, Adobe Illustra­tor Level 2 is for you.

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Upcoming Course Dates

October 28-28, 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

Enroll

$790

Course Outline

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Lesson 1: Organizing Artwork with Layers

  1. Using the layers panel

  2. Creating, locking and rearranging layers

  3. Merge layers

  4. Pasting layers

  5. Applying appearance attributes

  6. Creating clipping masks

Lesson 2: Blending Colors and Shapes

  1. Working with Gradients

  2. Creating and Applying a Linear Gradient to a Fill

  3. Adjusting the Direction and Angle of a Gradient Fill

  4. Applying a Gradient to a Stroke

  5. Editing a Gradient on a Stroke

  6. Creating and Applying a Radial Gradient

  7. Editing the Radial Gradient Colors

  8. Adjusting the Radial Gradient

  9. Applying Gradients to Multiple Objects

  10. Adding Transparency to Gradients

  11. Working with Blended Objects

  12. Creating a Blend with Specified Steps

  13. Modifying a Blend

  14. Creating and Editing Smooth Color Blends

Lesson 3: Working with Brushes

  1. Using Calligraphic Brushes

  2. Editing a Brush

  3. Using a Fill Color with Brushes

  4. Removing a Brush Stroke

  5. Using Art Brushes; Drawing with the Paintbrush Tool

  6. Editing Paths with the Paintbrush Tool

  7. Creating an Art Brush

  8. Editing an Art Brush

  9. Using Bristle Brushes

  10. Changing Bristle Brush Options

  11. Painting with a Bristle Brush

  12. Using Pattern Brushes

  13. Creating a Pattern Brush

  14. Applying a Pattern Brush

  15. Working with the Blob Brush Tool

  16. Drawing with the Blob Brush Tool

  17. Merging Paths with the Blob Brush Tool

Lesson 4: Using Effects and Graphic Styles

  1. Using the appearance panel

  2. Adding multiple strokes and fills to a path

  3. Using live effects

  4. Applying raster effects

  5. 3d effects

  6. Using graphic styles

  7. Scaling strokes and effects

Lesson 5: Working with Symbols

  1. Working with Symbols

  2. Using Existing Illustrator Symbol Libraries

  3. Creating Symbols

  4. Editing a Symbol

  5. Replacing a Symbol

  6. Breaking a Link to a Symbol

  7. Editing Symbol Options

  8. Working with the Symbolism Tools

  9. Spraying Symbol Instances

  10. Editing Symbols with the Symbolism Tools

  11. Storing and Retrieving Artwork in the Symbols Panel

Lesson 6: Preparing Content for the Web

  1. Using the Save for Web command

  2. Adobe Web Fonts

  3. Using the Pixel Grid

  4. Using the Slice Tool

  5. Creating CSS code

Additional Lesson: Working with Perspective Drawing

  1. Understanding Perspective

  2. Understanding the Perspective Grid

  3. Working with the Perspective Grid

  4. Using the Preset Grid

  5. Editing the Perspective Grid

  6. Drawing Objects in Perspective

  7. Selecting and Transforming Objects in Perspective

  8. Attaching Content to Perspective

  9. Editing Planes and Objects Together

  10. Adding and Editing Text in Perspective

  11. Working with Symbols in Perspective

  12. Adding Symbols to the Perspective Grid

  13. Transforming Symbols in Perspective

  14. Releasing Content from Perspective

  15. Working with the Horizontal Plane

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