Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design - Course Length: 2 days

This Adobe Illustrator training class provides a foundation for creating fashion, apparel, and accessories designs using Adobe Illustrator. Whether you are moving from a proprietary system or CAD to Adobe Illustrator or moving from traditional pen-and-ink to Adobe Illustrator, our specialized Illustrator classes help you master the Adobe Illustrator tools necessary for fashion, apparel, and accessories design.

AGI has trained thousands of fashion and apparel designers around the globe on how to best use the tools in Adobe Illustrator to create fashion, apparel, and accessories using the latest creative tools. Our customers include many of the largest labels and designers in the world, and our global presence has us delivering Adobe Illustrator training from the fashion centers of New York City, Paris, Milan, and Hong Kong. This course compliments the Photoshop for Fashion Design course, which serves as a perfect follow-up to this Illustrator class.

AGI’s curriculum for this Adobe Illustrator training has been designed in cooperation with AGI’s on-staff Adobe Illustrator experts and on-staff Fashion Institute of Technology graduates. This Adobe Illustrator training class is offered as a private or custom class and is focused on your needs to design apparel and accessories with Adobe Illustrator. For private and customized training, contact a training consultant at 781-376-6044.

Illustrator Class for Fashion Design or Textile Design

This Adobe Illustrator training class is focused primarily on the needs of fashion and apparel designers. If you are looking for a course to assist with textile design, our introductory and advanced Illustrator classes will assist you learn the skills you need to create digital designs using Adobe Illustrator. This fashion and apparel design course will then help you construct your designs into garments.

adobe-illustrator-apparel-design-training-class.pdf

Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design Course Dates

All classes in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.
and are led by a live instructor in the same classroom with you.
All online classes are led by a live instructor and run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Course Title	Course Dates	Course Location	Fee
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Oct 10 2018 to Thu, Oct 11 2018	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Oct 10 2018 to Thu, Oct 11 2018	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Conshohocken, PA 19428	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Oct 10 2018 to Thu, Oct 11 2018	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Woburn, MA 01801	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Oct 15 2018 to Tue, Oct 16 2018	Online Live instructor-led class online	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Nov 5 2018 to Tue, Nov 6 2018	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Nov 5 2018 to Tue, Nov 6 2018	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Conshohocken, PA 19428	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Nov 5 2018 to Tue, Nov 6 2018	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Woburn, MA 01801	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Nov 12 2018 to Tue, Nov 13 2018	Online Live instructor-led class online	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Mon, Dec 10 2018 to Tue, Dec 11 2018	Online Live instructor-led class online	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Dec 12 2018 to Thu, Dec 13 2018	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Woburn, MA 01801	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Dec 12 2018 to Thu, Dec 13 2018	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$795.00
Illustrator Class for Fashion and Apparel Design	Wed, Dec 12 2018 to Thu, Dec 13 2018	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Conshohocken, PA 19428	$795.00

Illustrator Training Class for Fashion and Apparel Design: Course Topics

Module 1: Getting To Know the Adobe Illustrator Workspace

Raster vs. Vector
Choosing a workspace
Opening a file
The document window
Using Artboards
Changing your view
The Tools panel
Using tools and panels
Custom workspaces
Customizing keyboard shortcuts

Module 2: Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials for Apparel Design

Using the shape tools
Constraining a shape
Selecting artwork
Using shape and transform tools to create artwork
Using layers when building an illustration
Cutting and pasting objects
Repeating a resize transform

Module 3: Working with the Adobe Illustrator Drawing Tools for Apparel Design

Working with the Pen tool
Tracing images
Adjusting the variable width of a stroke
Getting rid of stray points
Adding Dashed strokes
Additional Stroke options
Placing an image and using Image Trace
Editing existing paths
Reflecting and combining a shape
More practice with combining shapes using the Shape Builder tool
Using brushes in fashion illustration
Create new brush libraries

Module 4: Using Adobe Illustrator to Add Color to Fashion Designs

Basics of the Appearance panel
Creating a colorful illustration
Using Live Paint
Adding a symbol to your artwork
Saving swatches
Using the Color panel
Adding Pantone colors
Taking advantage of the new and improved Kuler panel

Module 5: Tracing Fashion Artwork using Adobe Illustrator

Importing images as templates
Placing an image using Image Trace
Image Trace Options
Working with the Method option
Abutting vs. Overlapping

Module 6: Using Live Paint in Adobe Illustrator

Creating a Live Paint Group
Using the Live Paint Bucket
Setting color
Editing Gap Options
Modifying Live Paint regions

Module 7: Organizing Adobe Illustrator fashion projects with Layers

Getting to know the Layers panel
Using layers to organize your illustrations
Using the Layers panel to make selections
Creating new layers
Moving items between layers
Paste remembers layers
Template layers

Module 8: Working with Symbols in Illustrator

Cleaning out the symbol library
Using symbols in the fashion industry
Creating symbols
Editing symbols
Importing a symbol library
Using the symbolism tools
Editing nested symbols
Saving symbol libraries

Module 9: Using Adobe Illustrator Patterns in Fashion Designs

Exploring the Pattern Options panel
Creating a pattern
Applying a pattern
Editing a pattern swatch
Editing a pattern in an object
Editing a pattern's application visually

Our instructors are the authors of numerous Illustrator books. You can see examples of the training materials created by our instructors by viewing our Illustrator tutorials.