Logo suite
Deliverable: A primary logo plus horizontal and icon variants, built from clean paths, on global swatches so the whole palette can be changed from one place.
Course
Adobe Illustrator
The industry-standard vector tool, taught around building marks and illustrations properly — clean paths, real typography and files an agency or printer can open and edit.
- Duration: 2 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: beginner to advanced
What you will be able to do
- Control the pen tool well enough to trace any shape accurately
- Build a logo from clean paths with as few anchor points as the form needs
- Set and manipulate type, including custom lettering from outlines
- Work with global colours and swatches so a palette change takes seconds
- Produce illustration using shape building, pathfinder and gradients
- Export correctly for print, screen and handoff to a developer
Who this course is for
- Anyone comfortable operating a computer
- Designers moving from CorelDraw to the Adobe workflow
- Students targeting agency, branding or illustration roles
- No drawing background required
Syllabus
6 modules · 2 months
Module 1. Vector thinking and the workspace
- Why vector scales and raster does not
- Artboards, documents and setting up for the destination
- Basic shapes, transform and align
- Layers, groups and organising a file for handoff
Module 2. The pen tool and paths
- Anchor points, handles and Bezier control
- Tracing an outline accurately
- Minimum anchor points, and why it matters
- Joining, cutting and reshaping paths
Module 3. Building forms
- Pathfinder and shape builder
- Compound paths and knockouts
- Symmetry, repetition and rotation tools
- Image trace and cleaning up the result
Module 4. Colour and appearance
- Global swatches and editing a palette in one place
- Gradients, meshes and gradient on a stroke
- Appearance panel and multiple fills
- Graphic styles and reusing an effect
Module 5. Typography and lettering
- Type on a path, in an area, and as an object
- Kerning, tracking and optical alignment
- Converting type to outlines and modifying letterforms
- Building a wordmark from customised type
Module 6. Output and handoff
- CMYK for print, RGB and SVG for screen
- Exporting assets at multiple sizes
- Packaging a file with fonts and links
- What a developer or printer actually needs from you
Tools and technologies you will use
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- SVG and PDF export
- Colour management
Projects you will build
Vector illustration
Deliverable: A flat illustration built with pathfinder and shape building rather than freehand drawing, using a defined limited palette.
Complete handoff package
Deliverable: One brand mark delivered as print PDF, web SVG and layered source, packaged with fonts and links so another designer can open and edit it without asking you anything.
Where this course can take you
- Graphic Designer
- Brand Designer
- Illustrator
- UI Asset Designer
- Packaging Designer
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 2 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by batch and delivery mode. Ask about the combined fee if you take Illustrator alongside Photoshop.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
The pen tool is the course
Everything else in Illustrator is comfortable within a fortnight. The pen tool is the part people avoid for years, and it is the part that decides whether your work looks built or bodged.
So it gets a full module early, with deliberate repetition — tracing real outlines, watching where the handles want to go, and learning that a curve usually needs three anchor points rather than eleven. It is tedious for about a week. Then it stops being tedious and everything afterwards is faster.
Fewer points, better shapes
A shape built from forty anchor points and one built from six can look identical on screen.
The difference shows when somebody scales it, when a printer rips it, and when another designer opens the file and has to modify it. Clean path construction is the clearest signal in a portfolio that a designer knows what they are doing, and it is visible in about four seconds to anyone who does.
Set up for the handover
A logo that only exists as one file on your laptop has not been delivered.
The last module is about what actually leaves your hands — print PDF, web SVG, sized exports, packaged fonts and links, layered source another designer can open. The third project is graded on exactly this, because “can you send me the editable file” is a question every designer gets and a surprising number cannot answer well.
Where it sits against CorelDraw
Same concepts, different keyboard.
If you have learned CorelDraw, most of this course is finding the equivalent command and adjusting to the Adobe way of thinking about appearance and effects. That is a genuine advantage, not repetition — and being fluent in both is a practical edge in a market where the agency runs Illustrator and the printer down the road runs Corel.
Questions
Adobe Illustrator — frequently asked questions
Should I learn Illustrator or CorelDraw?
Illustrator is the international and agency standard and integrates with the rest of Adobe. CorelDraw is what most Indian print shops actually run. If you are targeting agency or product work, learn Illustrator; if you are targeting local print and signage, learn CorelDraw first. The underlying vector concepts are the same in both.
Do I need to be good at drawing?
No, and the illustration module is deliberately built around construction rather than freehand — shapes combined with pathfinder, symmetry and repetition. Some of the best vector illustration is assembled rather than drawn. Drawing ability opens more doors later but is not a prerequisite here.
How is this different from the Graphic Design course?
Graphic Design covers design thinking, layout, branding and the reasoning behind visual decisions, using several tools. This is a deep course in one tool. If you are new to design entirely, take Graphic Design; if you already design and need real Illustrator command, take this.
What is the point of global swatches?
A client changing a brand colour is routine. With global swatches you edit one swatch and every object updates; without them you hunt through a hundred objects and miss three. It is a five-minute concept that saves hours repeatedly, which is why it has its own place in the colour module.
Enquire about Adobe Illustrator
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Related courses
- Graphic Design
Design principles first and software second, because employers hire for typography and layout judgement — the tools are learnable in weeks and the judgement is not.
- Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop taught around non-destructive editing, so every file you build can be revised later — the habit that separates someone who can use the tool from someone who can work with it.
- CorelDraw
The vector tool most Indian print shops actually run, taught around the files they need — logos, cards, flyers and banners that reach the printer correct the first time.
- UI UX Design
Design taught as decision-making you can justify, not decoration — ending with three case studies that show your reasoning, which is what design hiring actually assesses.
Next step
Talk to a course advisor
Tell us what you want to learn and we will help you pick the right course, batch and mode.