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Adobe Illustrator Syllabus
Recommended Supplies
Lesson release, classwork, and homework assignments
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Lesson 1: Create a Document
Lesson 1: Naming Documents and Saving your work
Lesson 1: Preferences and Settings
Lesson 1: Essentials Classic
Lesson 1: Move Tool
Lesson 1: Rectangle Tool and other shapes
Lesson 1: Align Tool
Lesson 1: Move Tool vs Direct Selection
Lesson 1: Colors and Swatches
Lesson 1: No Fill Option
Lesson 1: Swatches and Color Picker
Lesson 1: Layers
Lesson 1: Grouping
Lesson 1: Locking Objects
Activity 1: Activity Fashion Components: CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT
Lesson 1: Helpful Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator
Lesson 1: HOMEWORK
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 2: Pen Tool
Activity 1: Pen Tool
Lesson 2: Croqui
Activity 2: Target customer
Lesson 2: Transform and Reflect Function
Lesson 2: Outlines and Silhouettes
Activity 3: Sketching Silhouettes CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT
Lesson 2: Shortcut for Adjusting the order of Layers
Lesson 2: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 3: Key Elements of a Technical Drawing
Lesson 3: Sketching Dresses
Activity 1: Sketch a dress with flow and volume
Lesson 3: Sketching a Shirt
Activity 2: Sketch a shirt CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 3: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Introduction to Linesheets
Lesson 4: Sketching Jeans
Activity 1: Sketching Jeans CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 4: Sketching a Denim jacket
Activity 2: Sketching a Denim Jacket
Activity 3: Embroidery on a Denim Jacket
Lesson 4: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 5: Personalized Croqui
Activity 1: Trace the Made Institute Croqui
Activity 2: Personalize your Croqui CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 5: Fit Photos
Activity 3: Take your own Fit Photos
Lesson 5: Create a Brush
Lesson 5: Brushes for Gathers
Activity 4: Create your own Brush
Lesson 5: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 6: Introduction to Print Design
Lesson 6: Creating Stripes
Activity 1: Create your own Stripe Print CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 6: Creating Spots
Activity 2: Create your own Spotted Prints
Lesson 6: Image Trace Tool
Activity 3: Who inspires you for Print design?
Lesson 6: Image Trace tool - extra info!
Lesson 6: Introduction to Final Project
Lesson 6: Example Final Project by Ali Dworsack
Lesson 6: HOMEWORK
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 7: Introduction to Accessory Design
Activity 1: Design a Wallet CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Lesson 7: Using Spec Sheets
Lesson 7: Colorboards and Eye Dropper Tool
Activity 2: Create a Colorboard
Lesson 7: Using Multiple Artboards
Lesson 7: Creating PDF files
Lesson 7: FINAL PROJECT DRAFT SUBMISSION
Complete your Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
Lesson 8: Wrapping up!
Lesson 8: Moodboard Peer Feedback
Lesson 8: Sketches and Technical Drawings Peer Feedback
Lesson 8: Spec Sheet + Print Peer Feedback
Lesson 8: FINAL PROJECT SUBMISSION
FINAL PROJECT CRITIQUE / Weekly Office Hours- LIVE Video Chat Via Google Hangouts
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We've created this online course series to bring professional fashion techniques to the comfort of your home studio, coffee shop, or dining room table. This beginner course is perfect for;
Aspiring Fashion Designers
Aspiring Sketch Artists
Hobbyists Ready to Level Up
We've created these online courses for aspiring fashion designers, sewing/design hobbyists, and dabblers looking to gain some new skills. We offer courses for all levels and welcome beginners to our community.
We recommend that students have a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer, as well as a smart phone to upload photos of their weekly classwork and homework assignments. Additional course specific supply lists will be provided with each course.
Our certificate courses will have a weekly drip schedule that will release that week's lessons, classwork submission prompts, and homework submission prompts. Students will then have access to weekly live office hours via Google Hangouts to speak with their instructor for questions and real-time feedback. Students will be expected to submit their assignments by midnight the evening before the next lesson release.
Once you purchase our online workshops and hobbyist projects, your schedule is your own. You will not receive a grade, so you can complete each project at your leisure.
Only students taking our Certificate Courses will receive grades. Passing grades will count towards Made Institute's Designer Development Program.
Yes! We are licensed by the PA Dept. of Education. Our curriculum has been scrutinized and approved by the state to ensure our students are getting a quality education.
No. While we are licensed as a Privately Licensed School, Made Institute is not accredited. We have found that many of our students are not looking for a degree, but rather an expedited education that will get them closer to their fashion design goals more quickly. Upon completion of the Certificate Courses, students will receive a Certificate of Completion that can be mailed to students upon request.
Our Certificate Courses will expire 30 days after the last live session. Our hobbyist projects and workshops will be available as long as the student membership is active.
