Illustrator Classes NYC

Unlock your creativity and master the art of digital design with our Adobe Illustrator classes in NYC. Learn essential techniques, create stunning graphics, and gain the skills to bring your imagination to life.

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Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

From logos to patterns, from packaging to type, you’ll learn a lot of what Illustrator can do. You’ll create numerous graphics throughout the course, using the standard drawing tools, the Pen tool, type, compound paths, effects, layers, masks, patterns, blends, colors, and more. Mastering Illustrator’s vector Pen tool is not the most intuitive process, but using our drawing templates we’ll help you to master this tool. You’ll also learn...

Monday Oct 23rd, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (3 sessions)

$975

3 sessions

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Deal

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Plexus Creative @ 198 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard tool for creating and editing vector graphics for illustration and design. This hands-on workshop will cover the key concepts and techniques of Adobe Illustrator that can be applied to workflows for print, web, digital fabrication, or other imaging workflows. You will learn how to use artboards, workspaces, shapes, paths, strokes, fills, drawing tools, text, color, brushes, and effects. You will also learn...

Saturday Dec 2nd, 11am–5pm Eastern Time

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Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp

NYC Career Centers @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

From logos to patterns, from packaging to type, we'll teach you what Illustrator can do. Learn the necessary tools to create Illustrations, charts, graphs, logos, and diagrams. You'll create numerous graphics in class, using the standard drawing tools, the Pen tool, type, compound paths, effects, layers, masks, patterns, blends, colors, and more. Learn how to combine text and graphics together.  Work with the tools shapes, color, effects,...

Monday Oct 30th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (3 sessions)

$975

3 sessions

Illustrator in a Day

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

Learn how to create shapes and use the Pen tool to draw vector graphics. In no time at all you’ll be able to control the Pen tool, draw straight lines and curves, use colors, layers, brushes, trace images, and more! This 6-hour class will quickly get you started with the essentials. It’s for people who use Illustrator lightly and only have 1 day (or 2 nights) to spare. Learn more about Illustrator in a Day at Noble Desktop.

Monday Oct 23rd, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

$395

Graphic Design Certificate

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Learn design applications and graphic design concepts/processes so you can create great-looking modern designs and start building your portfolio to show prospective clients or employers. Learn the Adobe Creative Cloud Apps Used By Professionals Edit & retouch photos in Photoshop. Create vector graphics in Illustrator. Design page layouts in InDesign. Learn Design Fundamentals Learn graphic design concepts such as typography, color,...

Tuesday Oct 10th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (14 sessions)

$2,995

14 sessions

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After Effects in a Day

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

This hands-on After Effects class is designed to get you the essentials of the user interface, the timeline, video, layer animation, easing in and out, fade-ins, and more. Learn to start using After Effects to animate photos, text, video, and add music/sounds. You can even import files from Illustrator (such as a logo) or Photoshop and animate their elements. Get started in this 6-hour workshop. Recommendations: Basic knowledge of Adobe...

Monday Dec 18th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

$425

Graphic Design Portfolio Bootcamp

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

In this hands-on Graphic Design Bootcamp, you will expand your knowledge of design concepts and processes while producing portfolio projects. This class focuses on how to design and assumes knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. Throughout the course, you'll produce several portfolio projects, including logos, social media graphics, stationery, book/eBook covers, album covers, event posters, and email announcements. Assignments will...

Friday Oct 20th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (5 sessions)

$1,295

5 sessions

Graphic Design Portfolio Bootcamp

NYC Career Centers @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Graphic Design Bootcamp Overview In this hands-on graphic design bootcamp, you will expand your knowledge of design concepts and processes while producing portfolio projects. This class focuses on how to design and assumes knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. Throughout the course, you'll produce several portfolio projects, including logos, social media graphics, stationery, book/eBook covers, album covers, event posters, and email...

Friday Oct 27th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (5 sessions)

$1,295

5 sessions

Graphic Design Certificate

NYC Career Centers @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

In this 12-day Graphic Design Certificate Program, you'll learn the essentials of the most versatile graphic design programs: Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. While many aspiring designers consider Photoshop to be the industry standard, Adobe has created an entire suite of design software for a reason.  Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator serve different purposes.  While they can sometimes accomplish the same design tasks, certain...

Monday Oct 16th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (14 sessions)

$2,995

14 sessions

UI Design Certificate

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Learn essential design concepts and the apps used by design professionals: Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Create a portfolio of projects to showcase your skills to employers. Learn to design the UI (user interface) of websites and mobile apps. Gain a comprehensive understanding of design concepts and create portfolio projects to show potential clients or employers. Learn UI Design Essentials for Websites & Apps Learn about composition,...

Sunday Oct 15th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (29 sessions)

$3,995

29 sessions

Graphic Design Summer Program (High School)

NextGen Bootcamp @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Learn the graphic design theory and the essential Adobe applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. In this summer course in NYC, high school students work on real-world design projects. The first section of the camp covers Adobe Photoshop. Students explore topics such as retouching photos, combining images, preparing graphics for the web, and more. The next section covers InDesign comprehensively and includes creating page layouts...

Monday Jul 8th, 10am–4pm Eastern Time

 (10 sessions)

$2,495

10 sessions

Motion Graphics Certificate

NYC Career Centers @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Learn video editing, motion graphics, and special effects by mastering two of the most powerful pieces of software: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. By the end of this certificate, you'll showcase what you've learned by creating a motion graphics demo reel. Learn Video Editing Learn how to edit music, voiceover, and dialogue, timing out video clips and adjusting their placement, speed, and color. Animate Motion Graphics Learn how to add...

Monday Nov 6th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (17 sessions)

$3,495

17 sessions

Video Editing Certificate

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 & Virtually Online

Learn video editing, audio editing, and the foundation of motion graphics and animation. Complete hands-on projects to learn the creative techniques for video editing and the workflow required to go from a concept to a fully edited video. Learn to Edit Video & Audio Use Premiere Pro to edit video, add music and voiceover, time out video clips, and adjust placement, speed, & color. Remove background noise, clean up audio, mix audio, and...

Monday Nov 6th, 10am–5pm Eastern Time

 (14 sessions)

$2,995

14 sessions

Introduction to Adobe After Effects Deal

Introduction to Adobe After Effects

Plexus Creative @ 198 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222

Adobe After Effects is a creative industry standard tool for motion graphics and compositing. This hands-on workshop will cover all the key fundamentals of working in Adobe After Effects including building compositions, working with layers, animating, adding effects, designing in 3D, and rendering. We will walkthrough sample projects demonstrating how different tools and techniques come together in real-world creative workflows. Topics Covered...

Saturday Dec 2nd, 11am–5pm Eastern Time

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Discover the Best Illustrator Classes in NYC

With Adobe Illustrator, users can create vibrant, colorful illustrations using lines and shapes and drawing freehand, making it a major player in the vector graphics industry. Branded products and advertisements often feature these images. Adobe Illustrator can open up a wide range of career paths in web design and graphic design, in addition to building logos and illustrations. 

Learning Illustrator in New York City can be a major game changer for any creative professional. As one of the largest business capitals of the world, every company can benefit from the talent of illustrator professionals to make themselves stand out, whether through marketing or packaging.

Best Illustrator Classes & Schools in NYC

NYC offers various in-person Adobe Illustrator classes at various schools throughout the city. Students can find programs that match their skill level no matter how experienced or experienced they are with the program. The Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp held at Noble Desktop in Midtown offers students a way to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of Illustrator in a condensed time frame.

The New York Public Library, located in Manhattan, offers various classes to the public. They offer a free Adobe Illustrator for Beginners course that teaches students the basics of the program. This can be a great option for those just beginning to learn the program and don't want to invest too much money into training. 

The New York Sewing Center is located in Midtown, in the heart of the garment district. Students interested in taking their Illustrator skills into Fashion Design may attend the Adobe Illustrator Fashion Design for Beginners course. Students will learn to create technical drawings of their designs and make technical flats of different clothing items. Students will also learn to repeat prints and patterns.

NYC Career Centers leads software training courses for individuals and businesses. Located in Midtown, they offer a similar Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp to Noble Desktop that allows students to learn the fundamentals while exploring the main tools of the program. Students will work through various projects like importing, recoloring or tracing photos. 

NYC Industries That Use Illustrator

As one of the world's business capitals, New York City is home to hundreds of industries. The industry you want to enter can help determine the school you should want to attend, as you can learn various tasks for that industry before you enter it. However, you may not know what industries are available for Illustrator professionals. Luckily, Illustrator is a versatile skill used in almost every industry with slightly different tasks. 

Marketing professionals use Adobe Illustrator in several different ways to promote brands and campaigns through print, television, the web, and social media ads. They can create social media graphics and email graphics for different marketing campaigns. 

In the tech industry, new technology is created and innovated. Web designers, for example, use Illustrator to create a website's visual elements. They will design the website layout or design in Illustrator; then, for the images to appear on the website, they code them into the website coding so they will appear on the website. 

Using Illustrator, fashion professionals can design their next big outfit. It allows them to enlarge the outfit's image without losing its detail. They create flats to show their design on a preset of an article of clothing. Illustrator allows designers to experiment with patterns and colors before committing to a design. 

Architecture involves designing buildings, such as houses, factories, offices, and factories. Architects use Illustrator to design infographics or styles to best portray a concept or idea. They can freehand a design for a building in a high-quality digital representation. 

In the art and design industry, artwork is created and shared in many ways. Illustrator is used to create recognizable brand logos and new product packaging. Digital artists will use Illustrator to create new art pieces they can sell in various forms, like prints and stickers. 

The entertainment industry utilizes Illustrator to create promotional material for a production. This can include posters, billboards, animated graphics, and billfolds. They can also utilize Illustrator for set design to test out different looks and structures before committing to the design. 

Illustrator Jobs & Salaries in NYC

You may wonder what jobs you can obtain with Illustrator since creative professionals use it in almost any industry. Salaries may change depending on the industry you enter, as demand will differ for each industry. No matter which industry you enter into, you should look into careers like: 

  • A Graphic Designer creates art that communicates and inspires through digital and physical media. In New York, Graphic Designers make around $60,000 per year. 
  • The UI Designer creates the overall appearance of an application or web page. UI Designers will see a salary of around $100,000 annually in NYC. 
  • UX designers ensure seamless user experiences for digital products through prototyping, user research, and user testing. UX Designers will make around $130,000 annually in New York. 
  • A Web Designer creates a website's appearance and functionality. Web Designers make around $60,000 annually in New York.
  • Fashion Designers use Illustrator to design patterns, explore colors, and display how patterns look on clothes such as dresses, shirts, and pants. Fashion Designers can bring home around $60,000 per year in NYC. 
  • Freelance Designers can take on multiple different types of projects to produce the work that their client wants. Freelance artists can make various amounts depending on their clients and how often they work.