In this hands-on, two-day Infographics Using Adobe Illustrator training course, you will learn how to create infographics by gaining the skills and techniques allowing you to analyze data and trends. You will be introduced to workflows for collecting, analyzing, story boarding and producing visual stories. The use of pre-designed Infographic templates and other files in Adobe Illustrator will be covered for use on websites, mobile devices, e-publications, and print. You will learn infographic design and learn to create infographics from the hands-on experience received in this course, where you will sketch illustrations of data and design compelling visual graphic illustration utilizing Adobe Illustrator. You will also learn best practices, workflows, and techniques through real world examples by applying font, color, images, charts and complex data maps.
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Commercial Price Per Person 2-Day Class: $795
GSA/Government Price Per Person 2-Day Class: $640.81
Non-Profit/Education Price Per Person 2-Day Class: $745
Duration: 2 Days
Locations for Training:
Virtually Online Live (VOLT™) From Anywhere!
Upon Request: Custom Private Training!
Prerequisites: Experience of a minimum of two years of current work with the application, demonstrating familiarity with basic to intermediate features, is required.
Job Roles That Use Infographics:
Graphic Designers
Creative Professionals
Marketing Professionals
Communication Teams
Web Designers
Content Managers
e-Learning Teams
Projects That Use Infographics:
Projects that are content centric and data driven that needs to be re-purposed graphically for ease of user consumption and drive a compelling response and/or recognition.
1. Exercise: Collect, Explore, Explain:
Students collect, data about the class participants, explore it and prepare a sketch of a data visualization.
2. Make your first graphic in Illustrator
Why Illustrator? Why does Illustrator remain an essential infographics tool?
What is SVG? A discussion of Vectors vs. Rasters, file types and outputs
Grid & Layout – Every graphic needs a grid
Essential pieces of a good graphic – Give your readers the tools to understand your visual
Using the Illustrator chart tool
Moving your graphic to a Microsoft output
3. Icons & Pictographs
Use the noun project to download and use an icon
Create a Pictograph – a graphic that uses icons to represent data
Does your icon represent your data well
Arrangement
Details make the chart fun
4. Infographic History
Infographics are everywhere. But how did we get here?
5. Democratization of Infographics
Techniques, best practices and workflows
Free tools, software, and resources for non-designers
Use the noun project to download and use an icon
Google drive
Canva
The Noun Project
Tableau
Using free tier online infographics tools to get design inspiration. (venngage, pictochart)
Free tier infographics tools = free inspiration
6. Make a wordcloud
How can we visualize when numbers are not the data?
7. Infographic forms/Best practices
A tour through the essential form of visualization, when to use them and how to avoid pitfalls
The spectrum of visual accuracy
What chart to use and when
Covers: bars, lines, pies, surface area, hierarchies and matrices
Design matters:
Color: How to use it wisely
Fonts: the single biggest trick to change perceived quality
8. Make a proportional symbol chart
Create representative square with provided data
Noun project icons
9. Make a Tree Map
Use provided data with Google, Microsoft Excel and Illustrator to make a TreeMap
10. Make a timeline
Use provided data with Google, Microsoft Excel and Illustrator to create an attractive multi-year timeline
11. Make a choropleth US Map
Maps are powerful tools for understanding. Learn to use a template map to visualize 50 states of data
Choose the type of map.
Make a color scales and legends in illustrator
12. A day in your life
Visualize what you know, learn things you didn’t
An open ended assignment in which participants devise a graphic that shows data about their own life, executes a sketch and final product output.
Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are used as a guideline and are subject to change to ensure the latest information is covered to support real world use of the technology.
Software Versions: ThinkB!G open enrollment classes are taught on the most current version of software whenever possible. To request a specific version, please Contact Us or call us at 301-362-2250.
No certification available
If you have a team of individuals, you can receive bulk discounts by doing your own Private training session & cover your specific learning objectives!
I highly recommend this training for anyone looking to get smart on how they can begin to create professionally designed infographics using MS tools with which they’re already familiar. The Instructor was engaging who took the time to make sure each student was on pace and receiving feedback. -DOD, Elissa (Infographics Using PowerPoint & Excel Live Hands-On Instructor-Led Training Class)
Great instructor, great training! I would highly recommend it. -DOD, Michelle (Infographics Using Adobe Illustrator Live Hands-On Instructor-Led Training Class)
I love ThinkBIG!!!! Best training groups in the DC area. Never a bad training. Great tech support. Amazing teachers. -USDA, Jessica (Infographics)
“Compared to other training I have taken in the area, Think BIG provides the best bang for your buck. Not only are the facilities state-of-the-art but the instructors offer a wealth of tested professional knowledge and talent to students. On top of all that, Think BIG’s hands on style and customer-centered approach is beyond approach.” – Sean M., DHS (Private Infographics Training Class)
“I totally enjoyed the course. The instructor was knowledgeable, friendly and sharing of his experience. I totally enjoyed the course. The instructor was knowledgeable, friendly and sharing of his experience.” – Martin G., NIH (Infographic Essentials)
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