Welcome to our on-demand workshop series!

Please Note: If you must complete equipment trainings or workshops for a course assignment, please ensure you do so via your Canvas Course assignments section.

Our on-demand workshops are designed to teach you new skills with digital tools. In this workshop we will be introducing you to Adobe Illustrator - a popular vector graphics editor free for students and staff. It is commonly used in graphic design and for preparing 2D designs for our Laser Cutter and Vinyl Cutter.

Vector design can be useful for showing off product designs, laser cutting prototypes, creating illustrations, artwork, game assets and more.

In this workshop we will:

Take you on a tour of Adobe Illustrators functions and features
Vectorise your own images which then allows you to manipulate the shapes and colours
Walk you through the creation of a coloured landscape using vector shapes

We hope you enjoy this workshop!

Accessing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is available on all student and staff PCs at the University of Auckland.

Helpful tips:

1. All PCs in the Maker Space have Adobe Illustrator.

2. Unleash Space has laptops that can be borrowed for use in the Maker Space. They all have Adobe Illustrator.

3. For UoA staff, Adobe Illustrator can be installed on your PC from Software Centre.

4. Students get a discounted subscription rate for the Adobe Creative Suite, which includes Illustrator.

Distinguished Graduate Award

This workshop qualifies as a Professional Development Workshop towards the Co-curricular Recognition Programme and Distinguished Graduate Award.

You can submit evidence of your completion of this workshop through the Co-curricular recognition programme portal via Engage, under the Professional Development Workshops requirement of your chosen path.

To sign up to the Distinguished Graduate Award Pathways and navigate your Engage Portal, please view this tutorial.

To have your submission considered and approved, your submission will need to include the following:

Evidence Criteria: Adobe Illustrator Basics Workshop

Create your own customised scene using Adobe Illustrator. Screenshot the final design.

You must use the following tools:

Shape tool
Pen tool
Curvature Tool
Gradient tool

The scene must also include a vector image of your own choice.