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# Design Logos with Adobe Illustrator!

Learn how with Specs Howard's Graphic Design Program

### Learn More!

#### At Specs Howard School of Media Arts, Graphic Design students will learn the basics of branding including how to create logos in Adobe Illustrator.  Give yourself an advantage in today's competitive marketplace with the **Graphic Design program**.  In the program you will: 

 

- Visually communicate concepts and ideas for print and **web design**
- Produce and present work acceptable for a **professional client/designer environment **
- Create **vector artwork** by designing layers, tracing and freehand illustration, and using color and gradients
- **Format and design** press-ready pieces with images and **typography** in Adobe InDesign
- **Design, create, host and maintain a website** using basic Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript
- **Brand** and represent companies via web and **social media**

 

The goal of the **Graphic Design**** **program is to train graduates to create and design content for today's online needs.  Two days a week in the classroom are combined with online coursework designed to build both confidence and skills.  A **MacBook Pro** is provided to every student for the length of the program to use for the online component as well as access to the **Adobe Creative Cloud**.   

 

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