Every brand needs their original content and it is always high on their priority list. With the massive amount of available content, it is difficult stand out. Illustrations can help you to make it possible. With illustrations, you can create the image you need. Effective illustrations catch the eye and help to tell a story.

Content Illustration
Course Features:
  • Language: English
  • list-box-outline Track: Digital Designing
  • Duration: 120 hours
  • layers-outline Level: Intermediate
  • Learning Mode: Learn at ALC or Learn at Home
  • Jurisdiction: Maharashtra
  • Certificate of Completion

Eligibility
  • Learner should preferably a std. 10th Pass student (Not Compulsory)
  • It is desirable that Learner should have done MS-CIT Course (Not Compulsory)

Who Should Join

  • Aspiring Graphic Designers and Illustrators: Individuals aiming to develop foundational skills in digital illustration and graphic design.
  • Art and Design Students: Those pursuing studies in art, design, or related fields, seeking to enhance their digital illustration capabilities.
  • Marketing and Advertising Professionals: Professionals looking to create compelling visual content for branding and promotional materials.
  • Content Creators and Social Media Managers: Individuals responsible for producing engaging visual content for online platforms.
  • Educators and Trainers: Teachers and trainers interested in incorporating digital illustrations into educational materials.
  • Freelancers and Entrepreneurs: Individuals aiming to offer illustration and graphic design services or enhance their business's visual identity.
  • Hobbyists and Art Enthusiasts: Individuals passionate about art and illustration, seeking to learn digital tools for personal projects.

What you'll learn ?

After this course, the learner can be a Designer, Illustrator, Background Artist and Key-frame Artist for Animations.


Syllabus

  • Basics of Illustrator CS4
  • Introduction
  • The Working Place
  • Customizing
  • Tools
  • Layer And Layer Options
  • Pen, Pencils and Paths
  • Using the Brush and Paint
  • Specialized Tools
  • Getting Creative with Types
  • Using the Symbols
  • Designing Graphics
  • Effects and Filters
  • Playing With Palettes
  • Select, View and Object
  • Automating
  • Output
  • Exporting
  • Web and Devices
  • Settings
  • Skills: The Working Place, Customizing, Tools, Layer And Layer Options, Pen, Pencils and Paths, Using the Brush and Paint, Specialized Tools, Getting Creative with Types, Using the Symbols, Designing Graphics, Effects and Filters, Playing With Palettes Select, View and Object, Automating, Exporting, Web and Devices

    Outputs: Business Card, Labels, Letterhead, Coupon, Identity Card, Jewel Case Design, Book Mark, Sticker, Envelope, Magazine Advertisement

    Magazine


    Letterhead

    Certificate (YCMOU Recognised Courses)

    • KLiC 120 hour courses are recognised by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU).
    • MKCL provides certificate to the KLiC learner after his/her successful course completion.
    • Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) provides mark sheet to successfully passed KLiC learners (Jurisdiction: Maharashtra).
    • Please Refer Fee Structure for YCMOU Certification

    Academic Approach

    The Academic Approach of the course focuses on the “work centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book !), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as well as development of the society.

    Learning methodology

    • Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
    • Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
    • Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
    • Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
    • Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level
    • Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
    • Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
    • Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
    • After imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
    • Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression.

    Evaluation Pattern

    Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

    Section No. Section Name Total Marks Minimum Passing Marks
    1 Learning Progression 25 10
    2 Internal Assessment 25 10
    3 Final Online Examination 50 20
    Total 100 40
    4 SUPWs (Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments) 5 Assignments 2 Assignments to be Completed & Uploaded

    MKCL’s KLiC Certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

    1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
    2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
      • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments

    KLiC Courses Fee Structure from 01 July, 2025 Onwards

    KLiC 120 hour course fee applicable from 01 July, 2025 all over Maharashtra
    KLiC Course Duration MFO: MKCL Share
    (Including 18% GST)
    ALC Share
    (Service Charges to be collected by ALC)
    MKCL Certificate YCMOU Marksheet
    120 hours (Without YCMOU Marksheet) Rs. 1,000/- Rs. 5,000/- Available Not Available
    120 hours (With YCMOU Marksheet) Rs. 1,118/- Rs. 5,000/- Available Available


    Important Points:
    * Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
    * Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
    * MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice

    KLiC Courses Fee Structure upto 30 June, 2025

    From 01 January 2025 onwards, the fees for all KLiC courses in ALCs of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) and Rest of Maharashtra will be applicable as shown in the table below:

    KLiC Courses of 120 Hours:


    Mode Total Fee (Rupees) Single
    Installment

    (Rupees)
    Two
    Installments

    (Rupees)
    Single Installment 6000/- 6000/- N/A
    Two Installments 6200/- 3100/- 3100/-

    Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees

    Important Points:
    * Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
    * Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
    * MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice