digital tools: 2007

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

drawing in illustrator

Use this outline as a guide to help you understand what your abilities should be at every level

• Simple Geometric Primitives
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o Move With the black arrow
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o Transform with the black arrow
• Skew
• Maintain proportions with shift
• Rotate
o Clone with option
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o Alter fill color
o Alter stroke color and width
o Turn stroke and fill on and off
o Use transparency
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• Complex Arrays
Use apple key to switch from shape tool to black arrow
Understand the importance of de-select
o Group Objects
o Change position of object in stack
o Use outline view and preview
o Demonstrate your mastery of group, ungroup and arrange within a complex array by creating a series of cartoon faces using ovals.
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Altered Geometry
o Use the white arrow to change objects at the point level.
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• Organic Shapes
o The Brush
• Be able to draw freely
• Be able to alter stroke width, color, and transparency
• Turn fill on and off
o The Pencil
• Be able to draw freely
• Understand how the pencil edits shapes
• DRAW A FLOWER OR OTHER CONSIDERED AND WELL RENDERED ORGANIC OBJECT.
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The Pen
• Always use direct selection first
• Generate:
 Lines
 Curves
 Clouds
• Understand how to complete a shape
• Understand how a path is dropped and how to pick it up again
• Understand the “Corner breaker” tool
• Understand how to add points
• Understand how to delete points
• TRACE A DRAWING OR OTHER SIMPLE IMAGE FROM YOUR FILES ACCURATELY USING THE PEN TOOL