DM/IS 14C Digital Illustrator: Illustrator - T/TH 12:30 to 1:55 CR-1

Begins: Jan 29
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Week of March 18 - You have all done very well this semester. This week we will look at layout of text and Photo to Illustrator. Live Trace.

Assignment up till now - Next week I will meet with each student. We will review you assignment, please have all you assignment upload by then. Also, I will upload midterm on thursday, you are to complete over the weekend and bring to class on tuesday March 25. We will grade in class.

  1. Symbol layout
  2. Turtle or animal in Landscape
  3. Fruit composition
  4. Cool type effects.

Weekly Info

Check out the lesson section of the web site for homework and reading.

Click here for the Syllabus

How to complete class

  1. Stay in contact with Instructor. If you miss class or an assignment, make sure to tell Instructor. Email jrascov2@yahoo.com
  2. Practice - Adobe Illustrator is a tool. To master this tool you will need to practice.
  3. Stay on track - follow weekly lessons.
  4. Buy the application - www.collegesoftware.org

Illustrator web site links - Review these documents for week 1

working with the menu items

reading > working with menu items

video > working with Illustrator menus

reading > document profiles - this is how you can choose to work with different output options in Illustrator. For example, if you are making a document for print, you would choose a print document. If you are making a document for a video, there are present for different video formats.

video > working with Illustrator documents

reading > control panel overview

Overview > Overview of the Illustrator tool panel - study this panel, many of the item will be on the test.


 

Learning > Learning the selection tool - These tools is used to select objects

Learning > Learning drawing tools - Tools to create artwork

Learning > Learning type tools - Tools to create and manipulate type

Learning > Learning painting tools - Tools for create artwork using paint tools

Learning > Learning reshape tools - Tool to change and reshape tools

Learning > Learning symbol tools - Tools to change and alter symbols

Learning > Learning Graph tools - tools to make charts and data graphics

Learning > Learning cut and slice tools - tools to split and manipulate objects

Learning > Learning zoom tools - tools used to change the view

reading > Illustrator crop tool - use to crop artwork for different output.

Video > Illustrator crop tool -

reading > Vector artwork - vector is the foundation of Illustrator

reading > Understanding paths - making artwork

reading > Understand point and directions -

video > using the pen tool -

video > drawing in Illustrator -

reading > understanding color 1 -

reading > understanding color 2 -

reading > understanding color 3 -

 

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