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Class Info
- Date: February 15, 2023
- Meeting Info: 6pm – 9:30pm, Room P-121
Homework Due This Class
- Practice the pen tool.
- Create your own design and duplicate your shapes, align them, and fill with RGB colors and strokes.
Topic
Using the Pen Tools
Today, we will continue our exploration of the pen tools that Illustrator has to offer.
Objectives
What you can expect to learn
- Use to the Pen Tool to create complex shapes
- Create paths and shapes with the Pen Tool
- Straight lines, Curved lines (Bezier Curves)
- Add Remove Anchor Points with the Pen Tool
- Explore the Curvature Tool
- Converting Smooth Points to Corner Points
- Join Tool – joining paths
- Using the Scissor Tool – Splitting a path
- Creating Dashed Lines
- Use of Arrowheads
Critique
Each week we will review homework assignments from the previous class. Students will participate in reviewing material and offering suggestions for improvement for their cohort. This week we discuss the creation of the postcard creation for a SuperBowl party.
Lab
Lab assignments are done during class time. Practice creating straight lines, and Bezier curves. Create at least four examples of using the pen.
Discussion
Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. This is a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Homework Due Next Class
All work should be submitted by 11:30 pm the day before class.
Complete a drawing of the pencil. You will find the jpeg file in the DOWNLOAD folder for Class 4. Use the simple shapes and the tools that we have reviewed te today and the last few weeks.
Save your file as: 04_LastName_pencil.ai (Illustrator) and upload to the homework folder on Google Drive.
Vocabulary
- Curvature Tool
- Straight Lines
- Bezier Curves
- Adding and Removing Anchor Points
- Anchor Point Tool (Converting Smooth to Corner Anchors)
Resources
Here are some notes that you should read to educate yourself in the topic area described above.
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