Class 04 + 05

Class Assignment

Creative WarmUp Photo Upload

Live Paint Bucket Tool

Converting your artwork to Live Paint groups allows you to color them freely, as you would a drawing on canvas or paper. You can stroke each path segment with a different color and fill each enclosed path (note, not just closed paths) with a different color, pattern, or gradient.

Create a Live Paint group
Select one or more paths, compound paths, or both.
Do one of the following:

Choose Object > Live Paint > Make.

Select the Live Paint Bucket tool and click the selected object.

Expand or release a Live Paint group

Releasing a Live Paint group changes it to one or more ordinary paths with no fill and a .5‑point black stroke. Expanding a Live Paint group changes it to one or more ordinary paths that are visually similar to the Live Paint group, but are now separate filled and stroked paths. You can use the Group Selection tool to select and modify these paths separately.

Using the Pen Tools

Today, we will begin 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

Lab Practice

Lab assignments are done during class time. Practice creating straight lines, and Bezier curves using the practice templates.

1. Create a new document in Illustrator of 1000px width and height.
2. In the file, download and place the this image (File > Place).
3. Align to center, and lock it in place (Object > Lock > Selection OR Ctrl+2 OR Cmd+2)
4. Trace the outline of the swan using the pen tool (keyboard shortcut P).
5. Save Illustrator file LastName_FirstName_Swan.ai
6. Upload to google drive.

Assignment

1. Take a clear picture of your paint blot from the creative warm up.
2. Import the picture into Illustrator (File > Place) and lock it in place.
3. Trace over the shapes with Pen tool.
4. Save Illustrator file LastName_FirstName_PaintBlot.ai
5. Upload to 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.