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    Graphic Design Tutorial: Adobe Illustrator Basics

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    The document provides an introduction to using Adobe Illustrator and its basic tools, explaining that Illustrator is a vector drawing program used to create illustrations, logos, and diagrams. It describes Illustrator's advantages over bitmap images like scalability without resolution loss. The document then demonstrates how to use Illustrator's shape tools, pencil tool, layers, and placing images to create basic graphics and drawings.

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    The document provides an introduction to using Adobe Illustrator and its basic tools, explaining that Illustrator is a vector drawing program used to create illustrations, logos, and diagrams. It describes Illustrator's advantages over bitmap images like scalability without resolution loss. The document then demonstrates how to use Illustrator's shape tools, pencil tool, layers, and placing images to create basic graphics and drawings.

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    The document provides an introduction to using Adobe Illustrator and its basic tools, explaining that Illustrator is a vector drawing program used to create illustrations, logos, and diagrams. It describes Illustrator's advantages over bitmap images like scalability without resolution loss. The document then demonstrates how to use Illustrator's shape tools, pencil tool, layers, and placing images to create basic graphics and drawings.

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    At a glance
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    The key takeaways are that Illustrator is a vector graphics program used to create illustrations, logos, diagrams and more. It allows for scalable images without loss of quality due to its use of mathematical equations rather than grids of dots for images.

    Vector graphics use mathematical equations to draw shapes rather than a grid of dots. This makes them scalable without loss of resolution and allows for smaller file sizes, crisp lines at any size, high resolution printing and more. However, they can be harder to make photorealistic than bitmap images.

    Common uses of Illustrator include designing logos, drawing maps, creating illustrations, making infographics and packaging design.

    Graphic Design Tutorial:

    Adobe Illustrator Basics


    Open your Illustrator
    Use the Start Menu

    OR

    the AI icon on your desktop


    What is Illustrator?
    • Illustrator is a vector drawing program.
    • It is used to draw
    illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, charts and
    logos.
    • Unlike bitmap images that store information
    in a grid of dots, Illustrator uses mathematical
    equations to draw out the shapes.
    • This makes vector graphics scalable without
    the loss of resolution.
    Advantages of Vector Graphics
    • Scalable without resolution loss
    • Lines are crisp and sharp at any sizes
    • Print at high resolution
    • Smaller file size
    • Good for drawing illustrations

    Disadvantages of Vector graphics


    • Drawings tend to look flat and cartoon
    • Hard to produce photo realistic drawings
    Common Uses of Illustrator
    1. Designing Logos
    Common Uses of Illustrator
    2. Drawing Maps
    Common Uses of Illustrator
    3. Drawing Illustrations
    Common Uses of Illustrator
    4. Infographics
    Common Uses of Illustrator
    5. Packaging Design
    Illustrator Workspace

    Control Palette
    Menu

    Toolbar Floating Palette

    Status Bar Artboard


    The Floating Palette
    This is the floating palette which contains properties for our
    shapes. It is commonly used for changing colors and stroke
    width.

    Please Complete
    the Ai Tool
    Identification
    Worksheet
    Turn into the Inbox when
    completed
    Day 2: Basic Shapes
    •
    In this lesson, we will look at how to use the
    shape tools to draw our basic shapes in
    illustrator. But before we start, we will look at
    how to select a basic shape so that you have
    no problems in selecting and editing shapes in
    Illustrator.
    Selection Tool: Used for selecting and moving a
    shape. It can also be used to resize a shape.

    Direct Selection Tool: Selects a single anchor


    point instead of the whole shape. Used for
    editing anchor point of a shape. Click once on a
    point to select and hold Shift to select multiple
    anchor points.
    Shape Tools
    Now we will move on to the Shape Tools. When
    you go to the Tool Palette and hold the
    Rectangle Tool, a list of shape tools will expand
    out for you to pick. We will start with the default
    Rectangle Tool.
    Understanding Fill & Stroke
    Click and drag out a Rectangle as shown. By
    default, it has a white fill and black stroke.
    (Stroke is the border of the shape)
    Changing Fill Color
    Let’s start changing the fill color for the
    rectangle. Double click the Fill from the Tool
    Palette. It will pop up the Color Picker. Drag the
    slider to blue and select a deep blue color. Click
    Ok after that.
    Removing Stroke
    Click the Stroke in the Tool Palette once to swap
    it above Fill. Click the None icon boxed up in red
    to set the Stroke to None. The black stroke will
    disappear.
    Constrain Proportions
    To draw a perfect square, we will select the
    Rectangle Tool. Hold Shift and drag to draw a
    square. Same for the circle, we will select the
    Ellipse Tool and hold Shift to drag out a circle.
    Resizing Shapes
    To resize shapes, select the shape using the
    Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear.
    Drag the corner anchor point to resize it. To
    constrain to proportion while resizing, hold Shift
    as you resize. Hold Alt if your want to resize
    from the same position.
    Rotating Shapes
    Select the shape with the Selection Tool and a
    bounding box will appear. Move your cursor
    near the anchor corner and a rotation icon will
    icon, click and turn it to rotate the square. To
    snap at 45 degrees increment, hold Shift and
    turn.
    More Options for Shape Tools
    Select the Star Tool. Click once on the artboard
    and an option will pop up. Enter the same
    values below and click Ok. It will draw a star
    burst shape. This method can be used to bring
    out more options for shape tools.
    Conclusion
    Almost all the objects found in our daily life can
    be built from combining using the basic shape
    tools.
    Assignment
    Using your knowledge of Ai so far, create an
    animal or object using the basic shape tools.
    Submit your finished animal on eChalk as a .PDF
    file.
    How to save files…

    Go to File>Save As…

    File Name:
    BE SPECIFIC

    File Type
    How to save files…
    Day 3: Drawing with the Pencil Tool
    • We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly
    using the Pencil and Pen tool.

    • Assignment: Watch the video at the link


    below. Create a house with a background
    using the Pencil and/or Pen tool.
    • Submit design via eChalk, in a .pdf format.
    Pencil and Pen Tool Video
    Drawing a Line
    Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw
    a free hand line drawing.
    Closing Paths with Pencil Tool
    To close a path, hold Alt/Option as your Pencil
    Tool reaches the start point. A circle icon will
    appear next to the Pencil Tool to indicate path
    closure.
    Smoothing Jaggy Lines
    Normally when you draw with the Pencil
    Tool, the path looks jaggy. To smoothen the
    parts that are jaggy, simply hold Alt/Option to
    turn the Pencil Tool to Smooth Tool. Then draw
    over the area of the lines which you would like
    to smoothen.
    Reshaping Path
    To reshape a path, make sure your path is
    selected and use the Pencil Tool to redraw the
    parts you would like to reshape. Note that the
    start and end path must be close to the original
    path to make it work.
    Pencil Tool Preferences
    You can turn on the Pencil Tool Preferences by
    double clicking on the Pencil Tool. You can
    change the fidelity and smoothness to find a
    combination that works for you.
    Fidelity: Determines how close the path is drawn to your mouse movement.
    Set it at a higher fidelity if your not good at drawing with your mouse.
    Smoothness: The higher you set for smoothness, the less anchor point it
    produces. Thus, producing a smoother line.
    Placing an Image
    • Go to File > Place.
    • A dialogue box will pop up and the file in
    shared-->vmontgomery-->illustrator

    • Find a photo you’ve saved somewhere on your


    computer.
    • Click outside your photo to place.
    Layers
    • Double click on the Layer name.
    • The default name is Layer 1.
    • A dialogue box will pop up. Here you can
    change some of the Layer preferences like the
    name. This is my photo layer, so I changed the
    name to “Will.”
    • Next, I want to lock my sketch layer, so I don’t draw on it.
    To lock a layer, click on the area to the left of the layer
    name. A lock will appear. This isn’t permanent, so you can
    always unlock it by clicking it again.
    • FYI, to the left of the Lock is the Visibility. This makes the
    layer visible or invisible.
    • Finally, you want to create a second layer to draw
    on. Click on the icon at the bottom that looks like
    a sheet of paper. A new layer appears. You can
    click on the name to change the name or other
    preferences.
    Day 4: Illustrator Animal

    -Using your knowledge of


    Illustrator, create an animal using
    basic shapes and the pencil tool.

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