1st demo

Adobe Illustrator

The basics:

Drawing program

Rasters (bitmap) vs. paths

Object oriented program

Palettes & tear-offs

Tools

Artboard

Object

Paths

Anchor point

Fill

Stroke

The tools:

Selection (v)

Direct selection (a)

Rectangle (m)

Ellipse

Paintbrush (b)

Pencil (n)

Pen (p)

Hand (spacebar)

Zoom (z)

Group/ungroup

Bring to back/front

Undo (apple z)

Complete your mom for next class. Consult your Unity checklist, so that you bring a completed composition and not a figure floating in white space.

Next week we’ll work on an arranged still life, so come prepared. You’ll need five objects in all – 2 or 3 will be organic in nature, and 2 or 3 will be inorganic in nature. Don’t bring anything sandy, sticky or sharp – we can’t damage the workspace or computers in any way.

Post your mom image to your blog before class so that people can scope it out. If there's some funky color when you post your image, look for a post below for help.