Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Part 1
Adobe Illustrator is an essential drawing tool for any graphic designer or artist working in the design field.
The program produces vector graphics using bezier curves. The design possibilities are endless. You will produce a series of tutorial images in order to learn and understand the power of this program. You will then produce two pieces, one using straight lines and one using curved lines.
At the conclusion of this unit you will create a piece based on the work of artist Peter Max. You will view his work and use his style as an inspiration and his color as a guide to your own work.
Follow the directions to complete the work.
1. TUTORIAL WORK: Meet the Pen Tool: Complete the three tutorials, light bulb, paintbrush and mask. Save this work on a disk. The instruction sheets will be found in the classroom.
2. The INTERIOR: USING SHAPES AND GRADIENTS
a. Search the internet for an image of an interior space without people.
b. Copy the image in Illustrator, resize it to fit the page
c. Dim the image (double click the layer name and select "dim image")
d. Make a new layer named background and begin to create the image using the pen tool with
NO STROKE and a thin black line. Use this layer to create the walls , ceiling and floor.
e . Make a new layer and begin to create the middle section of the work. f. Make a new layer and create the details of the work.
g. Begin to fill in the color in the work, turn off the layers except for the background and fill the shapes with color. Use gradients where applicable.
3. The FACE or ANIMAL
a. Search the internet for an image of a face or an animal and save it to your file, open it in PHOTOSHOP.
B. Go to Image / Adjust / Brightness and Contrast to simplify your your image.
Go to image/ adjust / posterize. Choose a value in the dialog box which will change your image into a variety of colored sections. Save the file.
c. Open the newly worked image in Illustrator. Dim the image and work the steps d, e, f, and g from the Interior Project tracing the outlines of the image using the pen tool.
d. Save your work.