Objective:

To learn and demonstrate an understanding of the use of drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator.

Student-Friendly Learning Target: 

I can use the drawing tools in Illustrator to trace a picture of a submarine.  

Video Links:

Review the video links in Week 1’s lessons to refresh your memory on the use of the Shape tools, the Brush and Blob Brush tools and the Pen tool.

Topics Discussed:

• Select Tool (Black Arrow)
• Direct Select Tool (White Arrow)
• Shape Tool
• Line Tool
• Brush Tool
• Blob Brush Tool
• Pen Tool
• Anchor Points
• Convert Anchor Point Tool

Assignment:

Create a new Illustrator Web landscape-oriented document with all the default settings and one artboard. Using the pen tool and techniques demonstrated in the videos and discussed in class, draw the yellow submarine in the picture above. A copy of the image is provided in the link below to use as a reference. Be sure to use closed shapes to make parts of the sub that need to be filled in with color, and use the Object -> Arrange menu to change whether objects are in front or in back of each other. Do your best to make your sub look like the one in the picture, but if you want to change the fill colors, you may do so. (for example, the sub doesn’t necessarily need to be yellow). Good luck and happy drawing!

Sample Image File Link:

Submarine.jpg

Assigned: January 22nd, 2019
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 25th, 2019

To learn and demonstrate an understanding of the use of the Pen Tool in Illustrator.

I can create and modify paths and shapes using the Pen Tool in Illustrator.

Click the Activity Link to play the Pen Tool Game! Follow the tutorial, and practice using the Pen Tool to produce shapes with Bézier curves! There are ten levels (not including the tutorial levels). Take a screencap (Command+Shift+4 and draw a rectangle around the part of the screen you want to capture) of your highest level completed and place it on the lower left artboard. The first to complete all ten levels each class gets a prize!

Once you’re comfortable with the pen tool, demonstrate the usage of the Pen tool on the lower right artboard by drawing an open rectangular wave, a closed rectangular wave shape, an open smooth wave and a closed smooth wave shape. Apply a colored fill to the closed waves. When you are finished, it should look something like this:

Save the file and we will turn in this document on Wednesday.

Assigned: January 14th, 2019
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 16th, 2019