Objective:

Students will be able to practice the use of the pen and shape tools in Illustrator by tracing a picture of a submarine, so they can continue to develop mastery of the drawing tools.  

Video Links:

Review the video links in Week 1’s lessons to refresh your memory on the use of the Shape 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, the shape tools and techniques demonstrated in the videos and discussed in class, your goal is to draw the yellow submarine in the picture above. A copy of the image is provided in the link below to use as a reference.

Here’s the catch: You may only use the Pen Tool and the Shape tools to draw. You may not under any circumstances use the Brush or the Blob Brush tools. Don’t even try – I’ll know the difference.

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 13th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 15th, 2025

Objective:

Students will be able create and modify paths and shapes by using the Pen Tool in Illustrator so they can begin to master the powerful capabilities of this versatile tool.

Video Link:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/new-pen-tool.html?set=illustrator–fundamentals–create-artwork

Activity Link:

None

Topics Discussed:

• Pen tool
• Modify anchor points and handles
• Convert corner points
• Smooth curves at anchor points.

Assignment:

Now that you’re a little more comfortable with the pen tool (don’t forget to post your high score from the Pen Tool Game!), 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.

If it helps, you may copy the image below to your fourth artboard and trace the four waves using the Pen Tool and the techniques you learned helping Weber the Alien in the Pen Tool Game.

When you are finished, it should look something like this:

Save the file. Make sure you have all of the required activities from this week on each of the four artboards, and turn this entire document in to the “Illustrator Week 1” assignment post on our Google Classroom page by the end of the day on Friday.

Assigned: January 10th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 10th, 2025