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Computer Graphic Design

ILLUSTRATOR WEEK 2, DAY 2 – LIVE TRACE / LIVE PAINT

Objective:

Students will be able to use Live Trace and Live Paint to color hand-drawn artwork that was converted to digital artwork using a scanner so that they can more easily apply color to their hand-drawn or digitally produced art.

Video Links:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/illustrator-auto-tracing-and-resolution.html?set=illustrator–fundamentals–trace-artwork

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/illustrator-live-paint.html?set=illustrator–fundamentals–apply-color

Topics Discussed:

  • File > Place
  • Live Trace
  • Live Paint
  • Gap Options
  • Swatches Panel
  • Adjusting settings in the New Document dialog box.
  • Establishing multiple artboards.

Assignment:

Create a new artboard in our current document to complete this activity.

Follow along with the in-class tutorial to learn a new method for converting imported raster graphics to vector graphics called Live Trace, as well as a technique for recoloring vector graphics called Live Paint.

  1. After you have watched the tutorial, import the Robot Sketch 01.psd file below on to your first artboard using File > Place.
  2. Follow the steps in the tutorial to apply Live Trace to the artwork (converting it to vector graphics).
  3. Next, follow the steps in the tutorial to activate Live Paint, and use Live Paint to color in the robot.
  4. DO NOT use the Paint Brush, the Blob Brush or any other drawing tool to color in the robot. Use Live Paint only.
  5. Be sure to pay attention to the Gap Options mentioned in the tutorial, so your Live Paint doesn’t bleed out all over your artboard.
  6. When the second robot is successfully colored in, save your document. Confirm that you have both the hand-traced and Live Traced artboards complete, and turn it in to today’s assignment post on our Google Classroom page.

Sample Image File Link:
Robot Sketch 01.psd

Assigned: February 2nd, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 3rd, 2023

Computer Graphic Design

ILLUSTRATOR WEEK 2, DAY 1 – TABLET TRACING PRACTICE

Objective:

Students will be able to use the Wacom Tablet to trace and color hand-drawn artwork that was converted to digital artwork using a scanner so that they can more easily apply line art and color to their hand-drawn or digitally produced art.

Video Links:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/illustrator-live-paint.html?set=illustrator–fundamentals–apply-color

Topics Discussed:

  • File > Place
  • Live Paint
  • Gap Options
  • Swatches Panel
  • Starting a new document in Illustrator using the Welcome screen.
  • Adjusting settings in the New Document dialog box.
  • Establishing multiple artboards.

Assignment:

Create a new Web artboard to complete this activity.

Follow along with the in-class tutorial to learn how to use the Wacom Tablet and brush selections to digitally “ink” the outlines of a digitized hand-drawn image imported into Illustrator, as well as a technique for recoloring vector graphics called Live Paint.

  1. After you have watched the tutorial, import the Robot Sketch 01.psd file below on to your first artboard using File > Place. Lock the layer that you have placed the sketch on, and create a new Layer 2 to begin drawing.
  2. Use the Wacom Tablet and the brushes palette to outline the edges of the sketched artwork. Try to recreate the original lines, and use the pressure sensitive brushes to try and match the line thickness of the original pencil sketch lines.
  3. Next, follow the steps in the tutorial to activate Live Paint, and use Live Paint to color in the robot.
  4. DO NOT use the Paint Brush, the Blob Brush or any other drawing tool to color in the robot. Use Live Paint only.
  5. Be sure to pay attention to the Gap Options mentioned in the tutorial, so your Live Paint doesn’t bleed out all over your artboard.
  6. When the robot is successfully colored in, save your document. We will continue working on this document when we return on Tuesday of next week.

Sample Image File Link:
Robot Sketch 01.psd

Assigned: January 27th, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 31st, 2023