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 14th, 2020
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 17th, 2020

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:

The Bézier Game

Topics Discussed:

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

Assignment:

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. 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 9th, 2020
Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 10th, 2020