Intro to Illustrator
The Basics
You have been given a copy of the Illustrator Tools Worksheet. You will need to complete this sheet before moving on the the activities below. It is always a good idea to get familiar with where various tools are located and what the keyboard shortcuts are. You will be turning this into the bin to Scoggins for a classwork grade. Keep this sheet as a reference for later on. Make a new page on your Google site - Title it Illustrator - on that page define these terms:
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Learning the Pen Tool
The Pen tool is the best tool in your illustrator toolbox. Once you have mastered this tool, it opens up so many different drawing possibilities to you. It allows you to create very simple shapes to very complex ones.
Let's start with The Bezier Game, the link is to the right. The game is to help start you off with the fundamentals of creating basic shapes using the pen tool. Next, download the pentool exercises to the right to start this lesson on using the Pen Tool. You simply follow the numbers and the instructions to complete the exercise. The point you need to aim at in each step is the center of each numbered colored dot. The top layer is the"working layer". This is the layer you'll be working on. Make sure your fill color is empty so you don't block the directions. Be sure to change the FILL color to No Fill
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There are 3 different colors: blue, red and green.
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