Course Overview
This course provides students with the opportunity to complete three vector artwork projects using a variety of advanced vector authoring tools and techniques. Students are introduced to advanced typography tools including; area type, type on a path, vertical type, and type options including; tracking, kerning, and vector type by converting to outlines. Students will work with type-intensive designs; wrap text around objects and type that is created in connected text frames. The course will also cover gradients, blends, and gradient meshes. Students will apply and modify gradient meshes that can be used to add elements of realism by controlling shading and lighting areas, attach art elements to linear perspective grids to imply three dimensions. Other areas of study include; working with multiple art boards, transform objects from a central origin point using the different transformation tools including; scale, shear, rotate and reflect tools, create and paint vector art with the pen and brush tools, integrate Photoshop images into Illustrator and utilize pathfinder options to combine different graphic shapes.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.5
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Create advanced vector illustrations utilizing the pen and brush toolsets
- Integrate smooth, multi-directional color blends using gradient, gradient mesh and blend features
- Conceal areas of artwork using clipping, opacity and type masks
- Convert bitmap images to vector artwork using image trace and live paint features
- Prepare art objects to interact with underlying artwork by applying transparency and blend modes
- Demonstrate different methods and benefits of using a range of symbolism tools
- Manipulate vector artwork on a linear perspective grid
- Analyze placed Adobe Photoshop files in the Links Panel
- Demonstrate use of vector and raster effects to artwork
- Create typographic effects using type tools and options
- Perform advanced object manipulations using different transformation tools and options
- Create complex graphic shapes using shape builder and pathfinder tools.
Effective as of Fall 2013
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