Course Overview
This course begins by reviewing and practising Illustrator's many tools and customizing a work area. Students will learn the fundamentals of drawing with a variety of tools used for creating smooth Bezier curves. In addition to the drawing process, students will explore how to fill and stroke objects, transform objects, use Pathfinder operations, create layered artwork, create blends, masks and gradient meshes, work with type, including area type including advanced formatting with OpenType.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use the pen tool fundamental drawing skills.
- Use direct selection tools for editing artwork.
- Recognize the importance of layers and sub-layers when creating artwork.
- Create balanced shapes by averaging points on horizontal and vertical axis paths.
- Use Illustrator's transformation tools based on a centre origin point.
- Build new shapes using Illustrator's Pathfinder tool.
- Incorporate artwork with transparency effects for changing artworks opacity.
- Create, store and mix colors from Illustrator's color libraries including Pantone and Trumatch.
- Use Illustrator's filters and live effects.
- Create gradients, blends and gradient meshes.
Effective as of Fall 2006
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