Digital Design 2
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Module 1
Review: Copyright
Copyright law is important in the Digital Design world because it protects the work you create. It encourages creativity. If Copyright was not a law, people could use your work without asking, or even claim it as their own! Make sure you understand Copyright, Fair Use, and Public Domain:
Some things like phrases and names are not protected by Copyright Law because they are too common. If they are considered identifiable, they can be trademarked!
The Creative Commons is a way that people can share their creative works and allow them to be used under certain conditions.
Review: Elements and Principles of Design
The basic elements of art should be considered along with different principles when creating your designs.
Review: Photoshop
How much do you remember?
Can you label the Photoshop tools and their keyboard shortcuts on the Photoshop Tool Panel?
Refresh your Photoshop skills with these projects:
Module 2
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
As with Photoshop, knowing the different parts of the Adobe Illustrator Workspace is important. I will use the terminology when teaching in class. It is important for you to be able to keep up, so make sure you memorize the terms!
Let's get familiar with the tools available in Adobe Illustrator
Now, let's walk through Adobe Illustrator and get familiar with adjusting the workspace, different ways to view the paths on your document artboard and how to navigate your artboards when you have more than one in a document. I recorded the lesson over two days, you can view the videos here and on Google Classroom.
Next week (Wednesday) you will test on Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts and Introduction to Illustrator.
Module 3
Selecting Artwork in Illustrator
The main functions of Adobe Illustrator include creating, editing, and selecting elements and artwork. We are going to go over the basics of these functions by learning how to select objects, align them, hide and lock them, as well as group and ungroup them to help you work efficiently in Illustrator. The recorded lesson is below. You can access the lesson files and chapter on Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams.
Creating an Illustration with the Drawing Tools
Understanding paths and anchor points is important to your success with Adobe Illustrator. Today, we are going to learn how to use the pen tool to create anchor points (corner and smooth) and paths. The recorded lesson is below and you can access the practice files and chapter on Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams.
Here is some more pen tool practice for you! Complete all three digital worksheets, and make sure you are drawing with a red stroke on a separate layer. Turn them in on Google Classroom!
When you finish the Pen Tool worksheets, go to the link below and practice switching between corner and smooth points while playing the Bezier Game! Good luck and have fun!
Your first project is Trace the Character. Use the techniques we learned in the lesson above (Creating an Illustration with the Drawing Tools". Make sure you draw on a separate layer so you can hide the character when you are done to see your own artwork. You are given three characters and only need to choose one. Make sure you pay attention to stroke and fill colors!
Module 4
Selecting Artwork in Illustrator
As a class we went through
It is so much fun learning how to use the tools in Illustrator in different ways to create vector objects from scratch! Now you will complete the following tutorial on your own:
After completing the tutorial, do the Selecting Artwork Review Worksheet:
Project
Voting is an American Citizen's right. In honor of Election day (November 3rd) we will be designing an "I Voted" sticker that represents Okaloosa County.
Module 5
Editing and Combining Shapes and Paths
To see how comfortable you guys are with reading instructions and performing tasks in Illustrator on your own, you will go through Chapter 4: Editing and combining Shapes and Paths on your own.
Once you complete the chapter, go through this tutorial on your own and turn it in to Google Classroom.
Module 5
Adding Type to Your Designs
You have used the Type tool in Photoshop to add typography to your designs. Prepare to be amazed by the power of they Type tools (yes, plural) in Illustrator as we go through the next unit together!
Our next project is to design the cover for the 2020-2021 Curriculum Catalog! This is a publication that includes information about all of the classes and programs offered at Choctawhatchee High School. It is important to present the information in a way that represents Choctaw appropriately. This book is given to every Freshman- Junior, as well as incoming Freshmen (8th graders) and new students enrolling at our school! Administration will look at all of the designs produced in my Digital Design 1 and 2 classes and pick the winning cover!