Students will:
Illustrator Review
review shapes, pen, curvature, white and black arrow tools, pathfinder
Create and define Notan Design
Shows evidence of shape tools and manipulation of shapes with black and white arrow tools
Shows evidence of expert use and knowledge of pen and curvature tools, including smooth curves, points on curves, limited # of points on a line
Review pathfinder and specifically the divide function. This will be most useful to split and flip colours
use a simple line across the shape and then divide.Â
use white arrow tool to select new half and change colour
Shows understanding of Notan Design
The artwork is aesthetically pleasing
What is Notan design?
Notan is a Japanese term which literally means "light dark harmony". Artists use "notan studies" to explore different arrangements of light and dark elements in a painting, without having the distraction of other elements like color, texture and finer details.Sep 23, 2018
Explain how you made at least one of your technical patterns
What did you like about your design?