Pen & Curvature Tools

Learning Goals * Resources

Students will be able to:

draw smooth and pointed curves with both the pen and the curvature tool with minimal points

Timeline

Timeline 1 class

Grading

10 / 10 = Tutorial completed and all What I've Learned questions answered correctly.

7-9 / 10 = Tutorial completed and most WIL questions answered correctly.

6 / 10 = Most of the tutorial completed but WIL questions are missing.

0-5 / 10 = Tutorial is less than half complete and WIL questions are missing.

Student Tasks

1. Click on the link to view the template
2. Download the template in the upper right
3. Go to File Explorer and move template from downloads to your E drive
4. Watch Video 1
5. Complete the project 1
6. Watch Video 2 Snake
7. Complete the snake
8. Export both the AI files to jpeg's
  - post both on your portfolio
  - publish the portfolio on the Illustrator Basics page
  - view published site
  - copy url
9. Complete a What I've Learned section
  - criteria below
10. hand in link to google classroom

Pen & Curvature Tool Video 1

Exemplar 1

Video 2: The Snake

Exemplar 2

the snake

How to Export Images & Upload to Portfolio

Tutorial: How to Save (Export) your Illustrator file as a JPEG so you can post it on your digital portfolio!

answer the following:

What is the difference between the pen tool and the curvature tool?
Which one do you prefer to use? Why?

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