Fort Design Studio

Animal Combo

Create File, Save as a Cloud file, & Adjust Workspace

Find Reference Photos

Reference Layer > Template

Create a "Drawing" Layer

Think About How to Combine

Paintbrush Set-Up

Trace The animals

Combine Animal Drawings

Center Your Drawing & NAme it

Create a Background

Save as .aic and .pdf

Turn in to Canvas

Create File, Save as a Cloud file, & Adjust Workspace

Open Adobe Illustrator
Click "Letter"
"File" > "Save as..."
Name: "Last Name, Animal Combo"
Make sure to save it as a Cloud file (there will be a cloud icon in your tab and ".aic" at the end).
Adjust your workspace (go to "Window" > "Workspace" > "Essentials Classic")

Find Reference Photos

Think of two animals and find photos of them online.
Right-click > "Copy image" then in Illustrator: "Edit" > "Paste"

Reference Layer > Template

Layer: In your "Layers" panel, rename your "Layer 1" to "Reference"
Template layer: In your "Layers" panel, click on the "Reference" layer and then click on the three bars in the top right and click "Template"

Create a "Drawing" Layer

In your "Layers" panel, click the + to create a new layer.
Rename the layer "Drawing"

Think About How to Combine

Look at your two animals.
Think about which parts of each animal you will draw to combine into one animal.

Paintbrush Set-Up

Paintbrush Tool: Click the "Paintbrush Tool" icon on the left toolbar or click "B" on your keyboard.
No Fill: Make sure the "Fill" color is set to "None"
Stroke Color: Double click the stroke/outline box and choose a color.
Brush: In your "Brushes" panel (click the icon in the right toolbar), double click on the first brush and adjust the size to be "Pressure" and change the variation to up to "5 pt" then click "OK" (you can also make it smaller if you want)

Trace The animals

Using the "Paintbrush Tool" and your tablet pen, practice drawing forms by tracing the drawing, including the shadows.

Hide Reference

In your "Layers" panel, click the rectangle next to the "Reference" layer to hide it.

Combine Animal Drawings

Select each animal drawing and right-click then click "Group"
Move your animals together and adjust so it makes sense.
You can draw additional lines to make them connect.

Center Your Drawing & NAme it

Select your combined animal.
Hold down "Shift" and click and drag to increase the size.
Move to center on the board.
Using the "Paintbrush Tool" or the "Type Tool" name your animal and write the animal combo (ex: "Wallee the Monkey-Turtle")

Create a Background

In your "Layers" panel, click the + to create a new layer.
Rename the layer "Background"
Click on the "Rectangle tool" in the left toolbar
Click and drag to create a rectangle that covers your artboard.
Double click the black square on the bottom of the left toolbar to open the "Color Picker"
Choose a color.

Save as .aic and .pdf

Go to "File" > "Save" to make sure to save your .aic file (if it is grayed out then it is already saved).
Go to "File" > "Save As..."
Choose "On your computer"
Click "Creative Cloud Files" folder on the left menu
Name: "Last Name, Animal Combo"
Click "Save"
Click "Save PDF"
Once you save as a .pdf, exit out of Illustrator. If you need to edit again and resave, make sure to edit your .aic file and re-save as a .pdf.

Turn in to Canvas

Turn in your .pdf file on Canvas in the "Animal Combo" assignment.

"I'm Done"

If you have more time in class, check out the "I'm Done" page.

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