Color Your FLoating ISland

Project Brief

This is the second part to the Floating Island project. You will now be coloring your floating island that you drew.

Open your Floating Island drawing from the previous assignment.
Click "File" > "Save As" and rename the .aic file to be:
- "Last name, Floating Island (with color)"

Use the following techniques to color your island:

There are multiple ways that you can create areas of color in Illustrator:

Use the "Pen Tool" with a fill color

Use the "Paintbrush Tool" with a stroke color

Use the "Blob Brush Tool" with a stroke color

When you use the "Paintbrush Tool" you are creating path lines that have thickness around them.
When you use the "Brush Blob Tool" you are creating shapes where the final path is outlining the full shape.

Remember you can layer your areas of color so you don't have to trace around each object:

In your "Layers" panel, make a new layer and rename it "Background" then drag down to the bottom.
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.

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, Floating Island (with Color)"
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 your .pdf file on Canvas in the "Color Your Floating Island" assignment.

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

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