Expanding Skillset: Design: Projects: Vector Drawing
- How are Vector graphics more useful than Pixel graphics?
- How do I use Vector drawing tools to create effective designs?
What am I making?
A scalable Vector drawing using Adobe Illustrator
original or based on a photo or sketch
that presents a whole composition with a visible, understandable story
example Vector Drawing page you would put on your Google Site
How do I make it?
Video Tutorial: Why Vectors instead of Pixels?
Video Tutorial: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Tools (6 minutes)
Video Tutorial: Quicker Introduction to Adobe Illustrator (3 minutes)
Video Tutorial: Adobe Illustrator Basics with Paola (8 minutes)
Video Tutorial: Convert a Hand-drawn Sketch to Adobe Illustrator Composition (11 minutes)
Video Tutorial: Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool - all you can do! (14 minutes)
Steps
Get familiar with Adobe Illustrator: Play and practice with the Video Tutorials shared above. They go from simpler to more tricky, so doing them in order makes sense.
Save files along the way in your Period 1/2/5/4 folder. Your play drawings could become something you want to use for finishing this project. (File > Save)
Decide on Something to Draw with Adobe Illustrator to turn in by the end of the week
Original composition (draw from your imagination)
or, Draw on paper, then create it using Illustrator
or, Import a Photograph or Image, and draw over it
Create your Drawing
Use File > Save to save your progress (save files in your Period 1/2/5/4 folder)
Goal: A Whole Composition - something that stands on its own
Goal: An Understandable Story - viewer of your drawing can "get" the story behind it
Turn in Google Classroom: Adobe Illustrator .ai file
Turn in Google Classroom: Google Site Page link to Vector Drawing page
In Adobe Illustrator, Export your drawing as a PNG or JPG
Add a Vector Drawing page to your site (Pages tab, +)
Add your Adobe Illustrator export PNG or JPG (Insert tab, Image)
In a Text Box, write about the Story behind your drawing, and also note the most useful thing you learned doing this project.
If any problems with Adobe Illustrator, use https://vectr.com as an alternative - it works the same, but has less features than Adobe Illustrator.
Career Connections
Drawing effective Vector Graphics will help you tell stories for all kinds of jobs and projects. Scale your story to any size and it looks clear and clean!