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Illustrator Practice

Wk 3a - Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)
     press Command+N to make a new canvas
     3 sections of Adobe Illustrator (Toolbox [left], Menu bar [at the top], Panels [right])
     PROFILE: Print, SIZE: Letter, ORIENTATION: Portait  

 Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
    Rectangle Tool (M) - makes squares and rectangles with sharp edges
    Rounded rectangle tool - makes rectangles with rounded edges
    Ellipse tool - draw circles and ovals
    Polygon Tool - draws convex regular polygons.
    Star tool - draws stars; to add more edges tap the up arrow, to remove edges tap the down arrow; to     control the sharpness of the star, hold the command key while drawing the star. 

   Selection Tool (V)- looks like a black arrow.  Use to select objects that you want to move, copy or     delete.

    Pen Tool (P) - draws line segments and curves

Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
First, select your object or line.  
Second, click on the fill color box to set the fill color. 
OR, click on the stroke color box to set the stroke color

Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)
Save for Adobe Illustrator = (.ai) <<Can ONLY be opened in Illustrator.
Save for the Internet/Your blog = (.jpeg, .gif, .png) << Can be uploaded to your blog.

1. Monochromatic :Containing or using only one color.

2. Negative space : The space that surrounds an object in a image 

Jan 20 , 2015

Calligram : A word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves. 

The calligram is an elephant. The L is the trunk and the rest of the letters are the body.

This is a shark. The S is the head and the rest are the body parts. Half of the H and A are the fins.

This is a camera. Its filled with words and tells you the parts of the camera like the lens and the optics.

Pictogram : A pictorial representation of statistics on a chart, graph, or computer screen

This pictogram shows that its a sign for the restroom. When people see this they know what it means.

This one shows that its for people who play tennis. It shows what each person is doing.

 It shows people that this is someone who plays the Dj. People will feel like dancing by seeing this.

Rebus : a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

To be or not to be.

The 2 is used at to and the bee as be and the ore as or .

i love you.

They use the eye as I and heart as love and the U as you.

King.

They use the ring to get the ing then take the r away and replace it with a k.

Defining terms related to concepts in Visual Communication Part 1

1. Alphabet : A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order 

2.Street Sign : A sign usually on the side of a street or highway bearing symbols or words of warning or direction to motorists or pedestrians and often having a characteristic shape.

3. Advertisement : A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product , service , or event or publicizing a job vacancy. 

4.Constellation : a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries. 

5. ASCII symbols : A type of code for date transmission. 

6. Electronic symbols :  An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit.

7. Morse Code : An alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound.

8. American Signal Language : a form of sign language developed in the US and used also in English-speaking parts of Canada.

9.Glyph : a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph.