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DESIGN140_Digital_Illustration

DIGITAL NOTEBOOK

DESIGN140 (Digital Illustrator-Adobe Illustrator)

Date Of ENTRY: 9/1/2011

Date 1: Entry #1

Points, Pica, Inches

1 inch= 72 pts

1 inch= 6 pica

1 pica= 12 points

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 SHORTCUT KEYS (PC)

http://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-pc.html

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 SHORTCUT KEYS (MAC)

http://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-mac.html

*TIP (Professional)- Napkin Talk- When you talk design work with a potential client/small talk. And you

design sketches while working on your laptop. While youre out in public, go to a caf shop. Then start

talking to yourself. People will notice you, because things you are doing are out of the norm. Then start

arguing with yourself. Then people will become curious as to what you are doing. After a while someone

will look over your shoulder, and SEE what you are doing. Next, have a small talk. Pick up on some

clients. Find out what you can offer them or most importantly WHAT DO THEY NEED?!!!!
http://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-pc.htmlhttp://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-pc.htmlhttp://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-mac.htmlhttp://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-mac.htmlhttp://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-mac.htmlhttp://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-illustratorcs5-pc.html


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Learn The Pen Tool

Step#1

Open

Illustrator

Step#2


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Select The Pen Tool, then click anywhere in the Artboard to create a

point.

Step#3 After creating your first point, click to create a second point. Notice to straight line going from

one point to another


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point.

Step#4

Now lets create a third point. This time when your click, and hold the mouse key. Then drag to mouse

to create a curve in the line. Notice the line at the end of the point with the 2 smaller points (dots) at

each end. These Control the Direction of Your Next


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Line!

Step#5 What you will want to do next is to click the actual point you just made. What this does is get rid

of the front portion of the line that was created when you clicked and dragged in order to create the

curved line. Why is this important? Go To The Next Step: STEP# THE ERROR


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EFFECT

Step# THE ERROR EFFECT: THE FRONT LINE EFFECT

When you do not get rid of the front portion of the line by clicking the center point (Anchor point), the

next point you create will go in the direction of the front portion of the line. As you get better with the

Pen Tool, as you get better with Illustrator with Illustrator overall, you will notice that you can modifythe FRONT LINE by using the Direct Select Toll (SHRTCK: A) Below is an example of how the Front

Line Effect can affect your artwork when you want to go or draw going in the opposite


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direction.

Step#6


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Step#7

Wave Pen Tool Test


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TIP# Try To Create Any Shape With The Least Amount Of Points Possible

DAMONS In Class KEY Short Cuts:

P- Pen Tool

V- Selection Tool

Q- Lasso Tool

A- Direct Selection Tool

Shift + 1- 100% View

0- Fit To Screen

(-)- Zoom Out

(+)- Zoom In

Ctrl + W- Close

Q- Quit


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A- Select All

Z-Undo

X- Cut

C- Copy

V- Paste

F- Paste In Front

B- Paste Behind

N- New

Date Of ENTRY: 9/6/2011

Date 2: Entry #2

Damons Short Cut Keys

Shift + Ctrl + [- Move All To Back

Shift + Ctrl + ]- Move All To Front

Ctrl + [- Move to Back

Ctrl + ]- Move to Front

Ctrl + 2- Lock Selection

DDW ENTRIES

DDW: Entry#1

Gradient Mesh Tool

1. When creating a gradient mesh tool/shape:a. Select and Copy the pen tool shape you wish to turn into a gradient mesh


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b. Go to Object>Create Gradient Mesha. Select the amount of mesh rows and columns you wish to have. Along with the

settings.

c. After creating your gradient mesh, you can change the value by selecting the AnchorPoint(s) using the Direct Select Tool.

d. Using the Eyedropper Tool, selecting the color value to wish to you in your project/area ofselection.

DDW: Entry#2

UNIVERSAL SHORT-CUTS

CTRL + P- Print

CTRL + V- Paste

CTRL + N- New

CTRL + S- Save

CTRL + O- Open

CTRL + W- Close

CTRL + Q- Quit/Exit

CTRL + C- Copy

CTRL + X- Cut

ADOBE ILLSTRATOR SHORT-CUTS

CTRL + 2- Lock Selection

CTRL + D- Transform Again

P- Pen Tool

V-Select

A- Direct Select

Vector Images- Based on Mathematical Equations, use CYMK, and have scalability. Vectors have

thousands of colors. Vectors have more clarity, crisp, sharp resolution.


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Raster Images- Based on Pixels, RGB, and Resolution Depth. File sizes are larger; Raster Images have

millions of color, giving Raters more coloring capabilities. Raster images are more useful with on-screen

images or images meant to be viewed on computer monitors. Text/Font- anything with 14pts or longer

becomes illegible because of the resolution issues. In Photoshop (which used Raster) its best to stick to

display text/larger text rather than display text when printing, or used for on-screen purposes.

Interpolation/Interpreting- interpret that depth between 2 vary images, and then tries to find the

balance between the 2 while maintaining clarity. Bit mapping occurs when the resolution depth can no

longer be maintained. When using Rasterized and low-resolution images, expanding the size/depth is

very limited.

Damon Notes- When opening a new document, put in the name of your assignment/project

immediately. You should reference you portal assignments to make sure that you are using the correct

naming conviction. When you have the wrong naming conviction or wrong file format in the drop-box,

simply rename or save the file and drop-it into the drop-box. Do not replace the incorrect file, as long

the correct file is in the along a file that has the right time-date stamp, you will not reduced in points or

have the incorrect counted against you. No big DEAL.

There is 72 points(pt) in an inch. 12pt. type is 1/6th of an inch.

1 Pica= 12pts/ 6 Pica = 1 inch

Damons Notes- Remember 72/12=6, 72 Points in an inch, 12 Points in a Pica. 72 divided by 12 equals 6,

which is the number of Picas in an inch.


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Art Board?

Scratch Board?

Selection Tool- Grabs entire objects

Grabs individual points and objects in a group

Lasso Tool- Grabs the Points that you wrap around

Pen Tool- U

Type Tool

The Little Black Pyramid, when clicked, provides more tool options that you can use in your illustration

The Shift Key, locks the image into a 45 degree angle

The ALT key, when held, flips the tool you are using to the alternate option for that tool that Adobe

thinks you are more likely to use. Pen Tool=Convert Anchor Point, Zoom In=Zoom Out

The Pencil Tool creates a uniform scaled line

The Brush tool in Illustrator, simulates a real-life brush, so it is skinny/thin in some areas of the line and

wide in others (when zoomed in, you can check this). The Brush Tool also intersects the lines/shapes

when draw on top of each other.)

Eraser Tool- When using the Eraser Tool, you can select the object you are erasing to cut specific areasout of the object your drawing

Rotate Tool, When you double click it, pulls up the rotate panel

Scale Tool

Shear Tool

Width Tool

Smooth Tool

Perspective Grid Tool

Mesh Tool

Blend Tool


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DDW: Entry#3

Favorite Tools/Shortcut Keys:

Pen Tool

CTRL + [/]

Filters in Illustrator are exponentially huge in file size and they are Raster Based which causes pixilation.

DDW: Entry#4

When placing an image into the artboard

To place an image, you can 1. Go file and then place

You want to embed the image, or else you run the risk of losing the original image if the image file

location happens to change.

SHORT CUT KEY TIP: CTRL + R: Rulers

Lock the image form the Layers panel

Select the image, then hit CTRL + 2

Go to Options>

Technique Tip: Print Out Your coloring book image, and then fill in all off the portions that you wish to

fill or trace. Placing tracing paper on top of the print out, works as well.

Open close quit print save new

Paste in back/front

Lock

Persuasion

DDW: Entry#5

Demo For Homework 3:

Shear- to shift angularly on the top and bottom

CTRL + G/Object>Ungroup- used to ungroup an object


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How to Offset the path(Book P.4-46):

1. Go to Objects>Path>Offset Path What this does is to create another set of paths underneaththe original path.

2. Screen Printing: if your printing a character for a t-shirt or lettering for a jersey, it helps inblocking or trapping a color into a shirt. (i.e. block out white on the black shirt, then printing

red/yellow, slightly larger on that white colored print on the black shirt to block/ trap in the

white. Further revealing the red and yellow.

3. Divide Path: takes the path, encompassing all the paths into 1 groupDamons Tip: work the group in isolation mode. You can double click a group or path in

order to achieve this.

To weld shapes: draw the larger shapes, then using unite in the pathfinder panel and

cutting/minusing the portions not needed using the Minus Front option in the pathfinder or as Damon

puts it the Cookie Cutter aka The Cutter

Example of the Cutter below

Example of the Intersect(Merge Pathfinder tool) below


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To create a Clipping Mask: Draw the image you want to illustrate as your artwork. Select the path to be

cut to be cut. Draw the viewable window/shape to be formatted to, select all the paths and go to

Objects>Clipping Mask>Make or press CTRL + 7. The image/path/shape on top becomes the viewable

window, with the actual image (the path underneath) working as your artwork.

Example of Clipping Mask Below:

Key Strokes and Shortcuts

CTRL + 2: Lock Select

(ALT + CTRL + 2: Unlock Select)

CTRL + 7: Make Clipping Mask

(ALT + CTRL + &: Stopping Making Clipping Mask)

CTRL + A: select All

CTRL + G: Group

(Shift + CTRL + G: Ungroup)

CTRL + [ or ]: Move Layer/Path back and forth in arrangement


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Shift + CTRL + F9: Pathfinder Panel

CTRL +/-: Zoom In/Out

Alt Buttons: - Acts as Opposite for many Shortcut key commands

-Duplicate/Clone Object

-ALT + Scroll wheel= Zoom In/Out

CTRL Buttons: - CTRL + Scroll Wheel= Side 2 Side

DDW: Entry#7

Using Less Anchor Points:

Using fewer anchor points in your project artwork is useful in helping to maintain you illustrator files.

Keeping the anchor points down to a minimum will help to reduce to file size, reduce cluttered

illustrations, helps read minimize the amount of work needed to complete the project.

Amount of Points Used Below: 4

Keystroke Tip: Shift + X= When using the pen tool, you can switch the color scheme. The

Foreground color swapping with the Stroke color.

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