March Classes

Today in Computer for Artist class , I learned  things about Adobe Illustrator. The following things I learned and reviewed were the menu windows such as file, edit, window, and path. I also learned and reviewed the following tools: Type tool, line segment tool, black arrow, white arrow, magic wand, lasso tool, pen tool, and the convert arrow anchor.
In class, my professor was talking about the grading that will done for the class. She was explaining that we need to keep up with our blog posts, and our final project which is the tutorial video. Also our printed tutorial book which is at least six pictures along with six steps on how to go about doing the tutorial.
The main assignments that counted for a large sum of our grades includes the following:
Charrette Ideation: We were to create three 18x24 sketches of our ideas for the Charrette being held in the department.
Midterm Test: A test going over everything that we covered in class for the first half of the semester.
Final Charrette Submission: The final composition of your finished piece for the charrette for the department.
Blog Posts: All of the blog assignments that have been given on the class worksheet. Currently we are up to 19 posts. Our professor will be checking them towards the end of the term. She will be checking the quality and quantity of the blog posts.
External Hard drive: She will be checking whether we have them or not.
Online Tutorial: A print out of images from our tutorial showing all steps (at least six) that we use to complete the tutorial.
Attendance: Our performance on showing up to class on time.
The application that was covered in class today was Adobe Illustrator. My professor reviewed the content we covered last class. The things we covered were the drop down menus like file or edit.
A tool she showed us today was the clipping mask. This is where you take an object and put it over an object that you want it to fit into.
For example if you have a background and an object you want as a foreground. You can take that foreground object and place it over the background object and erase the areas you don’t want to be in the background.
Another thing my professor showed me in class was how to create an outline for a type. This can be used well for typography art, word art or logos. You do not want to hand over a file that has type in it because someone could change it. How you create an outline for whatever type you are doing you go to create outlines (shift+ctrl+O). Next the object is no longer letters, they are now shapes. I enjoyed learning how to create type outlines.
Adobe Illustrator is a very amazing and creative tool. I look forward to learning more throughout my CPU for Artist class.