During this lesson, I learned about different templates Illustrator offers and the usefulness of them To start, head to File menu then New from Template, which opens the New from Template dialog box within the Templates directory. When you open one of these templates, for example tech, there’s many different template files. To open one, …
Category Archives: Graphic Design
Multiple Artboards
In today’s lesson, I worked on many properties and functions of an artboard and how a multitude of them can come in handy. Illustrator allows you to have multiple artboards on a document, which comes in handy. For example, a design can be easily implemented on a letterhead, an envelope, and a business card without …
Anatomy of a Document
Today, I set up parameters and measurements to understand the inner parts of a document. To begin, head to the File menu at the top right of the screen, then choose New. Inside the dialog box, set the bleed values to 20 pt then click OK. After creating the new document, head to the View …
Creating New Documents
In this lesson, I learned how to effectively create a new document inside Illustrator. Creating new documents is a frequent activity in Illustrator, so it is important to understand the options when it comes to creating new documents. At the very top of the screen, you can see File, and when opened, you can click …
Isolation Mode
In this lesson, I learned what Isolation Mode is and how it works. Isolation mode is used to edit objects or paths within a sublayer, compound path, group, or symbol. When Isolation Mode is entered, anything not within the isolated object will appear dimmed out. To get to Isolation mode, you must double-click a part of the grouped object. …
Selections and Stacking Order
Today, I learned the fundamentals of selections and its tools. I also learned about the stacking order of objects and how to change the order. At the top of the tools panel, which is on the left hand side of the screen, there’s a black arrow (Selection Tool) and a white arrow (Direct Selection). With …
Fills and Strokes
During this video, I worked on different types of strokes and fills and where to find and apply them. To start, the fill function allows you to cover a large space of your image with a solid color or pattern and the stroke command makes it easy to paint borders around whole images or within them. When the path …
Understanding Paths
For today’s lesson, I learned about how a path is created by anchor points and the two types of paths and anchor points. In Illustrator, a path means a line that can be either open, making a line, or closed, creating a shape. Each path consists of 2 or more anchor points. For example, the …
Start Workspace
In this lesson, I learned how to set up and create a new workspace. When Adobe Illustrator is opened, the home page is presented with the workspace options and documents on the left side which are quick access to different types of documents. These three categories include RECENT, which will display any recent files that …
Bitmap vs. Vector
Today, I learned the difference between bitmap and vector artwork and the benefits of vector artwork. Vector graphics are computer graphics images that are defined in terms of points on a Cartesian plane, which are connected by lines and curves to form polygons and other shapes. As a result, the finished look is crisp and …
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