GC 340 • Beginning Adobe Illustrator

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Essentials
Syllabus- Fall 2009

Exploration 1: The City
Part 1 (Derive)
City Illustrations
Part 2 (City Drawing)

Exploration 2: The Pen Tool
Part 1 (three Illustrator work files- zip format)
Part 2 (City Drawing - psychogeography)

Exploration 3: Farmer's Market Design Research
Part 1 (Observe and Document Opportunities)
Part 2 (Develop Probe)
Chancellor's Holiday Card project (not required)
Part 3 (Dive Deeper, Analyze, Brainstorm)
Part 4 (The Wrap- Be Innovative)

Exploration 4: Typography
Part 1: (Typographic definitions)- List of Verbs
Part 2: (scale, depth, & motion) - download Futura Bold
Part 3: (data visualization)

Exploration 5: Type & Image (Final)
Part 1: plan- due 11/18
Part 2: creation (write and illustrate)- due 11/25
Part 3: first draft - due 12/2

Handouts
CS4 Desktop
Layers
Pen Tool Symbols
Pen Tool Tips
Vectorsin AI
Placing Graphics
Character Palette
Art Brushes
Tiff vs EPS
Information Design
data vis. link
Survey
zine folds