Illustrator Learning Activities (Tutorials)

Computer Graphics

John Jay High School

Department of Technology Education Mr. Butler

Name:______Semester:______Period:______

Directions: You will spend approximately two weeks completing the following Adobe Illustrator learning activities. At the conclusion of each activity, you will print, and show instructor for a check for each completed Illustrator learning activity.

Before you begin:

Make a new folder in your Computer Graphics folder, titled: _ Illustrator_Activities (ex. jb_Illustrator_Activities), you will save all activities, graphics, fonts, and supporting files in this folder

Activity 1: Creating and Editing Text

·  View Video Lesson 1: Text

·  Document Settings: Size 8.5” x 11”, CMYK

·  Download New Fonts (www.DaFont.com)

·  Type Your Name (First, Last, or Both)

·  Create Outlines, Change Size, Stroke and Fill Properties

Activity 2: Downloading Vector Clip Art

·  View Video Lesson 3: Importing & Editing Clip Art

·  Document Settings: Size 5” x 7”, CMYK

·  Use Google to search “Free Vector Art” (www.vecteezy.com)

·  Download and Save Vector Art files to your Illustrator Activities Folder (minimum of two images)

·  Change color, group/ungroup, expand, apply new stroke and fill properties, combine, add, subtract elements


Activity 3: Holiday Greeting

·  Document Settings: Size 5” x 7”, CMYK

·  Download your favorite holiday themed font (save font file in your folder)

·  Download a minimum of three vector holiday themed graphics

·  Apply text, stroke, and fill properties

·  Apply Principles and Elements of Design

Activity 5: Pen Tool (Illustrator Classroom in a Book)

·  Copy the Adobe Illustrator Lesson 5: Using the Pen Tool files to your activities folder.

·  Complete the all parts of the lesson

Activity 6: Templates and Tracing (Vectorizing)

·  View Video 6: Vectorizing Graphics

·  Document Settings: Size 5” x 7”, CMYK

·  Google to search for your favorite carton character and save this image in your activities folder

·  In Illustrator, place the graphic in as a template in your canvas area (File èPlace)

·  Your graphic will appear as a watermark on it’s own locked layer

·  Utilize layers to organize your work

·  Utilize pen tool and drawing tools with stroke and fill properties to replicate your chosen cartoon characters

·  Hide the template layer when complete