Graphic Design and Illustration

The students will be working in Adobe Illustrator CC. The students will begin Ch. 13 “Working with Symbols, CC Libraries, and Web Content”. In Lesson 26, they will learn to work with existing symbols; create, modify, and redefine a symbol; store and retrieve artwork in the Symbols panel; understand Creative Cloud Libraries; work with Creative Cloud Libraries; understand perspective drawing; use grid presets and adjust the grid; draw and transform content in perspective; edit grid planes and content; create text and bring it into perspective; and make the most of constructive criticism. In Lesson 27, they will learn to align content to the pixel grid; work with the Slice and Slice Selection tools; use the Save For Web command; generate, export, and copy/paste CSS code; and save artwork as SVG.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Illustrator CC.

TEKS – 1Ei, 3Gi

Activity – The students will be working in Adobe Illustrator CC. The students will begin Ch. 13 “Working with Symbols, CC Libraries, and Web Content”. In Lesson 26, they will learn to work with existing symbols; create, modify, and redefine a symbol; store and retrieve artwork in the Symbols panel; understand Creative Cloud Libraries; work with Creative Cloud Libraries; understand perspective drawing; use grid presets and adjust the grid; draw and transform content in perspective; edit grid planes and content; create text and bring it into perspective; and make the most of constructive criticism. In Lesson 27, they will learn to align content to the pixel grid; work with the Slice and Slice Selection tools; use the Save For Web command; generate, export, and copy/paste CSS code; and save artwork as SVG.

Materials – Learning Graphic Design and Illustration by Andrew Faulkner, Conrad Chavez, and Brian Wood

Evaluation –  Lesson 26 and Lesson 27