Wednesday, September 12, 2012

WEEK 2: 2D Digital Art 1 - Illustrator basics, part 2

Hopefully you've all figured out how to complete the linework for your character and we'll be all ready for adding colour.

We'll learn some more of Illustrator's basic tools including creating compound paths, the pathfinder panel, and creating different types of fills.


Remember, this is due before class next week! Have a quick look back at the brief from week 1 to make sure you're following instructions correctly.

If you're looking for more information about Illustrator, Digital Tutors has a ton of helpful tutorials.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training_search.php?searchString=illustrator

Cheat sheets are great for learning hot keys - here are a couple for Illustrator :







http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/shortcutsPC_2.pdf

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/shortcutsMAC.pdf

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