Week 3 (1 October)

Review homework. Aligning and distributing objects. The pen, pencil, and brush tools. Editing paths and objects. Color spaces, and color theory.

Homework: “Chapter 3. Creating Shapes” and
Chapter 4. “Transforming Objects”

Week 2 (24 September)

Review homework. Basic shapes, fill, stroke, and color. Combining basic shapes to make complex shapes. Objects and layers, gradients and patterns. More hands-on practice using the pen tool.

Homework: Chapter 2. "Selecting and Aligning"

Week 1 (17 September)

Vector basics, and history. Vector vs. pixel. Introduction to Adobe Illustrator: the work area, tools & their functions, menus, pallets, and file formats. Hands-on practice using the pen tool.

Homework: “A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator CS3” pgs.12-31. and
Chapter 1: "Getting to Know the Work Area” pgs. 32-56

Course Description

CIS310 - Illustrator

This course serves as an introduction to Illustrator, a graphics program, and its tools and techniques. Instruction will include the fundamentals of creating and manipulating graphics, color, and type, and preparing designs for print or the Internet, and other topics as time allows. Prerequisite: CIS108 Introduction to Computers or permission of the faculty. (from www.lebanoncollege.edu)