Due Date: January 22
This section will instruct you on how to create basic "native" shapes inside of Adobe Illustrator
Creating native shapes in any illustration program is an essential building block utility that is universal across all design programs. Becoming familiar with how these programs accomplishes this is one of the most basic steps towards learning how to arrange and manipulate shapes.
Create a new folder in your Communications 1/Multimedia folder and title it Adobe Illustrator - Basic Shapes
Your Folder should appear as so:
Download these next few files by clicking your right mouse button and then selecting: save target as (Internet Explorer) or save as (Goole Chrome). Be sure to select the Adobe Illustrator - Basic Shapes folder as the location where you want to save them.
- Basic Shapes 1
- Basic Shapes 2
- Basic Shapes 3
- Basic Shapes 4
- Basic Shapes 5
- Basic Shapes 6
- Basic Shapes 7
- Basic Shapes 8
Open the Adobe Illustrator application (located in your start menu). You will use Adobe Illustator to open each of the .PDF documents (below) and perform the actions required on each document.
When you are done, be sure to click on Save to save your document.
| Criteria | No | Yes |
| Were all shapes created in the appropriate manner which was instructed in the lesson? | 0 | 3 |
| Were all shapes created with the absence of the white color "fill"? | 0 | 3 |
| Was the document "Placed" into a new Illustrator document instead of it being Opened? | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 | 18 |
STEL 2 Core Concepts of Technology and Engineering
2R: Compare how different technologies involve different sets of processes.
STEL 7 Design in Technology and Engineering Education
70: Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process
STEL 8: Applying, Maintaining, and Assessing Technological Products and Systems
8D: Follow directions to complete a technological task.
8J: Use devices to control technological systems
