Due Date: March 14
This is a problem solving activity that requires the student to re-visit basic Illustrator pen-tool skills, using an already completed image as a guide for the deconstructive purpose of reconstructive assembly.
Setting Up
- Create a new folder in your "Communications 1" folder and title it "Adobe Illustrator - Hats" (This is where all materials for your Hats designs will be stored)
- Download the file called "Hats.tif" by right clicking the link and choosing "Save Target As" and save it to your "Adobe Illustrator - Hats" folder
- Create a new Illustrator document by going to "File" and then "New" (select Letter size). Give this file the name of "Adobe Illustrator - Hats" (just like you did the folder). Use these settings:
- Place the Hats file into a new Illustrator document.
- While holding down the "Shift" key, stretch the image out so that it fills the page from left to right sides. Lock the layer that the placed "Hats" file is on.
- Create a new layer to re-illustrate the hats on.
- Open the "Layer's panel in Illustrator. Select the down arrow at the top right of the Layer's panel and select "Panel Options."
- Select the button next to the word "Other" and then type then numbers 99 in the box to the right of it
- Click "Close"
Recreating the Hats
- Re-create the image using Adobe Illustrator.
- Use the pen tool to retrace the hats
- Use the eye dropper tool to sample colors and create fills
- Use squares, circles, and other native shapes when desired
- For gradient effects (the orange blob), you'll need the "Gradient" panel (located under Window on the menu bar).
- When making the scales, you will probably need to implement the "Clipping Mask" function (located under "Object" on the menu bar).
Finishing Up
- On the second "Art board" in Illustrator (if you have not done so already), relocate your hats to the art board instead of leaving them in the "Paste Board" location or directly on top of your hats that you "placed" into illustrator originally.
- Save your work as an Adobe Illustrator (.AI) file
- Save your finished work (when you've completed all four hats), as "hats finished.pdf" file in your "Adobe Illustrator - Hats" folder
| All Hats are traced accurately ("Paths" are clean and un-jagged, using a minimum amount of anchors ) | 0 | 4 |
| Each hat/box is on a separate layer (one hat/box per layer) | 0 | 4 |
| Layers are labeled ("Yellow Box hat," "Leaves Hat," "Scalloped Hat," "Green Blobs Hat") | 0 | 4 |
| Colors and transparency, on the newly created hats, match the original source image | 0 | 4 |
| All scallops are created accurately according to the source image (use of Align, Paste in Front, Paste in Back, Clipping Mask) | 0 | 1 |
| All leaves are created accurately (color/shape), according to the source image. | 0 | 1 |
| All shapes are "arranged" properly (overlap of shapes) | 0 | 1 |
| Gradient on the Yellow Box hat (from orange to gold) is completed accurately | 0 | 1 |
| Hats are saved in PDF format (Cannot be graded if not saved properly) | None | All |
| Total Points | 20 | |
| Final Score: 20 x 2 = 40 points | ||
Standards of Technological Literacy
STL 2 - The Core Concepts of Technology
- Systems
- Resources
- Requirements
- Optimization and Trade-offs
- Processes
- Control
STL 8 - The Attributes of Design
- The design process
- Design problems are usually not clear
- Designs need to be refined
STL 10 - The Role of Troubleshooting, Research and Development, Invention and Innovation, and Experimentation in Problem Solving
- Multidisciplinary Approach
STL 11 - Apply the Design Process
- Identify a design problem
- Refine the design
- Evaluate the design
STL 12 - Use and Maintain Technological Products and Systems
- Use computers to communicate
- Operate and maintain systems
STL 17 - Information and Communication Technologies
- Communicating through symbols
