Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Digitla Imaging 2: Gradient Mix Media Grid

Objectives (Goals):
 Students will...
  • Demonstrate the gradient tool option in illustrator by generating a pen tooled imagery over a photograph and applying color using fill gradients.
  • Identify and practice using basic Illustrator tools and keyboard shortcuts to help them achieve their design (pen tool, direct selection tool, anchor points, smooth tool, shapes, path eraser, gradients, and arrangement of layers)
  • Use an original image, adjusted and cropped in Photoshop, as a source to create original artwork using mixed media such as pastel, marker, watercolor, colored pencil, paint, Sharpie, etc.
  • Build upon ½ of an original photo digitally using Illustrator in order to complete a cohesive grid between fine art and digital art.
Essential Questions to help you answer your objective:

What is the pen tool and how is used in Illustrator?
What is a gradient? How is it used?
What is a fill/Stroke?  How are they used?
 How can you rearrange layers, use shapes, and gradients in order to create a digital image?
What is mixed media?
How can you work simultaneously using both fine art and digital art to create a cohesive work?
Vocab
Pen Tool: The primary drawing tool in PostScript illustration software. The pen tool allows the user to position anchor points and controls the shape of the line by controlling the control handles that extend from the anchor points.
Gradient Tool: A command within illustration software that allows elements within the illustration to be filled with a smooth transition between two colors.
Fill: The inside color of a shape
Stroke: The outline around a shape
Mixed Media: A technique involving the use of two or more artistic media, such as ink and pastel or painting and collage, that are combined in a single composition
Format: The way in which something is arranged or set out



 
 
 

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