Lesson 01.01.02 (1 hr)

Your Assignment

Section 4 of Illustrator Fundamentals Video Course

Watch Section 4: Core Drawing Principles. Open up the exercise files that he uses and follow along with him so you can see how the tools work. Or if he tells you to create a new file, follow his directions for doing that.

This time, take only 1 note on each of the videos, except the following six videos — on these, instead of taking notes, take a screenshot showing that you followed along with the video instructor:

  • Drawing Basic Shapes
  • Polygonal Star Tool
  • Pencil Tool
  • Paintbrush Tool
  • Pen Tool
  • Complex Paths

So, you’ll have 7 notes and 6 screen shots.

Make sure your screenshots show your computer login name (for example “AM Student 02“) at the top so that I can see that you did the work.

Forgot how to do a screenshot? Review the Orientation lesson “Getting Yourself Set Up”. (Currently, in Classcraft only.) The screenshots end up on your Desktop (unless you use the Jing software — it allows you to save your screenshots anywhere you like.)

Log in to the Behance.net portfolio you created in Orientation. Click on Create a New Project. Then click Upload Files. Upload the screenshots you made while watching the videos in Section 4 of Illustrator Fundamentals. Name the project “Course 1 – Visual Illustration Tools”.

Submit Your Work

In the Basecamp To-Do for this lesson, provide the following:

  • a link to your Behance.net portfolio project for Course 1 – Visual Illustration Tools.
  • the text of your notes