Vector Graphics - Adobe Illustrator
Assignment: Change "Sample Graphic" to "Emoji 1"
BEFORE YOU START - open your sample graphics and use File --> Save As to create a copy of the sample graphic called
221031 Emoji 1 - YourName
Don't lose Sample Graphic since that is turned in for a grade. Many students have ended up re-doing our first project because they saved an emoji on top of the Sample Graphic file.
Use the circles from our sample graphic to make your first emoji. Make the largest of your circles the color of your emoji's face and enlarge it as much as you can leaving just a little bit of a margin. (Shift-Alt works best for scaling without moving the center of an object) You can re-color, re-shape and re-size the other circle to create one eye. You do NOT have to keep the colors the same as my example - just keep the contrast so we can see all the details of your emoji's face.
"Group" the eye parts and they will move to their own layer. Make sure you rename and organize the layers as you go. This is essential! When you bring your artwork into another program to animate it, the names of those layers will show up and make it SO much easier to work there.
221031 Emoji 1 - YourName
Don't lose Sample Graphic since that is turned in for a grade. Many students have ended up re-doing our first project because they saved an emoji on top of the Sample Graphic file.
Use the circles from our sample graphic to make your first emoji. Make the largest of your circles the color of your emoji's face and enlarge it as much as you can leaving just a little bit of a margin. (Shift-Alt works best for scaling without moving the center of an object) You can re-color, re-shape and re-size the other circle to create one eye. You do NOT have to keep the colors the same as my example - just keep the contrast so we can see all the details of your emoji's face.
"Group" the eye parts and they will move to their own layer. Make sure you rename and organize the layers as you go. This is essential! When you bring your artwork into another program to animate it, the names of those layers will show up and make it SO much easier to work there.
Making an Emoji from our Sample Graphic project
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Using the Direct Select tool to Manipulate Anchor Points
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Introducing the Pencil and Blob Brush tools for drawing and painting.
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Outside Tutorial - Make an EYE!
Optional but looks really cool!
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Manipulating shapes using Transform tools in Illustrator is easy and fun. Learn to draw different basic paths and then control the settings to get all sorts of interesting results to use in your drawings.
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