Adobe Illustrator Project - assigned 12/6, due 12/11 - MAJOR

Using Illustrator

You will need to do any of these tutorials and post your efforts on your blog for credit on this assignment. Please remember that the object of this is to help you learn how to create art for the newspaper, so try to find tutorials that help with that task.

Make sure to open Illustrator. You will likely have to push the F4 key on the top of your keyboard and look for the Icon for Adobe Illustrator which is Orange and has the letters AI on it. 

A dialog box will open. Please TYPE IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS. DO NOT use the single-click buttons to log in with Facebook, Google, or anything else. I will show you this step on the screen.

Once you put in your email address, the system will take you to the portal, where you will need to sign in using your normal credentials. This process could take a few minutes.

Once you open Illustrator, click the button on the far left that says CREATE NEW and select the A4 option. You can choose the "Orientation" button on the middle right to decide if you want a vertical or horizontal page.

I believe that Illustrator is a very intuitive program, but it does take practice. One of the best ways to get better is to watch tutorials. Below I have linked a bunch of them. You have two days for this assignment, so you have time to watch a few and learn how to do basics.

Here are some links and both have clickable links to other tutorials and sites so click away!!:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/tutorials.html

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/20-basic-illustrator-tutorials-every-beginner-should-see

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/illustrator/basics

You can also just google Adobe Illustrator tutorials and you will find lots of links.

For your assignment, I would like you to create TWO graphics that could be used in the newspaper. I will give you instructions next class on how to turn in these two graphics:

1. Create an infographic with data and art. THIS PIECE MUST ALIGN WITH YOUR OPINION STORY #2 SUBJECT!!!

2. Create a political cartoon with a clear opinion/message, that includes symbols & labels, one of the persuasive techniques you learned about last class, and that is factual based. Consider exaggerations that you might utilize with this piece. THIS PIECE MUST ALIGN WITH YOUR OPINION STORY #2 SUBJECT!!!

3. A art piece that could be used with a review of some sort (this could be a review of a movie, book, music, restaurant, etc). OR you can create another Infographic or Political Cartoon