Gabe Wong | Design and Illustration Class Resources
Final Class In this class, we will finish our illustration, print it out and discuss the process of making it with our classmates. We will also be doing class evaluations. Colour Adjustment To pull together the colours in your composition, we should adjust them using the principles above to make something harmonious. Generally, you would do … Continue reading CEIL101-S8-Final Class, Printing
Masks and Adjustment Layers CEIL101–S7–Collage Tutorial Adjustment Layers and Putting it All Together personal example Download the demo files: Illustrator File Photoshop File In these files, I will quickly walk you through what we have done in the class so far. We will begin in Illustrator and then finish the image in Photoshop. If you would … Continue reading CEIL101–S7–Making Masks and Adjustment Layers
Schedule: Overview Demo Work time Topics & Overview Over the next classes, I want to give each student one on one time to review the programs, both Illustrator and/or Photoshop and work on their final assignment. Review the blogs, demos, or in-class exercises. What do you want to review? Overall interface of Photoshop or Illustrator … Continue reading CEIL101–S6–Clipping Masks, Patterns and Brushes
Schedule Discussion Pen Tool Basics Exercise Work Time Pen Tool Basics Using the Pen tool is a bit like sewing — You go from point to point to create a line. You can also add curves to the line, rather than working only with small straight segments to define curves. Notes: Click only once to … Continue reading CEIL101–S5–Tracing with the Pen Tool
Schedule: Attendance Vector Graphics Adobe Illustrator Workspace Drawing Shapes Topics Vector graphics: Shapes, Fills and Strokes, effects Glossary: bounding boxes, anchor points, … Adobe Illustrator Workspace: Artboard Menu bar (Create New) Tool Bar, Selection Tool, Direct Selection tool, Shapes, Shapebuilder, Colours Panels Alignment tools Properties Artboard Layers Stroke (Options) Swatches and Colour Transparency Type Vector … Continue reading CEIL101–S4–Vector Images and Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Today’s Topics 1. Using the Brush Tool Downloading and Adding Brushes Creating painting layers Using the Brush Tool Painting inside selections 2. Using Textures Finding textures and resolution Copying them into the file Layer Blending Modes, Multiply, Screen, and Overlay Layer Opacity 3. Adjustment Layers Creating Adjustment Layers, Levels, Hue-Saturation, Black and White Introduction to Masks … Continue reading CEIL101–S3–Brushes, Textures and Adjustments
Schedule In-class demo Work time Topics We will see how much we can finish today and continue into the next class if necessary. 1. Scanning Review of resolution and document size Scanning options 2. Isolating linework Adjusting levels to create solid lines Using the Magic Wand to select lines Creating a new layer and filling … Continue reading CEIL101–S2–Scanning and Colouring
