Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator

This one is really good---->>>
http://school.tatoland.com/illustrator/aipath.html


http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/using_the_pathfinder_and_align_tool_in_illustrator/

making custom art brushes:
http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/creating_simple_art_brushes_in_illustrator/

IN CLASS ILLUSTRATOR LAB

1. Talk about Wikipedia Results

2. Questions about Readings - The day music died

3. Everyone make a posting (ILLUSTRATOR PROGRESS REPORT 1) describing where you are at with the illustrator project. Include a small jpg (not the final), and let me know how much time you think you will need to finish.

FOR NEXT CLASS
BE READY TO DISCUSS "THE DAY MUSIC DIED"
RE-POST ILLUSTRATOR IMAGE (LARGE FORMAT) - (ILLUSTRATOR PROGRESS REPORT 2)

Questions about Assignments / in class Lab

ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WIKIPEDIA ASSIGNMENT
DUE NOV. 30th

ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ILLUSTRATOR ASSIGNMENT
DUE DEC. 2nd posted as Large .jpg on you blog

IN CLASS LAB TIME TO WORK ON ILLUSTRATOR PROJECTs

WORKING WITH IMAGES IN ILLUSTRATOR / investigating wikipedia

LOOK AT THIS ESQUIRE ARTICLE



1. DISCUSS Chap. 3 from 'cult of the amateur' - "truth and lies"

2. Pass out NEXT CHAP--the day music died (side b)

3. REVIEW OF BITMAPS V. VECTORS

4. DOWNLOAD NEW TUTORIAL FILES HERE
as last time start a folder on your computer called "tutorials" and using firefox file-->save as
and save the .ai files into that folder

5. WATCH TUTORIALS FOR "WORKING WITH IMAGES" IN ILLUSTRATOR
-placing images
-edit original
-live trace
-rasterizing artwork
-working with other programs

6. DISCUSS UPCOMING REVERSE ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT

PASS OUT "INVESTIGATION WIKIPEDIA"
INVESTATION WIKIPEDIA - ASSIGNMENT FOR MEDIA LITERACY FALL 2009

1. FIND A WIKIPEDIA ENTRY THAT YOU FEEL IS INCOMPLETE, OUTDATED, OR EVEN BETTER, JUST PLAIN WRONG.
2. RESEARCH THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITING A REVISION TO YOUR CHOSEN WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
3. SUBMIT YOUR REVISION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS
4. KEEP A LOG (INCLUDING DATES) OF YOUR PROGRESS AND YOUR PROCESS
5. POST THIS PROGRESS REPORT ON YOUR BLOG FOR MONDAY NOV THE 23RD

CONTINUE ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIALS - PEN TOOL!

SIMPLE - ADVANCED PEN TOOL TUTORIALS

1. create a folder on your computer called "tutorials"
2. DOWNLOAD THESE TUTORIAL FILES using FIREFOX, NOT IE!
3. we will watch some of these tutorials in class

4. discuss chap. 1 of the Andrew Keen Book
5. Pass out reading from Chap. 3 of Keen Book (READ THIS FOR NEXT CLASS)

6. For Next time I want you to find some sort of example from the media of an advertisment (or the like) that you believe was created in illustrator. This can be online, video, or print. Bring your illustrator example to class next time

Illustrator tutorials / MORE cult of the amateur

1. WATCH ILLUSTRATOR VIDEO WORKSHOP
From Lynda.com

DOWNLOAD TUTORIALS FILES HERE

see also:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

CLICK ON ILLUSTRATOR:
SETTING UP NEW DOCS
SELECTING AND MANIPULATING
ALIGNING AND DISTRIBUTING
USING THE PEN TOOL
CREATING TYPE ON A PATH

2. DISCUSSION OF "THE GREAT SEDUCTION"

WATCH Q+A FROM ANDREW KEEN'S INTERVIEW @ GOOGLE
START AT (17:00)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_n7I0PM3w

Andrew Keen Video / Illustrator intro

1. Introduction to Illustrator

2. Andrew Keen Video

Authors @ Google: Andrew Keen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_n7I0PM3w

more possible futures

http://science.discovery.com/videos/pop-sci/

1.Haptics
2.Mind over Matter
3.Pervasive Games
4.Siftables
5.Huggy Pajamas
6.Social Robots
7.Virtual Dating
8.Your Brain on Love

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

For Next Time: READ ANDREW KEEN HANDOUT
10 POSSIBLE SCI-FI FUTURES