Chabot College
Fall 2003
Course Outline for Art 32B
ILLUSTRATOR II
(See also Architecture 32B, Interior Design 32B, Photography 32B)
Catalog Description:
32B – Illustrator II
1.5 units
Continuation of the content and skills introduced in Architecture 32A, Adobe Illustrator I.
Paintbrush and pattern tools and palettes, gradient mesh tools, creating and modifying clipping
masks will be covered. Exploration of the powerful morphing blends and transparency tools; use of
symbol tools and palettes, filters and effects, and related appearance and styles palettes. Process of
importing and manipulating images as elements of digital compositions. Prerequisite: Architecture
32A (completed with a grade of “C” or higher). May not receive credit if Architecture 32B, Interior
Design 32B, or Photography 32B has been completed. 1 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Prerequisite Skills:
Before entering the course, the student should be able to:
1. use basic Apple Macintosh operating system features, including navigation of the desktop, saving
and moving files to various storage media, and adjusting system preferences;
2. launch the Illustrator (AI) software, navigate its interface, locate and turn on AI’s toolbox and
palettes, and apply short-cut key commands and dialog boxes;
3. create, save and close a new Document;
4. distinguish the difference between raster (Bitmap) and vector (Object-oriented) images;
5. summarize the basic components of a path, and path selections, and create paths with a variety
of tools including: rectangle tool, ellipse tool, polygon tool, star tool, line segment tool, arc tool,
spiral tool, grid tool;
6. move and modify the shape of a path;
7. draw and manipulate Bézier path curves with the pen and pencil tool, and control the quantity and
handles of anchor points;
8. control of stroke widths;
9. arrange multiple elements by applying tools to control stacking order, object grouping,
locking/unlocking objects, hiding/showing artwork;
10. place text in a document by use of the Type Tools, formatting of character- and paragraph-based
attributes;
11. apply rulers, grids, & guides, change the artboard specifications, create crop marks, and create a
custom startup file;
12. discuss color theory fundamentals, including color modes, color selection, swatch libraries and
palettes;
13. use gradients and pattern tools and palettes;
14. apply layer fundamentals, including creating, naming, ordering, showing/hiding,
locking/unlocking.
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
1. import images and be able to both link/unlink these images, and use the tracing tool with
imported images;
2. use the document Info palette;
3. construct envelopes for warps and meshes;
4. use brush and paintbrush tools and palettes;
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Course Outline for Art 32B, Page 2
Fall 2003
Expected Outcomes for Students (continued):
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use and create pattern fills; use symbol tools and palettes;
use filters and effects, and related appearance and styles palettes;
create mesh objects, create and modify clipping masks;
use the Blend command;
apply and control transparencies.
Course Content:
1. Importing and linking/unlinking images; use of the document Info palette; tracing imported
images
2. Transformation of objects, including moving, scaling, rotating, reflecting, slanting, twisting,
offsetting a path, averaging and joining anchor points, creating compound paths, using the knife
tool, use of the pathfinder palette
3. Aligning and distributing objects
4. Use of the liquefy tools; use of envelopes for warps and meshes
5. Use of brush and paintbrush tools and palettes
6. Use and creation of pattern fills; use of symbol tools and palettes
7. Use of filters and effects, and related appearance and styles palettes
8. Creating mesh objects, creating and modifying clipping masks
9. Using the Blend tool
10. Transparency Tool
Methods of Presentation:
1. Computer demonstrations
2. Lecture with white board
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Create a drawing file with an imported image file (PhotoShop, Tiff, etc.) and a clipping mask
b. Create a drawing file demonstrating an ability to control various transparency modes
c. Create a drawing file with an applied liquefy- and envelope-tool applications
d. Create a drawing file with custom patterns and paint-brushes
e. Create a drawing file with various filters and effects, applying related appearance and styles
palettes
f. Create a drawing file with a gradient mesh
g. Create a drawing file demonstrating an ability to use the Blend tool
h. Create a final project using a majority of commands studied in this course
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
b. Quizzes, final examination
Textbook(s) (typical):
Adobe Illustrator 10 – A Step-by-step Approach, Joanne Saliger & Ginny McDonald, Morton
Publishing Company, 2003
Special Student Materials:
1. 100 Mb ‘Zip’ disks
CO:282217830
TS:ts Oct-02