MGD 112 Illustrator I

Administration

Educational Software discounts
MyPPCC
PPCC Online
Lynda login
Tasty Tutes tutorials | Assets
Career paths

Contact

Class Procedures

Accepted File types

Design Resources

Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity
Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Human Centered Design
Presentation template - logos

Inspiration

John Cleese on Creativity
Logos
Infographics
Illustrator drawings
Illustrator Posters
Malika Favre

Tutorials

OS X tutorial
Key commands (shortcuts)
Image optimization in Photoshop
Smoke Effect
Realistic Cityscape

Workspace

Workspace basics
Ai keyboard Cheats

Examples

Good/Bad design examples
Ajax

Documents

Design Document

Documents guide

Textbook downloads

Illustrator CC asset files

Illustrator Resources

Cutting apart
Image Trace
Units of Measure
Google Fonts
Adobe Fonts
Fontsquirrel
Version Control

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts
Primary Keyboard Shortcuts

Class notes

Unit 1 Introductions
Unit 2 Workspace
Asset files
Unit 3 Lines and Shapes
Unit 4 Pen Tool
Unit 5 Logos
Unit 6 Color
- Malika Favre - Hide and Seek
- Inspiration
Unit 7 Artboards
Unit 8 Type
Unit 9 Raster Images in Illustrator
- assets
Unit 10 Basic Brushes
Unit 11 Gradient Mesh

Assignments

Assignment 1 - contract (01/16/2018)
Assignment 2 - Examples (01/18/2018)
Assignment 3 - Illustrator starter (01/23/2018)
Assignment 4 - Line and shapes (01/25/2018)
Assignment 5 - Pen tool (02/01/2018)
Project 1- Logo (02/06/2018)
Project 2 - Business Identity (02/20/2018)
Assignment 6 - type (03/08/18)
Assignment 7 - Gradients, Blends and Patterns (03/15/17)
Assignment 8 - Images (03/20/18)
Project 3 - Flyer (03/22/18)
Reading (4/3/2018)
Assignment 9 - Brushes (04/05/18)
Project 3 - Gallery exhibit (04/10/18)
Assignment 10 - Gradient Tutorials (04/17/18)