Monday, January 26, 2015

I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
Press Command+N to make a new piece of paper
Get rid of paper (Command+W)

- Creating a new canvas (document)
  press Command+N to make a new canvas
     3 sections of Adobe Illustrator (Toolbox [left], Menu bar [at the top], Panels [right])
     PROFILE: Print, SIZE: Letter, ORIENTATION: Portait
- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
Rectangle Tool (M) - makes squares and rectangles with sharp edges
    Rounded rectangle tool - makes rectangles with rounded edges
    Ellipse tool - draw circles and ovals
    Polygon Tool - draws convex regular polygons.
    Star tool - draws stars; to add more edges tap the up arrow, to remove edges tap the down arrow; to     control the sharpness of the star, hold the command key while drawing the star.

Selection Tool (V)- looks like a black arrow.  Use to select objects that you want to move, copy or     delete.

    Pen Tool (P) - draws line segments and curves
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
First, select your object or line.  
Second, click on the fill color box to set the fill color. 
OR, click on the stroke color box to set the stroke color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)
Save for Adobe Illustrator = (.ai) <<Can ONLY be opened in Illustrator.
Save for the Internet/Your blog = (.jpeg, .gif, .png) << Can be uploaded to your blog.
Monochromatic colors are all the colors (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue.








































Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. 

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

 Rebus- rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. 
What is a rebus? 
Answer: A puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

The picture is showing a wii game , a sheep , a man bending backwards, and a xbox sign.


In this picture its showing lightning, ed edd and eddy, 50 cent, liquor, a stop video sign and a stop backetball sign.
                                                                                                                                  Skye McCarter
                                                                                                                                        1/20/15
                                                                                                                                         Period 3

Pictogram-pictogram, also called a pictogrammepictograph, or simply picto,[1] and also an 'icon'[citation needed], is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.

What is pictogram ? 
Answer: A pictogram or pictograph is a symbol representing an object or concept by illustration. 


This picture is a bathroom sign its showing a man stick figure and a female stick figure. 
In this picture is showing a man going up and escalator, a baby and a bus and a police car.


In this picture a man is throwing trash away.

Calligram - is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typefacecalligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. 

What is a calligram ? 
Answer- calligram is a poem, a phrase or a word that is arranged in a design that creates an image or a visual representation of the subject of the text.


The picture is telling you that the words are: grow, bumpy, shrink, rainbow, sunshine, roof house, and splash.


In the picture its showing a dog that have words in the body.




The picture is showing a heart in words.