Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Step 1: Install Adobe Illustrator & Practice Tutorials

Login to the Adobe Creative Cloud app with your school email address. Choose 'Enterprise ID' after logging in. Press the install button. Watch the below tutorials to familiarize yourself with Adobe Illustrator.

HOW TO WATCH A TUTORIAL

Click the Watch on YouTube button next to a tutorial.
Drag the YouTube video into a new window and click the View Full Screen icon on the bottom right.
3-finger swipe to the left to see your other browser window and click on the OnShape tab.
3-finger swipe to the right to go back to the YouTube video tutorial.
Press play and whenever you think there are one or two items you need to do in OnShape, press pause and 3-finger swipe so that you can remember the steps in order.

Getting Started

Setting up Artboards

Layers

Pen Tool

Shapes

Selection Tools

Color, Fill, Stroke & Opacity

Saving & Exporting

Adobe Illustrator Skills Test

AI Bezier Curves Practice File

[2] Practice drawing your first 'Bezier Curves' *

For this 'pen tool' tutorial you need to download the AI Bezier Curve Practice Files and watch the Bezier Curve Tutorial:

Step 2: Practice Bezier Curves

For this 'pen tool' tutorial you need to download the AI Bezier Curve Practice Files and watch the Bezier Curve Tutorial:

pen tool basics.mov

Set 1 Line Drawing

Set 2 Fill Drawing

Step 3: Practice Line Tracing

For further practice you can use these video instructions and this pack of images that it refers to. Choose one Husky from Set 1 and one from Set 2 to trace and fill.

When finished, hide the watermarked Example layer and screenshot your work to share.

This exercise takes about 45 minutes to complete.

pen tool practice.mov

Dab Dog Max!

Step 4: Practice Shading & Colorizing

And now...take it to the max! Dab Dog Max!

For further extension, use lines and fill shapes to recreate Dab Dog Max!