Mind Mapping

Start in the middle of a blank page, writing or drawing the idea you intend to develop. Draw lines for subtopics with an idea at the end of each one. Branch off those lines and off those lines and then off those... Hints: Use colors, drawings and symbols copiously. Be as visual as you can, and your brain will thank you. Keep the topics labels short, better yet, to only a picture.

Vary text size, color and alignment.

Tony Buzan, inventor of Mind Mapping Vary the thickness and length of the lines. Provide as many visual cues as you can.

Rufus http://adobe.ly/y0JmHt Mordy http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs5/using-variablewidth-strokes/

The Beautiful Stroke Presets

Try out the presets

Using the Variable width tool, create a cool, new, funky stroke. To save it, click on the save icon here

Apply your new preset to different widths of strokes, WOW!

80 pt 60 pt 40 pt 20 pt Original

The Beautiful Stroke Width Waggling

Width Point Highlight a point to get all of the info. Select the width tool and pull out a wide section. You can move the point along the ling by dragging the middle point.

To adjust one point on the path hold option/ault key click on the point Double click to see exact setting and to delete the point.
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The Pop Master of the Stroke! A real Ohio Boy

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?
-Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein 1923-1997 Born in New York City He moved to Cleveland 1951 MFA Ohio State University 1949 3 Years in the Army 1943 - 1946. Important Teachers: Hoyt L. Sherman and Reginald Marsh, Allan Kaprow Contemporaries: Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg Married: Isabel Wilson (Divorced 1965). Children: David Hoyt Lichtenstein, Mitchell Lichtenstein

How did this become art?

Evolution

Onomatopoeia

Bringing Pop into the Museum...

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Pretty Carol Ferris

Import Pretty Carol Ferris. Place on Original Layer, make it a template and lock it.

Create a working layer and with the pen tool outline the black lines in a contrasting color.

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Line work

Using your Width Tools, finesse the outlines.

Change the line work to black

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Shapes

Create a Shapes layer. Using the Pen Tool and Shapes, create and color the basic shapes of our Lovely Carol.

Layer the Shapes correctly Duplicate the face, dark background, letter, yellow shape and hair shape. (Control/ Command > C > Control/Command > F.)
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Comic Highlights
To easily create the Shimmer on Mz. Ferriss coif, start with the Pencil or Pen tool. Draw the lines and give them the Pointy Profile

Select all of the Strokes. Got to Object > Expand Appearance. Fill in the areas with no coverage with the blob brush and with the Pathfinder Tool, merge the shape
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLK18Z5VcXU&list=PL9AF09F5313DD5F9C&index=10&feature=plpp_video Patterns

Halftoning

Color the bottom face a nice pink (or green, or blue?) Go to the Twrillie-Down at the top of Swatches and open Basic Graphics Dots. Drag the 10 dpi 40% pattern to the desktop. Change the color and be sure the box is still there and has Nought for the fill AND stroke Drag the newly colored pattern to the swatches pallette Apply the new pattern...

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Changing the Pattern Size

Pull the Pattern out of the Swatches and select it with the Black Arrow tool Make it smaller and reinsert into the swatches until the size is perfect. Experiment with the opacity settings. To the right is 100% Color Dodge.

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Rotating a Pattern
Choose a color for the yellow paper or floor section and color the LOWER of the 2 shapes. Lock the LOWER shape Select the UPPER shape and apply Undulating Coarse Dots to the shape Double click on the rotate tool. Deselect the Objects and Angle = -20%

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Changing Size Method #2

With the patterned shape selected, double click on the scale tool to get the scale panel. Choose a Uniform scale, and be sure that only Patterns is checked in the Options box.

Experiment with Non-Uniform scaling for this pattern.

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Change the Pattern Transparency

Change the Opacity and experiment with the number and style.

Dont forget the old standbys...

On your student sheet, you will find a vector halftone pattern. Use a clipping mask to put it into the letter. Change the color as you wish.

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Lest you think the past is past...

Lis Favorite Vinyl Dunny!

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http://layersmagazine.com/creative-masking-techniques-in-illustrator.html

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Opacity Mask Basics

Create a line of type.

Draw a rectangle gradient over it.

In the Twrillie Down in and Transparency Panel, click on Make Opacity Mask.

But Li, we can do that with transparency in CS5! Ahhh Yes, Grasshopper, but look at this!...
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A shinny-headded Dunny

Copy the front view of the Dunny on to a new page. Fill it with a pattern

Duplicate his head shape. Fill it with a radial blend.

Select the Blend and the Pattern Filled head shape Go to Twrillie Down and Make Opacity Mask

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Happy Shinny Dunny

Select the Mask in the Transparency Panel and with the blend tool, move the blend to the top of the head.

Click on Invert Mask in the Transparency Panel

HAPPY SHINNY DUNNY

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Any Other Questions?

Next week...

3D and

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