ASSIGNMENT: YOU MAKE THE CALL

NOTE: Not a Photoshop or Illustrator course. We just learn what we need to. The basics. And really, that is all you need.

NEXT ASSIGNMENT

Apply this lesson to an image (or images) of your area of emphasis

ILLUSTRATOR COLOR BLENDING

TOOLS

File creation and size
Layers
Shape tool
Eyedropper
Swatches
Copy shortcuts, alignment
Blend tool
Export

INSTRUCTIONS

OBJECTIVE

Learn basic Illustrator interface and commands

Understand the steps that happen when complements and other colors are blended

Exporting to another program

EXAMPLE, Illustrator

3 Complements, 1 Split Complement

PHOTOSHOP / COLOR ANALYSIS

TOOLS

File creation and size
Paste
Crop
Canvas size
Layers
Selection tool
Eyedropper
Fill (Shortcut)
Object selection tool
Hue/Saturation (Shortcut)
Colorize
Tabs
Multiple files open
Copying and selecting between files
Guides
Text

INSTRUCTIONS

OBJECTIVE

Learn basic Photoshop interface and commands

Understand the steps that happen when complements and other colors are blended

Exporting to another program

EXAMPLE, Photoshop

  1. Red foreground, Neutral (Mixed with complement) background

  2. Red background, Neutral foreground

GEOMETRIC VALUES Option

Cascading values. Form. Contrast. Rhythm.

Illustrator: Shape tool. Layers, Blend.

Objective: Palettes, Concentric Circles, Steps.

Illustrator: Arrange, Send to Back, Direct Selection Tool