Illustrator Portrait

This unit will focus on the use of Adobe Illustrator to create a portrait. Students will learn how to the pen tool and can choose to create an original drawing, one based on a photograph or one based on a photograph using geometric shapes.


Assignment:
Students will create a digital painting using either a photo they have taken as a base image or they may choose to create an original painting.

Learning Targets:
Students will learn how to use Illustrator to create a stylized portrait.
Students will learn how to use a reference image to create a digital portrait.
Students will  learn about color, and ways to apply it to their portrait.
Students will learn how to use pen tool, layers, color picker, path finder and the eyedropper.

Materials:
Camera
Adobe Illustrator
Personal Photo Collection
Original Drawing Collection
Pencil
Paper
Computer

Vocabulary:
Color Picker          Layers                      Path Finder           Line           Panels
Pen Tool                Illustrator                 Fill                        Stroke        Portrait
Linear                    Geometric


Unit Outline:

1. Pen Tool pre-test
2. History of Illustrator
3. Illustrator
1. Navigating the program
2. Tool Bar practice:
3. Panels-Layers
4. Pen Tool tutorial
4. Basics of Composition
5. Introduction to the Portrait methods
1. Geometric
2. Drawn Portrait