Review Week 12

How can you, as the designer, use principles of design to help compose a page?
You can make a design more interesting
What are the principles of design (define each in your own words)?
Repetition- Using an obj over and over
Proportion/scale- how big/small something is compared to another
Balance- How pic is weighed
Emphasis- Bringing out a certain area
Unity- together
variety- diff
figure- general shape
ground- negative space
rhythm- repetition of movement

Review Week 6

What is the pen tool used for?

Creating line and tracing patterns and textures

How can you manipulate a path/line in Illustrator? Discuss the use of the white arrow tool, pen+, pen-, and convert too.
Pen+ : Adds more anchors so you can manipulate the line/shape where you choose.

Pen- : Rids line/shape of anchors you don't want

Convert tool : turs paths into corners and corners into paths

How can you utilize the layers palette in Illustrator?
You can add a new layer, Hide a Layer, lock a layer or delete a layer

How do you create a clipping mask in Adobe Illustrator?

You make a shape w/ no line and no fill around the area you want to keep. You make sure its at the top and then select everything. Go under object -> Clipping Mask -> Make