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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 13 & 14 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design, Color and Typography

Chapter 13 Review Questions

How do you add a second fill or stroke to artwork?

2. Name two ways to apply an effect to an object.

3. When you apply a Photoshop (raster) effect to vector artwork, what happens to the artwork?

4. Where can you access the options for effects applied to an object?

5. What's the difference between applying a graphic style to a layer versus applying it to selected artwork?

My Responses

To add a second fill or stroke to artwork, click the Add New Stroke button or Add New Fill button at the bottom of the Appearance panel. We didn't cover this in the lesson, but you can also choose Add New Stroke/Add New Fill from the Appearance panel menu. A stroke is added to the top of the appearance list. It has the same color and stroke weight as the original.

2. You can apply an effect to an object by selecting the object and then choosing the effect from the Effect menu. You can also apply an effect by selecting the object, clicking the Choose An Effect button (fx.) in the Properties panel or the Add New Effect button (fx) at the bottom of the Appearance panel, and then choosing the effect from the menu that appears.

3. Applying a Photoshop effect to artwork generates pixels rather than vector data. Photoshop effects include all of the effects in the bottom portion of the Effect menu and the Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, and Feather commands in the Effect > Stylize submenu. You can apply them to either vector or bitmap objects.

4. You can edit effects applied to selected artwork by clicking the effect link in the Properties panel or Appearance panel to access the effect options.

5. When a graphic style is applied to a single object, other objects on that layer are not affected. For example, if a triangle object has a Roughen effect applied to its path and you move it to another layer, it retains the Roughen effect.

After a graphic style is applied to a layer, everything you add to the layer has that style applied to it. For example, if you create a circle on Layer 1 and then move that circle to Layer 2, which has a Drop Shadow effect applied, the circle adopts that effect.

Chapter 14 Review Questions

What are three benefits of using symbols?

2. How do you edit an existing symbol?

3. What is a dynamic symbol?

4. In Illustrator, what type of content can you save in a library?

5. Explain how to embed a linked library graphic asset.

My Responses

Three benefits of using symbols are as follows:

You can edit one symbol to update all instances.

Using symbols reduces file size.

It is much faster to apply symbol instances.

2. To update an existing symbol, double-click the symbol icon in the Symbols panel, double-click an instance of the symbol on the artboard, or select the instance on the artboard, and then click the Edit Symbol button in the Properties panel. Then you can make edits in Isolation mode.

3. When a symbol is saved as dynamic, you can change certain appearance properties of instances using the Direct Selection tool without editing the original symbol.

4. Currently in Illustrator, you can save colors (fill and stroke), type objects, graphic assets, and type formatting.

5. By default, when a graphic asset is dragged from the Libraries panel into a document, a link is created to the original library asset. To embed a graphic asset, select the asset in the document and click Embed in the Properties panel. Once embedded, the graphic will no longer update if the original library asset is edited.

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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 11 & 12 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design, Color and Typography

Chapter 11 Review Questions

What is a gradient?

2. How do you adjust the blend between colors in a linear or radial gradient?

3. Name two ways you can add colors to a linear or radical gradient?

4. How can you adjust the direction of a linear or radial gradient?

5. What is the difference between a gradient and a blend?

6. When you save a pattern in Illustrator, where is it saved?

My Responses

A gradient is a graduated blend of two or more colors or tints of the same color. Gradients can be applied to the stroke or fill of an object.

2. To adjust the blend between colors in a linear or radial gradient, with the Gradient tool (🔳) selected and with the pointer over the gradient annotator or in the Gradient panel, drag the diamond icons or the color stops of the gradient slider.

3. To add colors to a linear or radial gradient, in the Gradient panel, click beneath the gradient slider to add a gradient stop to the gradient. Then double-click the color stop to edit the color, using the panel that appears, to mix a new color or to apply an existing color swatch. You can select the Gradient tool in the toolbar, move the pointer over the gradient-filled object, and then click beneath the gradient annotator that appears in the artwork to add or edit a color stop.

4. Drag across artwork with the Gradient tool to adjust the direction of a linear or radial gradient. You can also rotate the gradient using the Gradient tool and change the radius, aspect ratio, starting point, and more.

5. The difference between a gradient and a blend is the way that colors combine— colors blend together within a gradient and between objects in a blend.

6. When you save a pattern in Illustrator, it is saved as a swatch in the Swatches panel. By default, swatches are saved with the currently active document.

Chapter 12 Review Questions

What is the difference between applying a brush to artwork using the Paintbrush tool (🖌️) and applying a brush to artwork using one of the drawing tools?

2. Describe how artwork in an Art brush is applied to content.

3. Describe how to edit paths with the Paintbrush tool as you draw. How does it Keep Selected option affect the Paintbrush tool?

4. For which brush types must you have artwork selected on the artboard before you can create a brush?

5. What does the Blob Brush tool (🫟🖌️) allow you to create?

6. How do you ensure that only certain artwork is erased when using the Eraser tool?

My Responses

When painting with the Paintbrush tool (🖌️), if a brush is chosen in the Brushes panel and you draw on the artboard, the brush is applied directly to the paths as you draw. To apply brushes using a drawing tool, you select the tool and draw in the artwork. Then you select the path in the artwork and choose a brush in the Brushes panel. The brush is applied to the selected path.

2. An Art brush is made from artwork (vector or embedded raster). When you apply an Art brush to the stroke of an object, the artwork in the Art brush, by default, is stretched along the selected object stroke.

3. To edit a path with the Paintbrush tool, drag over a selected path to redraw it. The Keep Selected option selected when you draw with the Paintbrush tool. Leave the Keep Selected option selected when you want to easily edit the previous path as you draw. Deselect the Keep Selected option when you want to draw layered paths with the paintbrush without altering previous paths. When keep Selected is deselected, you can use the Selection tool (↖️) to select a path and then edit it.

4. For Art (and Scatter) brushes, you need to have artwork selected in order to create a brush using the New Brush button (➕) in the brushes in panel.

5. Use the Blob Brush tool (🫟🖌️) to create and edit filled shapes that you can intersect and merge with other shapes of the same color or to create artwork from scratch.

6. To ensure that only certain artwork is erased, select the artwork.

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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 9 & 10 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design, Color and Typography

Chapter 9 Review Questions

Name a few methods for creating text in Adobe Illustrator.

2. What is overflow text?

3. What is text threading?

4. What is the difference between a character style and a paragraph style?

5. What is the advantage of converting text to outlines?

My Responses

The following methods can be used for creating text:

With the Type tool (T), click the artboard, and start typing when the cursor appears. A point type object is created to accommodate the text.

With the Type tool, drag to create a type area object. Type when a cursor appears.

With the Type tool, click an open path or closed shape to convert it to text on a path, or click in a type object. Here’s a tip: Option-clicking (macOS) or Alt-clicking (Windows) when crossing over the stroke of a closed path creates text around the shape.

2. Overflow text is text that does not fit within an area type object or path. A red plus sign (➕) in an out port indicates that the object contains additional text.

3. Text threading allows you to flow text from one object to another by linking type objects. Linked type objects can be of any shape; however, the text must be entered in an area or along a path (not at a point).

4. A character style can be applied to selected text only. A paragraph style is applied to an entire paragraph. Paragraph styles are best for indents, margins, and line spacing.

5. Converting text to outlines eliminates the need to send the fonts along with the Illustrator file when sharing with others and makes it possible to add effects to type that aren't possible when the type is still editable (live).

Chapter 10 Review Questions

Name at least two benefits of using layers when creating artwork.

2. Describe how to reorder layers in a file.

3. What is the purpose of changing the color for a layer?

4. What happens if you paste a layered file into another file? Why is the Paste Remembers Layers option useful?

5. How do you create a layer clipping mask?

My Responses

The benefits of using layers when creating artwork include organizing content selecting content more easily, protecting artwork that you don't want to change, hiding artwork that you aren't working with so that it's not distracting, controlling what prints, and applying effects to all of the content on a layer.

2. You reorder layers by selecting a layer name or its selected-art indicator in the Layers panel and dragging the layer to its new location. The order of layers in the Layers panel controls the document's layer order-topmost in the panel is frontmost in the artwork.

3. The color for a layer controls how selected anchor points and direction lines are displayed on a layer and helps you identify which layer an object resides on in your document.

4. The paste commands paste layered files or objects copied from different layers into the active layer by default. The Paste Remembers Layers option keeps the original layers intact when the objects are pasted.

5. Create a clipping mask on a layer by selecting the layer and clicking the Make/Release Clipping Mask button in the Layers panel. The topmost object in the layer becomes the clipping mask.

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BSU Theatre Presents: Roots in Rhythm

            I attended the “Roots in Rhythm” performance for my midterm event on February 21st. the entire performance featured dance performances that focused on rhythm and motion, and each dance performance incorporated a dance based on a specific song. For example, in the dance performance called “Know That You Are Loved” choreographed by Zariya Evans & Tanais Miller involved the dancers Joi Bennett and Aaliyah Wilson dancing together in sync that expresses love and knowing that you are loved despite the circumstances one may not feel like they’re loved. I really liked this performance considering it was a reminder for me to know that I am loved even when I don’t love myself at moments in my life.

            Another performance I really enjoyed was called “Tightrope” choreographed/ performed by Nyla Gray. The performance was tap dancing and while watching I could hear the sound of the taping going along with song called “Tightrope” by Janelle Monae. I really loved how Nyla moved with the song and maintained the upbeat tempo of the song along with her tapping. The “Roots in Rhythm” feature a total of eleven dances choreographed by student dancers and all the performers featured a storyline along with props, lighting, and costumes that went with the theme of the song. As mentioned before, in the “tightrope” performance Nyla wore a suit as reference seen in the music video where Janelle Monae was dancing around in suit as well. Furthermore, from a visual literacy point of view I was provided a QR code to scan to have access to the program Pamphlet via Canva, and once scanned I had access to see the performances outline in order before the intermission. Also, from a typography point of view the font used was Sans Serif considering it made the program pamphlet appear clean, modern, and clear to read.

            Overall, this event was fun to attend, and I enjoyed all the dance performances, and I look forward to next performances the BSU Theatre plan to have upcoming in April.

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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 7 & 8 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design, Color and Typography

Chapter 7 Review Questions

describe how to draw straight vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines using the Pen tool (🖋️).

2. How do you draw a curved line using the Pen tool?

3. What are the two types of anchor points you can create with the Pen tool?

4. Name two ways to convert a smooth point on a curve to a corner point.

5. Which tool would you use to edit a segment on a curved line?

My Responses

To draw a straight line, click with the Pen tool (🖋️) and then move the pointer and click again. The first click sets the starting anchor point, and the second click since the ending anchor point of the line. To constrain the straight line vertically, horizontally, or along a 45° diagonal, press the Shift key as you click to create the second anchor point with the Pen tool.

2. To draw a curved line with the Pen tool, click to create the starting archer point, drag to set the direction of the curve, and then click to end the curve.

3. With the Pen tool, you can create corner points or smooth points. Corner points allow the path to change direction and have either no direction lines or split direction lines. Smooth points have direction lines that form a straight line.

4. To convert a smooth point on a curve to a corner point, use the Direct Selection tool to select the anchor point and then use the Anchor Point tool to drag a direction line to change the direction. Another method is to select a point or points with the Direct Selection tool and then click the Convert Selected Anchor Points To Corner button in the Properties panel.

5. To edit a segment on a curved line, select the Direct Selection tool and drag the segment to move it; or drag a direction line on an anchor point to adjust the length and shape of the segment. Here’s a tip: pressing the Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows) key and dragging a path segment with the Pen tool is another way to reshape a path.

Chapter 8 Review Questions

Describe what a global color is.

How can you save a color?

Describe what a tint is.

How can you choose color harmonies for color inspiration?

Name two things that the Recolor Artwork dialog box allows you to do.

Explain what Live Paint allows you to do. My Responses

A global color is a color swatch that, when you edit it, automatically updates all artwork to which it is applied. All spot colors are global; however, process colors you save as swatches are global by default, but they can be either global or non-global.

2. You can save a color for painting other objects in your artwork by adding it to the Swatches panel by doing one of the following:

Drag the color from a Fill box, and drop it over the Swatches panel.

Click the New Swatch button (➕) at the bottom of the Swatches panel.

Choose New Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.

Choose Create New Swatch from the Color panel menu.

3. A tint is a lighter version of a color. You can create a tint from a global process color, like CMYK, or from a spot color.

4. You can choose color harmonies from the Color Guide panel. Color harmonies are used to generate a color scheme based on a single color.

5. You use the Recolor Artwork dialog box to change the colors used in selected artwork, create and edit color groups, or reassign or reduce the colors in your artwork, among other functions.

6. Live Paint lets you paint vector graphics intuitively by automatically detecting and correcting gaps that might otherwise affect the application of fills and strokes. Paths divide the drawing surface into areas, any of which can be colored, regardless of whether the area is bounded by a single path or by segments of multiple paths.

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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 5 & 6 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design

Chapter 5 Review Questions

Name three ways to change the size of an existing active artboard.

2. What is the ruler origin?

3. What is the difference between artboard rulers and global rulers?

4. Briefly describe what the Scale Strokes & Effects option in the properties panel or Transform panel does.

5. Briefly describe what the Puppet Warp tool does.

My Responses

To change the size of an existing artboard, you do any of the following:

Double-click the Artboard tool, and edit the dimensions of the active artboard in the Artboard Options dialog box.

With nothing selected and the Selection tool selected, click the Edit Artboards button in the Properties panel to enter Artboard Editing mode. With the Artboard tool selected, position the pointer over an edge or corner of the artboard, and drag to resize.

With the Artboard tool selected, click an artboard in the Document window, and change the dimensions in the Properties panel. The ruler origin is the point where 0 (zero) appears on each ruler. By default, the ruler origin is set to be 0 (zero) in the upper-left corner of the active artboard.

2. The ruler origin is the point where 0 (zero) appears on each ruler. By default, the ruler origin is set to be 0 (zero) in the upper-left corner of the active artboard.

3. Artboard rulers, the default rulers, set the ruler origin at the upper-left corner of the active artboard. Global rulers set the ruler origin at the upper-left corner of the first artboard, no matter which artboard is active.

4. The Scale Strokes & Effects option, which can be accessed from the Properties panel or the Transform panel, scales any strokes and effects as the object is scaled. This option can be turned on and off as needed.

5. In Illustrator, you can use the Puppet Warp tool to easily twist and distort artwork into different positions while adding pins to hold parts of it stationary.

Chapter 6 Review Questions

By default, what type of path is created by the Curvature tool, curved or straight?

2. How do you create a corner point when working with the Curvature tool?

3. How can you change the way the Pencil tool (✏️) works?

4. Explain how you can redraw parts of a path with the Pencil tool.

5. How do you draw a straight path with the Pencil tool?

6. How is the Join tool different from the Join command (Object > Path > Join)?

My Responses

When drawing paths with the Curvature tool, curved paths are created by default.

2. When drawing with the Curvature tool, either double-click an existing point on a path to convert it to a corner or, while drawing, press Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows) and click to create a new corner point.

3. To change the way the Pencil tool (✏️) works, double-click the Pencil tool in the toolbar or click the Tool Options button in the Properties panel to open the Pencil Tool Options dialog box. There you can change the fidelity and other options.

4. With a path selected, you can redraw parts of it by moving the Pencil tool pointer over the path and redrawing part of it, ending up back on the path.

5. Paths you create with the Pencil tool are freeform by default. To draw a straight path with the Pencil tool, press the Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows) key and drag to create a straight line.

6. Unlike the Join command, the Join tool can trim or extend overlapping paths or the ends of an open path as it joins, and it doesn't simply create a straight line between the anchor points you are joining. The angle created by the two paths to be joined is taken into account.

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Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book Chapter 3 & 4 Exercises - VCDM Visual Literacy: Elements of Design

Chapter 3 Review Questions

When creating a new document, what is a document category?

2. What are the basic tools for creating shapes?

3. What is Live Shape?

4. Describe what Draw Inside mode does.

5. How can you convert a raster image into editable vector shapes?

My Responses

A document category is a document for different kinds of output, such as print, web, video, and more, by choosing a category. For example, if you are designing a web page mockup, you can select the Web category and select a document preset (size). The document will be set with the units in pixels, the color mode as RGB, and the raster effects to Screen (72 ppi)-all optimal settings for a web design document.

2. The basic tools for creating shapes in the Essential workspace are Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star, and Line Segment (the Rounded Rectangle and Flare tools are not in the toolbar in the Essentials workspace).

3. A Live Shape is after you draw a rectangle, ellipse, or polygon (or rounded rectangle, which wasn't covered) using a shape tool, you can continue to modify its properties, such as width, height, rounded corners, corner types, and radii (individually or collectively). The shape properties, such as corner radius, are editable later in the Transform panel, in the Properties panel, or directly on the art.

4. Draw Inside mode lets you draw objects or place images inside other objects, including live text, automatically creating a clipping mask of the selected object.

5. You can convert a raster image into editable vector shapes by selecting it and then clicking the Image Trace button in the Properties panel. To convert the tracing to paths, click Expand in the Properties panel, or choose Object > Image Trace > Expand. Use this method if you want to work with the components of the traced artwork as individual objects. The resulting paths are grouped.

Chapter 4 Review Questions

Name two ways you can combine several shapes into one.

2. What is the difference between the Scissors tool (✂️) and the Knife tool (🔪) ?

3. How can you erase with the Eraser tool? (✏️) in a straight line?

4. What is the main difference between shape modes and Pathfinder effects in the Properties panel or Pathfinder panel?

5. Why would you outline strokes?

My Responses

Using the Shape Builder tool, you can visually and intuitively merge, delete, fill, and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork. You can also use the Pathfinder effects, which can be found in the Properties panel, the Effects menu (not mentioned in this lesson), or the Pathfinder panel, to create new shapes out of overlapping objects.

2. The Scissors tool (✂️) is meant to split a path, graphics frame, or empty text frame at an anchor point or along a segment. The Knife tool (🔪) cuts objects along a path you draw with the tool, dividing objects. When you cut a shape with the Scissors tool, it becomes an open path. When you cut a shape with the Knife tool, the resulting shapes become closed paths.

3. To erase in a straight line with the Eraser tool (✏️) press and hold the Shift key before you begin dragging with the Eraser tool.

4. In the Properties panel, when a shape mode (such as Unite) is applied, the original objects selected are permanently transformed, but you can hold down the Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows) key to preserve the original underlying objects. When a Pathfinder effect (such as Merge) is applied, the original objects selected are permanently transformed.

5. A path, like a line, can show a stroke color but not a fill color by default. If you create a line in Illustrator and want to apply both a stroke and a fill, you can outline the stroke, which converts the line into a closed shape (or compound path).

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Ride The Cyclone - BSU Musical Production

For spring 2024, Bowie state university's theater production team put on Ride The Cyclone. We are the first HBCU to show this production. It's a Canadian musical about 5 children losing their lives on a roller coaster called The Cyclone. They are thrust into this purgatory like game hosted by a fortune telling automaton called Karnack the Amazing played by Rodney Loper. The five children Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg, Constance Blackwood, Noel Gruber, Mischa Bachinski, and, Ricky Potts played by Lauren Christin, Whitney Watson, Camari Ragins, Jacobie Thorton and Aiden Nash are literally singing tor their lives. They are joined by mystery contestant, Jane doe, played by Queen Harris. A girl who lost her head and her memories. Each character gets a turn singing about their lives and why they want to be brought back to life. The person brought back by Karnack will have to get an unanimous vote from the others. Karnack himself will by dying tonight as he prophesied.

I worked on the production as a Costume Assistant, this was the first production I ever worked on. I honesty think it was the perfect first production to step into the world of costuming for me. It was a creepy fun musical about life and death, It was basically made for me. Though the nights were long and I lived off a dinner of monster energy, I truly loved the time I spent with the cast and crew. Everyone was so nice and I got to make props for the show. I made Jane Doe's bloody necklace and the matching uniform for her doll. (I didn't get photos of the full outfit and I'm kicking myself, if i manage to get a picture I'll insert them later)

Under the Director, Elena Velasco, her vision and execution for Ride The Cyclone was really amazing. I like how she used pictures of the cast when they were younger in their introduction scenes. Rodney brought a hilarious deadpan humor to Karnack. My favorite songs were

What The World Needs - Ocean O'Connell - An upbeat song where Ocean sneak disses all her friends and basically says shes better than them. She says her best friend's only accomplishment is to be an organ donor.

Noels Lament- Noel Gruber - A cabaret song about living fast, scamming, stealing and stabbing at least one person then dying young in 1920's France. I added godet's to Noels uniforms pants to assist in the quick change.

Space Age Bachelor Man - Ricky Potts - A horny teens maladaptive daydream about saving and maybe sleeping with cat space people. I had to work on his tearaway bellbottoms and they were more stressful than an ex.

The Ballad Of Jane Doe - Jane Doe - A deeply sad song about loss of identity and not remembering her life, almost wishing for death to tell her. Queen has an amazing operatic voice that she sings in while bent over! This might be my favorite scene overall. It gave me chills everytime.

This Song Is Awesome - Mischa Bachiniski - A fun upbeat and catchy song. Jacobie really brought ENERGY with every performance.

Sugar Cloud - Constance Blackwood - This song reminds me of singing at home at full volume like nobody is around. Its youthful and fun, appreciates the life Constance had and she wasn't pressed about being brought back because she led a happy life.

Of course this production wouldn't have go on without the the hardworking crew! But this post is already too long. Linked is the Directors website with photos from the production.

RIDE THE CYCLONE

Elena Velasco