Adobe Illustrator Drawing Introduction Levl 1

3 Altered Shapes

 

Open Adobe Illustrator

After you open Adobe Illustrator, open a new file. Title the file "3 Altered Shapes"

Make sure the the units are set to inches, and the format is in portrait.

 

After you open Adobe Illustrator Go to: File > Open > Go to the Shared P: Drive > Handouts > Craft > Introduction >Level 2 and open the "3 Altered shapes level 2 template".

  1. After this opens in Adobe Illustrator, you need press F7 to open the Layers Pallett.
  2. After the Layers Pallett is open, you need to click in the upper right sub menue and click "New Layer"
  3. After you have opened a new layer, you need to click on the box next to the "eye" in layer 1 to lock the layer.

 

Editing Shapes

Open your previous document 1 Shapes select and copy (Cntrl C) all of the shapes you created on this page. On your Altered Shapes document paste (Cntrl V) the shapes. Use the Selection Tool (Black Arrow) and Direct Selection Tool (White Arrow) to edit points, scale shape to match the template.