LESSON 1: THE BASIC T
12 Videos. Total Length =44:37. Scroll Down for all videos.
- 1.0 INTRODUCTION: (0.33)
- 1.1 THE WORKSPACE (4:41)
- 1.2 LAYERS AND GUIDELINES (3:45)
- 1.3 FILL VS STROKE (2:11)
- 1.4 SELECTION, ZOOM AND HAND TOOLS (4:42)
- 1.5 THE PEN TOOL (5:46)
- 1.6 ADJUSTING YOUR LINES (2:30)
- 1.7 REFLECT AND JOIN (6:13)
- 1.8 PATHFINDER DIVIDE (3:42)
- 1.9 DASHED LINES (STITCHES) (5:51)
- 1.10 OPACITY AND FILL (2:31)
- 1.11 RECTANGLE TOOL AND GROUP (2:12)
1.0 INTRODUCTION
After reviewing the material in Lesson 1 you will understand the basic functionalities of Adobe Illustrator. You will learn how to draw the “Basic T” which will start you off with a foundation into the world of fashion flats. You can download the demo files for this lesson in the “Downloads” tab or you can click here. Total time for Lesson 1 is 44:37 minutes.
1.1 THE WORKSPACE
This tutorial will familiarize you with the user interface of Adobe Illustrator. We will cover:
-How to open a new file
-Tool Bar overview
-Palettes overview
-How to save a file
1.2 LAYERS AND GUIDELINES
We will cover:
-Layers: to divide our artwork into sections
And:
-Rulers
-Guidelines
-Smart guides
These will help us during the process of drawing.
1.3 FILL VS STROKE
In this layer will discuss the difference between a fill and a stroke.
Fill- color or pattern applied to the inside of an object.
Stroke-applied to the outline of a line or an object.
1.4 SELECTION, ZOOM AND HAND TOOLS
Some tools you will often use are the:
-Selection Tool- primarily used to select whole lines or shapes
-Direct Select Tool- primarily used to select anchor points and handles
-Zoom Tool: used to magnify your artwork. You can zoom in our zoom out.
-Hand Tool-used to move around your art board
1.5 THE PEN TOOL
The pen tool will be used a lot when creating garment flats. This tutorial will show you how to
-Draw straight lines
-Draw curved lines
-Continue drawing on an existing path
-Converting an anchor point
-How to close a path
1.6 ADJUSTING YOUR LINES
We may not always draw our paths perfectly. Here we will learn how to adjust our lines using:
-handles
-anchor points
-convert anchor points
-add/subtract anchors points
1.7 REFLECT AND JOIN
After we have drawn half of the garment we can then:
-Copy
-Reflect
-Join- the two sides together.
A couple ways of doing this will be discussed.
1.8 PATHFINDER DIVIDE
We can now divide our silhouette into multiple shapes. Especially helpful if we plan on coloring each section differently.
This lesson we will cover:
-How to select multiple objects or lines
-The Pathfinder-Divide function
-Ungroup
1.9 DASHED LINES (STITCHES)
The dashed line function will help us creating our “stitching” on our flats. Covered in this tutorial are:
-Dashed lines: to created a “stitch” effect on our lines
-Stroke weights: To make our paths thicker or thinner
-Eyedropper Tool: Used to copy the appearance of other lines/objects
1.10 OPACITY AND FILL
We can make a “shadow” shape on our garment rather easily. We will draw the outline of the shape our:
-Pencil tool or Pen Tool
And reduce the
-Opacity of this shape
1.11 RECTANGLE TOOL AND GROUP
Shape tools are helpful so we don’t have to draw these from scratch with our pen tool. We will use the
-Rectangle Tool to created a main label
We will also learn the
-Group function – to combine objects to treat them as a single unit