In this module you’re going to start getting creative with Illustrator. In particular you’re going to learn about some of Illustrator’s key building blocks: shapes. In addition you’ll learn how to create patterns from shapes, and finally learn how to incorporate one of Illustrator’s secret weapons, a Blend, into the mix.
In this lesson you’ll learn how to create a new document in Illustrator, and by the end of it you’ll have learned how to create perfect squares, circles, polygons and triangles.
New tools
Rectangle Tool
Ellipse Tool
Polygon Tool
New commands learnt
File > New
New shortcuts
Shift: constrains shape (to square, etc)
Up/Down arrow: increases / reduces no. of sides on a polygon
New jargon
Anchor Points
