Advanced Graphic Design-Level 3 (5th, 6th) Assignments

Exporting Assets

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create pixel-perfect drawings.
Use the Export For Screens command.
Work with the Asset Export panel.
Generate, export, and copy/paste CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) code.
This lesson takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Using Illustrator CC with Other Adobe Applications

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Place linked and embedded graphics in an Illustrator file.
Transform and crop images.
Create and edit clipping masks.
Use text to mask an image.
Make and edit an opacity mask.
Work with the Links panel.
Embed and unembed images.
Package a document.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Creating Artwork for a T-Shirt

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Work with existing symbols.
Create, modify, and redefine a symbol.
Store and retrieve artwork in the Symbols panel.
Understand Creative Cloud libraries.
Work with Creative Cloud libraries.
This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Exploring Creative Uses of Effects and Graphic Styles

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Work with the Appearance Panel.
Edit and apply appearance attributes.
Copy, enable and disable, and remove appearance attributes.
Reorder appearance attributes.
Apply and edit an effect.
Apply a variety of effects.
Save and apply an appearance as a graphic style.
Apply a graphic style to a layer.
Scale strokes and effects.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Using Brushes to Create a Poster

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Use four brush types: Calligraphic, Art, Bristle, and Pattern.
Apply brushes to paths.
Paint and edit paths with the Paintbrush tool.
Create an Art brush from a raster image.
Change brush color and adjust brush settings.
Create new brushes from Adobe Illustrator artwork.
Work with the Blob Brush tool and the Eraser tool.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Please use the attachments to help match school colors to the graduation caps.

Primary Color = Top of Cap
Secondary Color = Base of Cap

Gradients, Blends, and Patterns

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create and save a gradient fill.
Apply and edit a gradient on a stroke.
Apply and edit a radial gradient.
Add colors to a gradient.
Adjust the direction of a gradient.
Adjust the opacity of color in a gradient.
Blend the shapes of objects in intermediate steps.
Create smooth color blends between objects.
Modify a blend and its path, shape, and color.
Create and paint with patterns.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Organizing Your Artwork with Layers

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Work with the Layers panel.
Create, rearrange, and lock layers and sublayers.
Move objects between layers.
Merge layers into a single layer.
Locate objects in the Layers panel.
Isolate content in a layer.
Copy and paste objects and their layers from one file to another.
Make a clipping mask.
Apply an appearance attribute to objects and layers.
This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Adding Type to a Poster

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Create and edit area and point type.
Import text.
Change text attributes.
Fix missing fonts.
Work with Glyphs.
Modify text with the Touch Type tool.
Create columns of text.
Create and edit paragraph and character styles.
Wrap text around an object.
Reshape text with a warp.
Create type on a path and on shapes.
Create text outlines.
This lesson takes approximately 75 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Using Color to Enhance Signage

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Understand color modes and the main color controls.
Create, edit, and paint with colors using a variety of methods.
Name and save colors, and build a color palette.
Work with color groups.
Use the Color Guide panel.
Explore the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork features.
Copy and paint appearance attributes from one object to another.
Work with Live Paint.
This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Creating an Illustration with the Drawing Tools

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Understand paths and anchor points.
Draw curved and straight lines with the Pen tool.
Edit curved and straight lines.
Add and delete anchor points.
Draw with the Curvature tool.
Delete and add anchor points.
Convert between smooth points and corner points.
Create dashed lines and add arrowheads.
Draw and edit with the Pencil tool.
Work with the Join tool.
This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Please create and attach a mockup of a possible shirt design for this April's prom.

The theme for this year is "What Happens in Vegas." 

Mrs Mallon needs the artwork by Friday March 7, 2025.

The date of this year's prom is Friday May 2, 2025.

Transforming Artwork

In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Add, edit, rename, and reorder artboards in an existing document.
Navigate artboards.
Work with rulers and guides.
Position and align content with Smart Guides.
Position objects with precision.
Move, scale, rotate, reflect, and shear objects using a variety of methods.
Use the Free Transform tool to distort an object.
Work with the Puppet Warp tool.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Editing and Combining Shapes and Paths

In this lesson, you'll explore the workspace and learn how to do the following:
Cut with the Scissors tool.
Join paths.
Work with the Knife tool.
Outline strokes.
Work with the Eraser tool.
Work with the Shape Builder tool.
Work with Pathfinder commands to create shapes.
Create a compound path.
Work with the Reshape tool.
Edit strokes with the Width tool.
This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Using Shapes to Create Artwork for a Postcard

In this lesson, you'll explore the workspace and learn how to do the following:
Create a document with multiple artboards.
Use tools and commands to create a variety of shapes.
Understand Live Shapes.
Round corners.
Work with the Shaper tool.
Work with drawing modes.
Use Image Trace to create shapes.
This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Techniques for Selecting Artwork
In this lesson, you'll learn how to do the following:
Differentiate between the various selection tools and use different selection techniques.
Recognize Smart Guides.
Save selections for future use.
Hide and lock items.
Use tools and commands to align shapes and points to each other and the artboard.
Group and ungroup items.
Work in Isolation mode.
This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

Getting to Know the Work Area

In this lesson, you'll explore the workspace and learn how to do the following:
Open an Adobe Illustrator CC file.
Work with the Tools panel.
Work with panels.
Reset and save your workspace.
Use viewing options to change the display magnification.
Navigate multiple artboards and documents.
Explore document groups.
Find resources for using Illustrator.
This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator CC (2018)

In this interactive demonstration of Adobe Illustrator CC, you'll get an overview of the main features of the application.

This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please use the attachments below as you follow along with the instructions provided in the classroom book.

In this lesson is broken down into:
Creating a new document
Drawing a shape
Editing shapes
Applying and editing color
Editing strokes
Working with layers
Transforming artwork
Creating a blend
Drawing with the Pencil tool
Creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool
Placing an image in Illustrator
Using Image Trace
Creating and editing gradients
Working with type
Aligning artwork
Working with brushes
Working with symbols
Working with effects

Please attach your concepts for the sticker used during the MS Showcases scheduled for January 15 & 16.

The ensuing list of sponsor signs need to be created. (Please check back for updates as the list is revised!)
Milestone Construction (Ordered Dec 4)
Chatel Farms (Ordered Dec 6)
F & W Transportation (Ordered Dec 6)
Job Specifications
Green Aluminum Signs
24" wide by 18" tall
1" margins
White vinyl
Please attach your finished work as .ai files.

In the cafeteria lobby, there exists three display cases for the following:
Band
Chorus
Drama
Our classes have been asked to update the vinyl display used on the panels of these cases.
This is an opportunity to reimagine the design, rather than recreate the same old thing.

Job Specifics include:
6 panels across the top and 6 panels across the bottom.
Each panel is 35.5" wide by 32" tall.
The green gutters between each panel are 2" wide.
IMPORTANT: Our vinyl cutter can cut single pieces at most 22.5" wide (or tall if it is rotated).
Please submit your ideas to this assignment using .ai files.

The Greenbrier NJROTC program has recently purchased 48 traffic cones to help with parking for school events. They have asked us to create stickers to identify the cones as theirs. Project specs are below:
Two stickers required (We will make 48 copies of each.) Please use two separate artboards on one file.
One sticker is the Greenbrier G. (Both versions are attached in the file "Greenbrier G.")
One sticker should be the letters "NJROTC" using vertical text.
The available space on each traffic cone is a top circumference of 20", a base circumference of 29", and a height of 11".
Please attach artboards to this assignment.

We need to create large-sized numbers/labels for the portables in the rear of the school.

Dimensions = 17.5" by 32.25"
Font Style = Oswald (Bold), or Acumin Variable Concept (Extra Condensed Black) - admittedly, this is my best guess.
Numbers/Labels needed = 4, 5, 9, ISS

Please use the following PDF files to "fix" the alignment (i.e. the margins) of the program. Make sure to use the Edit PDF feature.

The final version will be a 2-sided print using a standard sheet of printer paper (11 in by 8.5 in).

Choose an animated show (other than South Park becuase you did that one already!).
Create a vector vereion of yourself in the style of that show. (What would you look like on an episode of that show?)
Attach the artboard to this assignment.

2 Green Aluminum Signs with White Vinyl
Artboards = 24" by 18"
First artboard needs to read "HOME GATE" with "VISITOR GATE ->" in smaller type below. (Please create an actual arrow instead of what is listed here.)
Second artboard needs to read "VISITOR GATE" with "<- HOME GATE" in smaller type below. (Please create an actual arrow instead of what is listed here.)
The font style should be either Franklin Gothic Heavy or Franklin Gothic Black.

Please find attached the Canva link for the requested posters for football concessions.

PLEASE MAKE A COPY! If not, you will all compete for changes on the same files.