Lesson 4

For lesson four of EGD, we learnt about the pathfinder and how to use it. The pathfinder is basically used to combine objects or shapes together, be it minus, intersect, or other forms. We also learnt how to add text into a shape. We also learnt how to change text into outlines, when this happens, the text becomes separate images/shapes that can be tweaked, have the anchor points and colours changed. Here is what I came up with when trying out these functions:

After this, we learnt how to trace an image, specifically for images/sketches that are hand-drawn then scanned onto the computer. To place an image into an A4 size document, we click File > Place. To dim the background sketch or image to 50% and lock the layer, we double click on the layer. I think layering when tracing is important, so as to work on different parts separately and not disrupt the other parts. With layers, we can also determine which part overlaps the others. Another thing to remember when tracing is that to keep the fill empty (none) and have an outline a different colour than grey/background image. Here is the dog tracing I came up with: 

We spent half of the lesson tracing the dog sketch.