Blog #3 AI HW 1

 Ava Farrelly

Adobe Illustrator - Which tools will be easy/hard, how will you use certain tools, what you think is interesting...


Link 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBKRywEbNs

Summary: Based off of this ten minute video by "Andy Tells Things", I do believe that the most difficult tool for me to use will be the pen tool because of all of the various things it can do. Keeping all of the pen tool's actions separate will take some memorization and getting used to. The easiest tool, will be the shapes tool, as there are many easy ways to create variations of shapes, and they are fairly easy to figure out if forgotten. Though adobe can be used for many things, majority of the tools will be used for graphic design and for creating various logos. While watching this video, I thought it was interesting how he was listing all of the shortcuts you can use on the keyboard, if you forget where certain buttons are. This will become quite handy for me, as we work with Adobe Illustrator. 


Link 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBouhf4seWQ

Summary: This video focuses primarily on how to create art, such as printing on t-shirts once the pieces are completed in Illustrator. This video was for more advanced users of Illustrator. Based on this video, I do believe that the color square correctors, will be the most difficult to use, as these are very advanced steps. The easiest of these will be how to convert your finished piece and change it to become another file once finished. The tools described in this video were primarily focused on exporting and printing once the design has been fully completed and colored inside of Illustrator. Interestingly, I did not know that printing companies will often use adobe illustrator when creating their designs, use the program to then export and print, and complete the finished product. 


Link 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AinkCNooh2A

Summary: This video was the longest of the three videos I chose and it also provided the most clear information by going through each tool one-by-one and describing them. The easiest tool based on this video will be the sizing of the text tool, as it is fairly easy to find and allows you to layer colors over the text as you hover/type over it. On the contrary, the hardest tool to use will most likely be adding or removing the stroke tool around the shapes. The stroke tool was difficult for me to understand and apply when following along the video. However, I do believe that I will use the shapes and text tools the most, as they allow for a lot of creative freedom when using Illustrator. The most interesting thing to me, is that the property bar/options can be moved to anywhere on their screen. 

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