Not My Type
Principles of Animation
Illustrator
3D
Elements of Design
100

The height of a letter from the baseline to the top of the lowercase letter.

x-height

100

Gives a sense of weight and flexibility to an object. Shape flexes from movement and force.

Squash and Stretch
100

The name for the white rectangle where you put your text and artwork in Illustrator.

Artboard

100

Objects that exist in 3D space have x, y and _______ coordinates

Z

100

Hue is another word for this element of design.

Color

200

The part of a letter that hangs down below the baseline

Descender

200

Directs the audience’s attention to an area of greatest importance.

Staging

200

Adobe Illustrator is this kind of drawing program.

Vector

200

Colors and textures that can be applied to assets in 3D software

Materials

200

This element of design refers to the area around, above, below, or behind an object.

Space

300

The part of a letter that sticks up above the x-height.

Ascender

300

Drawing each frame from beginning to end

Straight Ahead

300

Selection Tool

300

The polygon skeleton of a 3D shape in modeling software

Mesh

300

This element refers to the relative lightness or darkness of an object.

Value

400

Type is typically measured in these increments.

Points

400

Adding extras to a drawing to emphasize character traits

Exaggeration

400

Pen tool

400

When you take one face of a 2D object and stretch it into 3D

Extrusion

400

This element describes the way a surface feels, or the way it’s perceived to feel

Texture

500

Type relationship when you use two VERY different fonts.

Contrast

500

Having traits that viewers can relate to

Appeal
500

The shortcut for the Live Paint paint bucket

K

500

Name three different materials that 3D printers can use.

Food, Cells, Cement, Plastic, Carbon Fiber, etc.

500

This element refers to something three dimensional, and there are two types: geometric (man-made) and natural (organic).

Form

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