Illustrator Work Space
Potpourri
Typography
Illustrator Tools
Principles of Designs
100
This base group of colors in the color guide panel is created when you choose Analogous from the Harmony Rules menu.
What are Tints and Shades of colors next to each other on the color wheel?
100
This element of design determines depth and dimension by the range of lightness or darkness of an element. It is the shading, tonality, and tint of a color.
What is Value?
100
The study and use of text in a document.
What is Typography?
100
This Illustrator tool will let you communicate statistical information in a visual way.
What is The graph tool?
100
This Design Principle creates emphasis by placing the subject in a non-centered position, or off balance to draw attention and keeps the elements of the composition from appearing static. In many cases, an artist may visibly divide an image into this grid for placements of elements within the composition.
What is Rule of Thirds?
200
In Illustrator, you can create an object which masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within its shape are visible – in effect, clipping the artwork to the shape of the mask with these three steps (or clicks).
What are Right click > Clipping mask > Make or Object > Clipping mask > Make ?
200
Postcards, trifolds, brochures, business cards, and posters are some of the ___________ designers use for their clients.
What are Formats?
200
This font does not feature a small slab or line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.
What is Sans-Serif?
200
Keep in mind that an Illustrator graph is a grouped object that is related to its data. Never un-group the graph; if you do, you cannot change the graph. To edit the graph, you can use this tool to select parts of the graph.
What is the direct selection tool?
200
These are followed to combine individual elements into one harmonious piece. This involves taking various elements and providing proper balance, adding selective emphasis to create a focal point, using rhythm to set the mood, and establish unity.
What are Formal Design Principles?
300
This is the technical name for the white box in Illustrator that your design goes in.
What is The art board?
300
These are the basic building blocks of design.
What are Formal Design Elements?
300
The style or arrangement of setting type.
What is Type alignment?
300
This is one of the main drawing tools that is used to create both freeform and more precise artwork. It also plays a role in editing existing vector artwork. It is important to understand it when working with Illustrator.
What is The pen tool?
300
This is the absence of visual elements, and is an element that does more to promote luxury or elegance, and is sometimes creates a sense of mystery. This may utilize the “less is more” concept.
What is Negative space?
400
A designer can click an drag from one of the ruler guides onto the document, creating what are called ___________.
What are Guidelines?
400
This should show indications for pixel dimensions, software used, resolution requirements, text and image locations, and information, if needed, for publishing to the web, along with an y special requirements. It is one of the last steps of the design process.
What is an Electronic media proof?
400
This funny font is a sans-serif casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation.
What is Comic Sans?
400
This is the tool in Illustrator that will allow you to adjust anchor points.
What is What is The white arrow tool or The direct selection tool?
400
This type of balance places elements with equal distribution to convey trustworthiness and integrity, as used by financial institutions or insurance companies.
What is Symmetrical balance or Formal balance?
500
This panel can provide you with color inspiration as you create your artwork. You can use it to pick color tints, analogous colors, and much more, and then either apply them directly to artwork, edit them using several methods, or save them as a group in the swatches panel.
What is the Color Guide panel?
500
When you need to bold, underline, or italicize type use this character panel drop down menu.
What is Font style?
500
This typeface features a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.
What is Serif?
500
What three steps (or clicks) do you need to follow to get rid of the perspective grid in Illustrator?
What is View > Perspective Grid > Hide Grid?
500
This type of space uses content to fill up space to identify or explain something in a page.
What is Positive space?
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