Drawing in Illustrator
The Workspace
Artboards
Applying and Editing Color
Toolbar Types & Tools
100
A vector drawing is made up of ________ and the description of the lines coming from them (aka paths).
points
100
True or False: The Hand tool, located in the Tools panel, can be used to show you more detail of a document. To change from Zoom In to Zoom Out, press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS).
False: The Zoom tool, located in the Tools panel, can be used to show you more detail of a document. To change from Zoom In to Zoom Out, press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS).
The Hand tool, found by clicking and holding the Zoom tool in the Tools panel, allows you to pan across a document.
100
Artboards contain the _______ artwork, similar to pages in Adobe InDesign.
Printable
100
True or False: You can also create your own colors and save them to reuse them later.
True: You can also create your own colors and save them as swatches to reuse them later.
100
When you start Illustrator, a _________ appears at the left of the screen that includes various tools you need to use while working on your document.
Toolbar
200
____________ drawings are made up of a rectangular grid of picture elements (pixels).
Bitmap
200
These include Properties, Layers, and other important atttributes that contain a variety of controls for working with the artwork. You can find a full list of them under the Window menu.
Panels
200
True or False: Multiple artboards can be added when you initially create an Illustrator document, or you can add, remove, and edit artboards after the document is created.
True
200
Shapes you create can have a ______ and can also be filled with a color.
Stroke
200
This toolbar is displayed by default when Illustrator is launched. It includes a selective set of tools that you frequently need while working on Illustrator.
Basic toolbar
300
In Illustrator, you primarily create and work with this kind of graphics.
Vector
300
This (which is at the very top of the workspace) shows the File, Edit, and other menus that give you access to a variety of commands, adjustments, settings, and panels.
Menu bar
300
Illustrator allows for up to [this many] artboards within a single file (depending on their size)
1,000
300
True or False: There are not a lot of appearance properties you can change for a stroke.
False: There are a lot of appearance properties you can change for a stroke, including width, color, dashes, and more.
300
This toolbar includes all the tools available in Illustrator.
Advanced toolbar
400
A ________ is a path composed of start and end anchor points, connected by a path.
Line
400
This contains tools for creating and editing artwork. Similar tools are grouped together.
Tools panel
400
When you select artwork, it makes the artboard that the artwork is on the _________.
Active
400
You can apply and edit ___________, which are the colors that come with each document by default, and create your own colors.
Swatches
400
You can change the screen mode by clicking this icon (
) at the bottom of the toolbar and choosing the desired screen mode.
Change Screen Mode icon ()
500
Most shapes are _______, which means you can edit them without first switching to a tool after drawing them. Different shapes have widgets for editing corner radius, number of sides, and more.
Live
500
This displays the file you’re currently working on. Multiple open documents appear as tabs in it.
Document window
500
This lists all artboards currently in the document and allows you to navigate between artboards, rename artboards, add or delete artboards, edit artboard settings, and more.
Artboards panel
500
What colors does CMYK stand for?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black
500
How do you reveal hidden tools?
A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools. Hold down the mouse button on the visible tool to view the tools hidden under it.