Ai III: A Different Perspective, Anyone?

The day started off with the first small class of the year - four people were missing. Nevertheless, those who did show up were quite tentative to Marc today. Marc lead the beginning of the class with a lesson on gradient mesh.

Prior to this lesson, Roxy was the only one who had learned anything about gradient... Her, what Cristina calls, "Aurora Borealis" image incorporated the gradient star, shown below.

Next, Marc covered gradients with the blend tool and gradient mesh. After the gradients, Cristina ran through a review of the Rule of Thirds and touched base with using hues/the same color palette. After running through the review, the perspective tool was introduced to the class.

When asked if the students had done anything like this before in art class, many nodded in confirmation, so like Brianna stated, "It will just be easier!"

With that said, the students were let loose to explore Illustrator on their own, with the guidance of the instructors, of course. As they started their cities, Alejandra pouted and exclaimed, "If I failed in art class, I'm going to obviously fail at this!" ... To solve this problem, Cristina walked her around the room like the Ghost of Illustrator's Present. As she walked around to get a sense of what a city would look like, she began to see what the grids were about, "Ohh, the grids make sense now..."

As the students were working, Kevin walks into the class. He had missed everything that was taught today, but rest assure, Marc brought him back up to speed as fast as he could, which was pretty quick.

After a couple of minutes, the students were on break.

During this time, Chou set up what was needed to continue today's lesson. He introduced the students to a new love for the internet: things you can get for free!

Before letting the students loose again, Chou showed them how to install brushes.

As some students spent time on finding brushes, others went ahead and completed their cities.