Wednesday, January 28, 2015


(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)
     press Command+N to make a new canvas
     3 sections of Adobe Illustrator (Toolbox [left], Menu bar [at the top], Panels [right])
     PROFILE: Print, SIZE: Letter, ORIENTATION: Portait

- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
    Rectangle Tool (M) - makes squares and rectangles with sharp edges
    Rounded rectangle tool - makes rectangles with rounded edges
    Ellipse tool - draw circles and ovals
    Polygon Tool - draws convex regular polygons.
    Star tool - draws stars; to add more edges tap the up arrow, to remove edges tap the down arrow; to     control the sharpness of the star, hold the command key while drawing the star.

   Selection Tool (V)- looks like a black arrow.  Use to select objects that you want to move, copy or     delete.

    Pen Tool (P) - draws line segments and curves

- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
First, select your object or line.  
Second, click on the fill color box to set the fill color. 
OR, click on the stroke color box to set the stroke color

- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)
Save for Adobe Illustrator = (.ai) <<Can ONLY be opened in Illustrator.
Save for the Internet/Your blog = (.jpeg, .gif, .png) << Can be uploaded to your blog.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Wk 3a - Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)
-(press command+n to make a new document)
-Size= LETTER, orientation=portrait
- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)







Curtis Galbert

The American flag is for the USA the 50 stars are for the 50 states in the USA. Also, the 13 red and white are for the 13 colonies White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & velour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice."


Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Curtis Galbert
Period 2
1/21/15


Symbols
first aid sign
-       first aid kit
-       hospital, or a place that carries a maxiumum capacity

accessible route sign
-       diasable people
-       restrooms, parking spaces,

recycle sign
-       for cans, and bottles
-       In amusement parks, grocery stores, and parks

Parking sign
-       parking areas
-       parking lots, amusement parks, grocery store parking spaces

gas station sign
- a gas station coming
- on the freeway , or streets

telephone sign
- a telephone is by the sign
- on freeway, in the middle od no where

litter bin sign
- you can throw trash in it
- parks, amusement parks

restaurant sign
- you can go eat there
- on freeway, on street signs in sight seeing places

bus sign
-       you can ride the given transportation
-        on the streets

Information sign
-       assistance, help,
-       mall, college

toilet sign
-       you can use the restroom there
-       malls, schools, colleges,

            hikng sign
-       you can walk the trail
-       woods

dog sign
- you can walk your dog, the dog can walk freely
- parks

airplane sign
- can ride the airplane
- airport

mail sign
-letter box, postage
- post offices

slip way sign
- hazzad, boat
-lakes, near beach houses

swimming area sign
- swimming
- pool areas, paks

diving sign
- no diving
-pool area,

            Skiing
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            gas
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            dirt bike riding
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            downhill
           
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            horse house
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            airplane mode
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            sailing
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            hospital card
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            house
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            snow skii
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            jeep
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            milk and a apple
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            golf
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            boat
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            falling
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            national park
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            panic table
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            camping trail
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            boat pull in
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            horse house
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            fishing
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            trailer
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            health
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            anchor
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            pay phone
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            ice skating
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            horse back riding
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            hospital car
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Alphabet
It is a standard set of letters with basic written symbols, which is used to write one, or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent basic significant sounds of the spoken language.



Street signs

street sign is a type of traffic sign used to identify road names, generally those that do not qualify as expressways or highways. Street signs are most often found posted at intersections, and are usually in perpendicularly oriented pairs identifying each of the crossing streets. 

Advertisement
Is a form of marketing communications used to persuade an audience to take or continue some action, usually with respect to a commercial offering, or political or ideological support.


Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is a specific area of the celestial sphere as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). These areas had their origins in star patterns from which the constellations take their names.

Ascii symbols
It is a translation alphabet.





Electronic symbols

An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wiresbatteriesresistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit


Morse code is a skilled listener or observer without special equipment can directly understand a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks without specialized equipment.

American sign language

American Sign Language (ASL) is the predominant sign language of deaf communications in the U.S and English-speaking parts of Canada. Besides North America, dialects of ASL and ASL-based creoles are used in many countries around the world, including much of West Africa and parts of Southeast Asia.




Glyph







In typography, a glyph /ˈɡlɪf/ is an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing and thereby expressing thoughtsideas and concpets