Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
PERNAL
DZIENIS
LOUKOUMIS
MARTIN
Stephen Klema's Students:
Jillian Winkel, Stephanie Pernal, Amber Loukoumis, Jeffrey Martin, Nicole Dzienis, Tamara
Morrison
As a class assignment, Professor Stephen Klema challenged his students to create
expressive graphic illustrations of organic forms. The students of Tunxis Community
College used a variety of default brushes from the brushes panel. They included
both calligraphic and art brushes. Before drawing, the students double-clicked the
Paintbrush tool and adjusted the Paintbrush tool preferences. They dragged the
Fidelity and Smoothness sliders to the desired positions (there is only the one
Fidelity slider in
CC
). The Fidelity slider moved all the way to the left (Accurate) is
the preferred setting for the most accurate brushstrokes, while moved towards the
right yields smoother strokes. The “Fill New Brush Strokes” and “Keep Selected”
options were disabled to allow multiple brushstrokes to be drawn near each other
without redrawing the last path. Using a pressure-sensitive tablet, the students drew
varying widths and angles of brushstrokes, many either on top of or close to one
another, for a spontaneous, expressive look. Extra points within the brushstrokes
were deleted using the Smooth tool or the Delete Anchor Point tool.
