illustrator workshop 1.

illustrator creates amination software, editorial, designs for printing.

illustator and photoshop- cross over.

main differnence:-

illustrator:-
vectors based
blocky/shape. solid colour-  almost like contors on a map
Photoshop:-

pixel based -good for photos
resolution- pixels per inch
represent smooth grandually changes neatly
rule with resolution- PPI (pixels per inch)

vector illustrator - albery beardsly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics

use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics

zoom in on a image in photoshop-see individual pixels, blurred, you can see seperations of colour
zoom in on image in illustrator- clean line

setting up a document on illustrator 

black arrow tool- section tool- bounded box, once highlighted (blue line box) can inlarge change scale up of down. if you want the proportion to stay the same hold down shift key.
rotate- go to corner get the 'banana' shape arrows and move to the rotation you want.

white arrow tool- direct selection tool- anchor points, little squares is filled when it is selected

using the white arrow tool- secting anchors allowing me to move the angle of the line

playing around with anchor points and handles on the curves lines 

first shape- eclipse shape after altering shape by moveing the handles and actors, second shape- original ellipse shape