Otis Evening College -- Syllabus for Digital Textile Design -- prepared by Anne M Bray

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10 week course
01-dots
1)
AI: Basics
Geometric + Typing Tools,
AI Repeat Structure – "invisible box", using Layers
Filter distortions
Lewis F Day grid toss system
  02-stitching-spirals
2)
AI: Pen Tool + Bezier curves
Tracing scanned art
Reflection + Joining
Masking
03-2orchids 03-3-romance-paisleyC
3a)
PSD/AI: Scanning, Capturing Web Swipe, Placing image into AI
Wacom Tablets (if available)
Pencil Tool
04-brush-rosey-gardenc 04-sketchy
3b)
AI: Brush Tool - adding dimensional line quality
Building complex repeats, 1/2 drops
05-2-brush-hibiscus 05-ways1-paisley
4)
AI: Creating custom brushes
  06-ways2-paisley
5)
AI/PSD: Colorways
Exporting to photoshop
07-daisy 07-PSDscribble
6)
PSD: simple geometrics, marquee tools
scanning objects, magic eraser
  08-texturePais
7a)
PSD: adding texture, thresholding
toss repeat + offset filter
  09garden-all
7b)
PSD: painting with a custom texture brush
  10-Wov-both
9a)
PSD: mock wovens
12-ombre-ORIG-AIc 12-ombreINFO
9b)
PSD: gradients/ watercolor images - reducing colors
  13-ombreSEP
9c)
PSD: Channels
  11-leaves
10a)
AI: Live Trace
  painter
       
10b)
Corel Painter