Class:MFA Illustration 2025/Week 12

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Last Week

  • InDesign Overview
  • Intro to Vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator
  • Illustrator Still Life Assignment

This Week

  • We reviewed the Illustrator still life assignment, and I shared a few additional tips.
  • New vector illustration assignment, we will discuss whats due next week.

Open Questions

Notes

Vector illustration tips & inspiration

Adobe Illustrator time-lapse
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1sqFd0ol93_Vm6foAmmvcmGnnLLAuTFw
Adobe Illustrator quick tips (good people to follow)
Pixel Shadow Effect
ollies_doodles
Adobe Illustrator for the iPad tips
Kaleb Gonyea

Video Notes

Assignment

Multi-panel Adobe Illustrator & raster/pixel comic

Building this week's vector (Adobe Illustrator) assignment and your previous pixel-based illustration techniques. Your next assignment is to create a 4 to 7 panel comic that illustrates one of your personal rituals or routines.

  • You will assemble your final print-ready comic in an Adobe Illustrator file (RGB).
  • You must use a mix of vector art and pixel-based parts to create your comic.
    • The panels/frames and any type should be vectors created in Illustrator. You can make hand drawn type if you wish.
    • The artwork within each panel should be a mix of raster (pixel) and vector parts. Aim for at least one raster and one vector element in each panel.
    • You must use the techniques shared in today's class to fit your artwork into the comic panels of your project, including layers and clipping masks.
  • Any raster artwork in the Illustrator file should ideally be linked or embedded .psd files.
    • If you prefer to use Procreate or Fresco, you might want to move the parts into .psd files and link them.
    • Raster artwork should be prepared at 300 ppi in RGB.

What do I mean by "personal rituals or routines"?

For this assignment, a "personal ritual or routine" is any small, repeated pattern in your life – something you do often enough that it feels familiar or automatic. It does **not** need to be dramatic or life-changing; everyday, mundane moments are great material.

Some examples:

  • How you start your day (making coffee, scrolling your phone, feeding a pet, journaling).
  • Your pre-work or pre-class setup (desk arrangement, playlist, tools, snacks).
  • A late-night ritual (drawing before bed, gaming, watching videos, skincare, cleaning).
  • A creative warm-up (gesture drawing, doodling in a sketchbook, color tests, writing prompts).
  • A commute or transition moment (subway ride, walking home, riding a bike, waiting in line).

You can approach this in a realistic, humorous, surreal, or abstract way, as long as the sequence of panels clearly shows a repeated pattern or routine that feels personal to you and is appropriate for group critique.

Dates & Timing

  • Week 1: On December 1st you will upload sketches (analog or digital) and any initial illustrations or story explorations to Google Drive.
  • Week 2: On December 8th you will upload your finished production-ready comic Adobe Illustrator file and any related production assets to the Google Drive.
    • Remember, Adobe Illustrator used for projects like this will most likely have linked files that you will need to include in the file upload.

Let's Confirm the Details

  • Week one is just sketches and any optional illustration/design explorations.
  • The finished project (week 2) must be one well-formed Adobe Illustrator document with ONE 6" x 6" inch Artboard containing FOUR to SEVEN comic panels of your illustrated story.
    • The comic panels can be in any arrangement or style that you prefer.
  • All related sketches, assets, and working files should be uploaded to the Google Drive.
  • Since the assignment will require linking to pixel-based assets, you will need to upload those to the Google Drive folder as well.
    • I recommend that you leverage linked psd files so that you can make updates as needed and have those updates show up in the Illustrator files.
  • Please name your main Illustrator file: Lastname_Firstname_Comic.ai
  • Place all linked files in a folder named: Lastname_Firstname_Comic_Links and upload it along with your .ai file.

The Process

  • You should create and assemble your illustrations directly in Adobe Illustrator, leveraging layers and clipping masks as shown in class.
  • If you make parts in Fresco/Procreate/Photoshop, you will need to import those files into your production Illustrator file on the desktop as linked or embedded .psd files.
    • Review the video from class (above) if you want to see an example.
  • Your Illustrator document and all raster assets should be set up in RGB. Raster parts should be 300 ppi.

Checklist for Week 1 Upload (Dec 1st)

Checklist for Week 2 Upload (Dec 8th)

  • FOUR to SEVEN comic panels on ONE 6" x 6" artboard.
  • Panels/frames and lettering are vector.
  • Each panel contains a mix of vector and raster (300 ppi RGB) artwork.
  • Illustrator file is set to RGB.
  • Illustrator file named Lastname_Firstname_Comic.ai.
  • Linked assets collected in Lastname_Firstname_Comic_Links folder.
  • Finished production-ready comic Adobe Illustrator file and any related linked production assets uploaded to:
  • Google Drive folder: svaMFAI_20251208-multi-panel-vector-and-raster-rituals-or-routines-comic-final
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