CHAPTER 3 DRAWING SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS You are beginning to discover that Canvas is a powerful illustration application. Although at first glance Canvas appears to be very com- plex, it contains a number of user-friendly features. These features make it very approachable for someone who is new to the world of graphic design or who is migrating from another graphics applica- tion. It contains all of the features needed to create precise schemat- ics, artwork, or business diagrams. Using Canvas, you can punch, slice, and combine simple objects to create complex ones. Yet, Can- vas grants you the freedom to go back, at any time during the design process and experiment at will. Thus you have, with Canvas, a digital design tool that provides you with unlimited design possibilities. In this next lesson, you will learn how to create objects and drawings begining with only a blank Canvas document and your imagination. Follow through with these examples. We recomend that when you complete each section that you go back and experiment with some of your own ideas. You will learn how to: •   Use the basic Canvas drawing tools •   Use the alignment aids to help you draw •   Use some of the menu commands to edit objects Creating illustration documents When creating drawings, especially if they will become technical or oversized drawings, you should begin with an Illustration document type. Any Canvas document can provide you with equally good results; however, an Illustration document is considered to be an excellent general purpose beginning for all types of illustration or graphic design project. To create a new Illustration document 1 Choose File > New to open the New dialog box. 2 Select the Illustration radio button in the Type of Document area. Tip The first time you launch Canvas, Illustration is select- ed as the document type by default.
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