Week 8 2026: Nine Characters

October 5-9, 2026 

Objective: Duplicate & Change
Assignment: Design 9 Characters
Details: Watch the video below. Create nine of your own unique characters.

Save As: 04_9characters.ai
Export As: 04_9characters.png

Video Tutorials: 

How To Draw A Face, 10 Flat Design Characters in 10 Minutes, Speed Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

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Week 7 2026 T-Shirt Design

September 29 - October 2, 2026 

Assignment: T-Shirt & Pin Design
Description: Create a T-Shirt & Pin Design representing Skills USA for the state of Utah.

Must include the following:
-Color: Red, White & Blue. 
-Text: SkillsUSA, Utah, 2023

Save As: 09_T-Shirt Design_XX.ai

Export As: 09_T-Shirt Design_XX.png

Export As:Illustrator: 008 T-Shirt Design

 Video Tutorial:

Illustrator: 008 T-Shirt Design

Week 5 2026 Media Layouts

September 14-19, 2026 

Objective: Placing Graphics for different sizes.
Assignments: Business Card, Web Header, Video Title, & Magazine Ad.
Description: Use your logo place in each of the design layouts.
Download Media Template

Save As: 007_MediaLayouts_XX.ai
Save As: 007_MediaLayouts_XX.png

 Video Tutorials:

Illustrator: 007 Layouts Part 1

Illustrator: 007 Layouts Part 2

Week 4 2026 My Logos

September 8 - 11, 2026  

Assignment: MyLogo (50pts)
Details: Create your own business and design five different variations of your logo.

Save As: 07_MyLogo_XX.ai

Export As: 07_MyLogo_XX.png

 
Your logo must be a vector art graphics, no images on your logo. You can trace with the pen tool or download fonts to get clip art if you want.

Download: Download 5 Fonts
Description: Download 5 different fonts and Install.

1. Find 5 fonts.
- DaFont: http://www.dafont.com/
- ReFont: http://www.refont.com/ 

-Shapes: https://thenounproject.com/

2. Download Font
3. Unzip Font (.zip)
4. Install font. (.ttf or .otf) 

-5 logos 100pts

Illustrator Gradient Tool





Illustrator Type Tool
 

Week 3 2026 Pen Test

August 31 - September 4, 2026  

Assignment: Pen Test
Details: Download the Pen Tool test and practice manipulating curves.

Download: Pen Test

Assignment: Trace a professional Logo (25pts)

Details: download a few logos, open them up in Illustrator and use the pen tool to trace and redraw a couple of logos.

Week 2b 2026 Floor Plan

August 24-28, 2026 

Objective: Using Layers
Assignment (Floorplan.ai)
-House (Floor Plans)

Description: Draw one floor in your house. use layer for walls, doors, windows, furniture and text.

Week 2 2026 Nameplate

August 24 -  28, 2026  

Objective: Learn how to create and move shapes

Assignment: Nameplate.ai

Description: Using the pen tool create a Name Plate.

Save As:  00_Nameplate_XX.ai

Export As:  00_Nameplate_XX.png

Video Tutorial: