In the Illustrator induction we looked into the diferent file setups that we can have and which formats can be used for diferent purposes. There are presets to change the size of the art board such as A4, A3, A5 etc, but you can also enter the size manually. As well as this, you can add a bleed to the page if needed. Below are a few screenshots.
We briefly looked at the pen tool and how it can be used to create smooth curved lines and the physics to the pull of the 3rd anchor that you place.
We quickly used the pen tool in a test document to see if we could trace some simple objects. Below are the results.
We were then allowed to explore the diferent tools at our disposal in illustrator. I created the pattern-like design below using the rotation tool with the shortcut Cmd + D which repeats the last thing that you did which in this case, was moving an object whilst copying it with the alt key.
Below is a design a found on the internet which is an illustrator users guide to shortcuts.
