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THIS IS SOME RANDOM PLANET!!!!! IT IS NOT THE EARTH CAITLIN. Page
Setup 1. Start a new drawing File | New. 2. Change the page size to 300 mms x 200 mms and the orientation to Landscape. Set the grid spacing to 5 mms and set Snap to Grid. Drawing the Random Planet that is not the earth. Note:
If you are using the freehand/bezier tool you will need to modify
the smoothing in order to get the curves. 3. Draw the earth and group it together. Your fill pattern can be anything that adds texture. Note: Do apply any gradient fills until after you complete the Powerclip Tool in step 18 4. Select the earth and change the size to 140 mms x 140 mms. Center it on the page. Drawing the Sun 5.
To create the sun, click the Polygon tool (in Graph) 6.
Change the size to 170 mms x 170 mms and the position of the centre to (15,80). Keep the sun selected and select the Shape tool. Use Uniform Fill and fill with Deep Yellow then do the outline in Light Yellow and thicken it slightly. Modify the fill of the sun. You may use any texture/pattern you want. 7.
Find the Knife tool Drawing the Moon 8. You should be able to do this on your own. Use the hearts tutorials to help. You may use any texture/pattern you want
Drawing the Text on a Curve 13. To draw the curve for the Text path, click the Bezier tool. 14. Draw a curved line above your drawing 15. Click the Text tool. Change the font to whatever you like and the font size to about 32. Click near the start of the curve that you have just created until the cursor changes. 16. Type the text Department of Planetary Studies. If it does not fill the path, then you can drag round all the text so that it is selected and then change the font size. When you have finished, deselect the text and then select the Bezier curve and delete it. Using Powerclip on the Title 17. Use the Pick tool to pick the text, click the menu item Text | Format Text and change the font to one that is thick. You will probably need to change the font size. 18. Select all three planets (use the Shift key for multi-selections). First, click Edit | Copy and then Edit | Paste to make a copy of the planets. Keep them selected. Click the menu item Effects | Powerclip | Place Inside Container. When a large arrow appears, point to the text.
Save
this Drawing in your K:Drive > Unit 2 Folder as "planet.cdr" |