Low-Poly Self-Portrait Day 4: Using the Align Palette to Connect Triangles

Today’s essential question: How can I use the align palette to connect triangles?

How to align points to fill in gaps

1. Open the alignment palette. (Window -> Alignment)
   
2. Select the white arrow.  Hold down shift and select the points you wish to align. Points that are not selected should remain white, and points that are selected should change to a color.
3. Click vertical in the alignment palette.
   
4. Click horizontal align in the alignment palette.
   
5. Continue until you have filled in all the gaps between triangles.
   
6. Save your file as both a PDF and PNG and upload your progress to your blog.

Today we will:

• Continue working on our projects in Illustrator
• Upload our reference photo and PDF project file to our Google Drive accounts
• Publish a new blog post with the followig:
  • a PDF of our progress
  • a PNG of our progress
  • a few sentences describing what was easy and what was difficult

Low-Poly Portrait Day 3: Filling in the Triangular Mesh with Color

Today’s essential question: How can I use the eyedropper tool to fill in the triangular mesh with accurate color?

How to fill in the triangular mesh

1. Use the black arrow  to select a triangle.
   
2. Use the eyedropper tool  to select a color in the middle of the triangle. This will change the fill color.
   
3. Continue until you have filled in all of the triangles.
   

Hint: You can save time by using keyboard shortcuts. “A” will select the arrow tool, and “I” will select the eyedropper tool.

Today we will:

• Continue working on our low-poly projects in Illustrator
• Upload our reference photo and PDF project file to our Google Drive accounts
• Publish a new blog post with the following:
  • a PDF of our progress
  • a PNG of our progress
  • a few sentences describing what was easy and what was difficult