Lesson video

Hi, my name is Jordan Bickle, and this is lesson three of six of vector drawing.

In this lesson.

You're going to be learning about tools you can use to make your drawings even more effective.

You're going to need permission from a parent or carer to use their Google account to access Google Drawings.

Now find a quiet place with limited distractions where you can get your best work done.

Pause the video here until you're comfortable, and then press play when you're ready to continue.

In this lesson, you will use tools to achieve a desired effect.

To do this, we're first going to look at the zoom tool and how we can use it to add detail to a drawing.

And then we'll explain how alignment grids and resize handles can be used to improve consistency in your drawings.

And then finally, we'll look at how you can modify objects to create different effects.

Now have a look at the penguins below.

There's eight different ones that at first glance may look exactly the same, but there's only actually two that are the exact same.

Pause the video here and see if you can identify which two penguins are the same, and if you can spot the differences in the other penguins.

Press play when you're ready to continue.

Now after you've had a careful look, you should have seen that penguins four and seven are the exact same.

Let's have a quick look at the other ones what was different within them.

So number one, you can see the grey oval that makes the wing is actually rotated slightly.

It's not completely vertical.

In penguin two, you can see the white oval for the stomach of the penguin is actually larger than the other ones.

In penguin three, if you look really closely down at the feet, there's only one orange oval there used for foot, where the other ones have two feet.

And number four was the one that matched number seven.

Then looking at number five, that blue eye there is actually looking at completely different direction.

Penguin number six, you can see that white oval that makes the stomach has actually been deleted.

And then in penguin number eight, you can see that the grey oval that makes the wing has been moved slightly back.

Task one, build a penguin.

In this task, you'll use the link provided in the worksheets to build your very own penguin.

You'll use the grey shapes provided to build a copy of the penguin.

And then at the end, you can add colour.

Some of the shapes that we give you will need to be rotated and resized to create your penguin.

And then at the end, you can use the fill tool to add colour.

One of the tools that we'll be using is the Zoom tool.

When shapes are small, they can sometimes be hard to click on and move and resize.

The Zoom tool allows you to make that image appear larger.

It doesn't actually change the size of the shape, but it will just make it look bigger for you.

So you'll click the Zoom icon, and then click on the part of Google drawing that you want to see more clearly.

When you've zoomed in enough, you'll use the Select tool, and that's that black arrow that we learned about in lesson one.

And then you may need to scroll to see different parts of the drawing because you'll be zoomed in very closely.

When you want to return to your normal view or the original view that you have, you'll click the little arrow there next to zoom.

And then you'll click on that button that says fit.

And this will return you back to the original view.

Now it's your turn.

You're going to use the grey shapes to build a copy of the penguin.

Remember some of those shapes need to be resized or rotated.

And then if you have time at the end, you can use the Fill tool to add colour.

So go to worksheets now, and there'll be a link there for you to click on to open up your very own penguin activity.

Open the link provided in the worksheet to make a copy of the build a penguin activity.

Then on Google drawings, rotate and resize shapes to build a penguin.

Pause the video here to complete your task.

Press play when you're ready to continue.

Task one, build a penguin, solution.

So here you can see I have the grey shapes that have already been made and now we're going to resize them and rotate them to match the picture of the penguin here.

So first I'll start with the body.

I can see this large oval is going to make up the main part of Penguin's body.

So I've selected that.

And using the blue dot at the top, I can rotate it.

So it's vertically up and down.

So I want this to be zero degrees.

So I know it's completely up and down.

And then I'll drag that here to make the middle of my penguin.

This one here I can see is going to end up being my head.

It's the next largest circle.

And I'm using those red alignment lines to make sure that it's centred.

So that vertical red line tells me my circle is centred right on top of the oval.

And then this circle here looks like it's probably the wing.

It needs to be rotated a bit though.

So using that blue dot, I'll turn it.

And again I'm going to look for zero degrees, so it's completely vertical to match the picture there.

And it looks like it's also centred.

So using the red alignment lines, I've now centred my wings with the head and the oval body.

And now here are these shapes that we have, they're slightly smaller.

So we're going to use that Zoom tool feature just here in the top left-hand corner.

And I'm going to select zoom.

And then here where I want to get a little bit closer so I could work on the eye.

I'm going to click until it's as close as I would want.

And then using my mouse, I can scroll up so then it centred in the page.

Now to work with these shapes while zoomed in, I'm going to click the Select tool and start layering those here on the head.

And I can't quite remember where, oh, you can see that circle there has gone behind the larger head circle.

So if I right-click on my mouse, I can change the order and send that large head circle to the very back because all the eye circles will be layered on top of that.

Now I can't quite remember what the eye actually looked like.

So I can just go across the screen here and see it's about the right placement.

So it's close for now.

What I can do is just finish making the eye and then zoom back out to place the entire eye where I want it.

So this is going to be the coloured part of my eye.

And then here's the tiny pupil.

and I believe it was off centred slightly.

So just go back.

Yes, that looks quite close.

Perfect.

And now to go back to my original view, just to see if the placement of my eye, then I'm happy with it.

I'll click on this arrow here and click fit.

Now that we've moved the shapes, we can add a bit of colours.

We're going to go back to our Fill tool.

First I need to select the shape that I would like to add colour to.

So we'll start with the body.

So I've selected the oval, and now you can see up here I have the options to fill or change the border.

I'm going to fill the body with the colour black.

And then also the head is black.

So I'll select the circle that makes the head and colour that black.

Here my wing is a dark grey.

Let's see if I can match that.

No, that's a bit too light.

There that seems to match.

Now to work on the eyes, since again those are still very small shapes, I'm going to use zoom again.

So I'll click on the magnifying glass.

And now it's the eye that I want to zoom in on.

So I'm just going to click right there, and get nice and close so I can work a bit more accurately that way.

So I'm going to now use the select tool and click the outside of my eye.

I'll go back over to my penguin, and that fits actually white.

And then the next circle looks like they've used the gradient feature here with black to blue.

So let's see if we can copy that.

So I select that circle, go to fill and gradient.

I'm looking for one that has black and blue, possibly this.

One there, or.

Seems to read more of a blue.

That's something you can play around with to try and match that exact colour.

You can always go to custom here.

I've already done that.

And now you can see I've got that matching eye.

So I'm quite confident that I've matched it.

So when you want to take a look to see both side-by-side at the same time, press that arrow and go back to fit.

And I'll unselect that.

And there you can see I've been able to match the colours quite well to recreate the penguin.

What tools did you use? Each lesson we're going to be adding more tools that you can use to create your vector drawings.

But you won't need them every time you draw something.

The important thing is to think about what tools you use to create a certain effect.

For example, think back to the penguin you just made.

Which tools were most useful when creating it? Is there anything that you would have added if you were drawing it on paper, but didn't really know how to add on the computer? Keep these questions in your mind as we introduce new tools and create more drawings.

Task two: design a parrot.

Penguin to parrot: spot the difference.

We're going to use the penguin that you've already created and use some of those same shapes to then transform this into a parrot.

So first have a look and think.

What changes have been made to the penguin to create the parrot? Can you notice any shapes that has been added? Have any changes been made to the shapes? Have they been resized or rotated or even duplicated? Have any shapes been deleted? Pause the video here and think of those questions.

When you're ready to go on and see the differences, press play.

Penguin to parrot: spot the differences.

So now we can take a look at some of the differences between these two animals.

So here you could see the beak of the parrots has two triangles to make up its beak.

There's been a tail added to the parrot using ovals.

And there's also been additional shapes added to create different seats for the parrot.

You can also see they've added a tree branch there using rectangles and ovals, and then also a few leaves using green ovals.

You can also see that the oval from the penguin has been resized slightly and then rotated to create a different type of wing for the parrot.

And then also the oval on the penguin has actually been removed.

We're also going to look at alignment and size guides in this lesson.

As you've used Google Drawings, you may have noticed these red alignment lines pop up.

These are to help you align and centre objects to each other.

You might have also noticed these blue lines, and these pop up as you resize objects to help you match the size of one object to another.

Google drawings demonstration: alignment and size guides.

Going back to our penguin drawing from before, I can use the alignment guide and the size guides to make my penguin an even closer duplicate.

Looking at my penguin here, you can see the body is actually a bit wider than the original penguin.

So I'm going to take my body here and drag it over onto this side next to the original oval used for the body.

And then the alignment guides and the size guide in this case is going to help me match the size of that shape more closely.

So if I just start to move this shape, here you can see at the very bottom I've got the size guides have popped up, and this is showing me that now my black oval is the same width as the original black oval.

So I'll let go there.

And now you can see that my oval matches the same size much better.

So if I want to just check, I can hold my oval over that.

And you could see the grey lines up here there, showing that that's my oval and it's very close match now.

And now you can see the red alignment guides are also popping up.

So as I drag my shape over, I can use this to make sure that I stay aligned.

And now I have that cross throughout the horizontal and vertical red lines, showing me that I'm aligned with the black circle on my penguin just there above it.

So now we'll just have to adjust my white oval there to be in the correct place.

There we go.

Perfect, I'm actually going to move it back slightly.

And you can see again, the alignment guide there, that vertical one, shows me that I'm right at the edge of the black oval too.

So I've lined it up well.

Now the second shape that'll use the size guides to make mine a bit more accurate to the original is this the head here, this black circle.

So drag it over here to the original one.

And I'm going to, just from the corner here, begin to make it smaller.

I'm looking for the blue size guides.

Perfect.

Just right there have popped up on the right-hand side.

So now I know that my black circle is the same height as the original one.

And I'll just drag it over here to see.

So mine's not quite the same width now.

So if I just place it above here and I can drag it out a little.

Hmm, that's not quite the right one that I'm looking for.

So keep going, slightly.

There we go.

And now I can just drag it back over, and you could see that the shape now is a much closer match.

So now we'll use the red alignment lines to make sure that we have all of our shapes in my penguin now lined up.

And you can see there's a vertical line that's appeared and the horizontal line telling me that my head is now placed, perfectly aligned with the body.

And I'll just adjust the beak and bring it back, so those corners are hidden.

And there you go.

Now you can see using the alignment guide and the size guides that I was able to make my penguin a much closer duplicate.

Now it's your turn to have a go at turning your penguin into a parrot.

So use the design to draw your own parrots.

It doesn't have to be exactly the same as this one.

And think about which shapes you're going to need to use and which shapes you need to create.

Using the worksheet, complete task two on Google Drawings.

Pause the video here to complete your task.

Press play when you're ready to continue.

Task two, design a parrot, solution.

Here's one way you can transform your penguin into a parrot.

So the first thing I'm going to do is remove the shapes that I know I'm not going to need.

So the feet straight away I know are going to be different.

So I could just take those off.

I'm pressing delete on my keyboard.

And for now I'm going to leave the rest of the shapes there because I'm going to use them just shortly now.

So first I'm going to look at the nose cause those are quite different.

So I'll use the zoom tool here to zoom in a bit closer and I could make changes more easily.

And I need to add a second triangle.

So I'll use select and the shape tool.

And from looking at the beak, I need a right angle in my triangle there.

So now I'll click my mouse and drag to create the shape.

And I'll use Fill tool now to just make it great, easier to work with.

Now they all look the same.

And here I'm going to drag my new triangle there, keep my other one for now.

And you can see I'm beginning to get that beak effect.

Now I just need to select my new triangle and I'm going to right-click and change the order, and just send my new triangle behind the head.

So that hasn't worked yet.

So I right-click one more time.

Must have gone behind a different shape.

And I will send backward until it's behind the circle that makes the head.

It's being quite stubborn.

Another way, what I could do is just right-click, and send straight all the way to the back.

But now I don't really want, I want this one in front of my original triangle there.

So instead now I can right-click and send that original one to the back.

Now you can see I have that layered effect to create the mouth.

And I'll just bring this in a tiny bit, and then I could bring this up slightly.

And now you can see we've got a beak instead.

Well, instead of the penguin mouth that we had, perfect.

And the eyes have stayed the same.

Now looking down, I can also see that my wing is different.

So I would turn back to my original view, and I'm going to use rotate to turn this wing sideways to match the parrot here, and just drag it off to the side, and make it slightly fatter there.

And now this oval here on the stomach, it looks about the same shape.

That's become the tail.

So I'm actually going to take this oval, and I'm going to create a copy.

And then on my keyboard, I'm going to press Control+V and Control+V.

And now I have three ovals there that I can use as the tail.

So bring it down towards that area.

And now using the blue dot at the top to rotate, I can start creating the tail.

And now we'll have to use that layering again.

So I'll go back to order and send that straight to the back.

And I could see that tail hiding just there.

We'll bring it up to make it slightly longer.

A lovely, and I'll do the same now for these other two ovals.

Just rotate and change the order, sending it to the back.

And then the last original one, I don't need to rotate as much cause I'm creating kind of like a fend effect in the feathers on the tail.

And I will send this border straight to the back.

Perfect.

Now I need to add a branch here.

So that's just a rectangle.

So select the shape tool again.

Click my rectangle, click and drag somewhat to where I want it, but it doesn't have to be perfect.

And now while I already have my rectangle tool, I'll reselect, while I'm already working on my rectangles, I'll just add that smaller one there.

And it's at an angle.

We need it much thinner.

And there I could just make it slightly longer.

And now I will press control to select both of these shapes.

And so I've clicked on the two shapes I want to change and I'm going to change their colour now.

And the outline of these are also the same colour.

So now you can see we kind of have that branch there, and we need two green ovals to create the effects of leaves.

So back here to my oval.

They're pretty small and it looks like the rotate tool is being used to just put them on their sides slightly.

And now this time I will change the colour first.

I'm looking for like this bright green on both the inside and the line.

And now I'm going to use Control+C to make a copy and Control+V to paste my copy.

And then I'll just rotate there to make my second leaf.

And finally I'm going to create the feet that appeared to be holding onto the branch.

So I'm going to actually zoom into the section here using the Zoom tool.

And now I'll go back to my Select tool and shapes.

And it looks like we have kind of a rectangle as rounded edges, and there's actually six of these used to create this effect.

I can make it slightly wider.

So I'm going to make just one of them and then I'll use copy and paste to finish the full effect.

So once I'm happy with the first, I can just copy and paste.

So match the grey colour that we have, slightly darker, perfect.

And now using my keyboard, I'll do Control+C, and then I'm going to do Control+V five times: one, two, three, four, five.

And now I can use these alignment guides to make sure I match these up exactly.

So you see the red line that's appeared there behind my mouse.

And again the red line appearing on the shape, not the actual branch.

And then I'll do the same here.

There we go.

Two more.

Last one.

And then just going back to zoom to find my original view.

And you can see we've turned our penguin into a parrot.

For the final part of this lesson, we're going to be looking at lines.

So see the circles below.

Each circle has a different type of line or border around it.

So what do you notice about the outlines of these circles? And how have they changed from circle A? Pause the video here and have a think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

So let's have a look at how line tools were used to create the different effects in the three different circles.

So looking at circle B, you can see the line tools here that the colour has been changed and the weights of that line has been changed.

So it's a bit thicker from circle A.

Looking at circle C and the line tools, you can see that again the colour has been changed, this time to blue, and also the border has been changed to a different pattern.

Instead of being a solid line, it's now a dashed pattern.

And then finally looking at circle D, you can see this time only the colour has been changed to pink.

Line effects.

So looking more closely at the line weights of B, the image here that you can see next to that circle, this is what you would see in Google Drawings, the different options that you would have to change the thickness or the weights of the line.

And then looking at the border dashes, the different options that you would have there.

And then finally, these are the different colours that you would have as part of the line tools in Google Drawings.

We're going to have a closer look at that now.

Google Drawings demonstration: line affects.

Now that we learned a bit more about line effects, let's say how we can use them with our parrot drawing we just did.

So if I select my shape here first, here to my line tool or border colour, I can click here and this will give me all of the options of colours I can change that to.

So in one of the examples we saw, the colour had changed to kind of a pink and we saw one in blue.

And then if I want to change the weights or the thickness, I'd find that tool right here, border weight.

And I can choose to make that line thicker.

And then the other tool we looked at was border dash.

And this is if you wanted to add a pattern instead of a solid line to your outline, just like this.

Task three: colourful parrots.

In this task, you're going to take the parrot you've already created, and then use some of the other tools we've learned about such as fill colours, line effects, or adding extra shapes to create your very own parrot.

Think about what affects you can create with the tools that have been introduced? Let your imagination run wild with this task and really enjoy making your very own unique parrots.

Using the tools that have been introduced, add colours to your parrot to create a desired effect.

Pause the video here to complete your task.

Press play when you're ready to continue.

In the parrot below, you can see I've let my imagination run wild.

In the very top of my parrot's head, the oval shapes there, you can see instead of leaving a solid line around those shapes, I've chosen to use the border dash feature and change the colours there to give a bit more colour.

And then in those same feathers at the top and the head and the body, instead of using the fill tool with a solid colour, I've used the gradient feature to add a bit more colour in that way.

And then also looking at the body of my parrot, you can see about wiggly lines there across its body just to give it a little bit more uniqueness.

You've now reached the end of lesson three in vector drawings.

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