Assignment:

Create a Kawaii styled sticker of a food of your choice.  Your kawaii drawing must have:

• clearly represent a food of choice

• have a face (with eyes and mouth)

• Use thick and thin lines/strokes

• a clearly defined color harmony

• Shading

• A thick white outline with a thing gray outline around it (to cut along)

Kawaii  is the culture of cuteness in Japan. It can refer to items, humans and non-humans that are charming, vulnerable, shy and childlike.

How to submit:

1. Choose Artboard tool or click "Edit Artboards" in Properties panel.  Resize artboard to:Width: 4.25 in.
   Height: 5.5 in.
   

2. Show Rulers: View> Rulers>Show RulersMake sure rulers display as inches: Right-click on ruler> choose Inches
   

3. Select All (CTRL + A)

4. Convert everything to a shape: Object> Path> Outline Stroke

5. Using the "selection tool" (v) hold SHIFT and resize your sticker to fill up the artboard

6. Export: File> Export> Export As>Name: Last, First_sticker
   Format: SVG
   

7. Submit as .SVG on Canvas

NOTE:  You should also save as a .PNG for your records (i.e. portfolio).  To do so, choose File>Export>Export As> Format: PNG.  Under "PNG Options" choose a background color of "Transparent".  Keep all other defaults

How to add a white border to your sticker:

1. Select All: (Ctrl +A) or (Select> All)

2. Expand: (Object> Expand)

3. Group: (Ctrl + G) or (Object> Group)

4. Copy: (Ctrl + C) or (Edit> Copy)

5. (choose one):

6. Paste in Front: (Ctrl + F) or

7. Paste in Back: (Ctrl + B)

8. In layers panel, select back group

9. Unite: (Pathfinder: Unite)

10. Set stroke to black (properties panel)

11. Offset Path: (Object> Path> Offset Path)

12. Joins: Round

13. Keep all other defaults

14. Edit Artboard: (Shift + O) or (use properties panel)

15. Width: 4 in

16. Height: 5 in

17. Resize:

18. Move tool (v) + SHIFT to resize in proportion

19. Resize your sticker to fill up most of the artboard (don’t have sticker touch edges)

How to export your sticker:

1. Select All: (Ctrl +A) or (Select> All)

2. File> Export Selection

3. Choose file location

4. Uncheck “Create subfolder”

5. Rename Suffix to: your name_sticker

6. Format: .SVG

7. Export Asset