Kawaii Stickers

Student Worksheet

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:

Choose Artboard tool or click "Edit Artboards" in Properties panel. Resize artboard to:Width: 4.25 in.
Height: 5.5 in.
Show Rulers: View> Rulers>Show RulersMake sure rulers display as inches: Right-click on ruler> choose Inches
Select All (CTRL + A)
Convert everything to a shape: Object> Path> Outline Stroke
Using the "selection tool" (v) hold SHIFT and resize your sticker to fill up the artboard
Export: File> Export> Export As>Name: Last, First_sticker
Format: SVG
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:

Select All: (Ctrl +A) or (Select> All)
Expand: (Object> Expand)
Group: (Ctrl + G) or (Object> Group)
Copy: (Ctrl + C) or (Edit> Copy)
(choose one):
Paste in Front: (Ctrl + F) or
Paste in Back: (Ctrl + B)
In layers panel, select back group
Unite: (Pathfinder: Unite)
Set stroke to black (properties panel)
Offset Path: (Object> Path> Offset Path)
Joins: Round
Keep all other defaults
Edit Artboard: (Shift + O) or (use properties panel)
Width: 4 in
Height: 5 in
Resize:
Move tool (v) + SHIFT to resize in proportion
Resize your sticker to fill up most of the artboard (don’t have sticker touch edges)