Our snowboarder will expose you to many of DRAW's tools and functions. In order to complete this drawing, you will
Import a piece of clip art from Corel's CD library
Choose a symbol from the on-line symbol library and place it on the page
Define and manipulate layers, using DRAW's Layers roll-up
Create blends and powerlines and use them to show the slopes and turns of the ski slope
Refine and shape curves with the Shape tool so you can achieve the exact look you want
As we made our design and implementation decisions, we were very mindful of the drawing's purpose as a tutorial. For instance, we will have you define several layers, using the Layers roll-up. Were you producing this on your own, you might not need or want as many, but the more layers you have, the more control you have over objects. When it comes to follow-along tutorials, control is the name of the game.
The Agenda
Like most accomplished artists, you will create the background first. From there, you will create, in order:
The cloud
The snow in the foreground
Our flying friend, in position
The tree
And then the text.
Creating the Layers
You will create three layers for the various elements, with the following names:
The sky and the cloud, named Background
The snowboarder, named Snowboarder
The foreground, named Snow
The text, named Text
Here are the steps to take:
1. Open the Layers roll-up with Layout / Layers Roll-Up or with Ctrl+F3.
2. Click on Layer 1 and then on the right-pointing triangle in the roll-up.
3. From the flyout menu, choose Edit and change the name of the layer to Background.
4. Click again on the triangle and then on New. Replace Layer 1 with the name Snowboarder. As soon as you OK the box, this new layer should appear in the roll-up.
5. Repeat this step to create the third layer, Snow, and the fourth layer, Text. Your screen should look like Figure 5.2.
Creating the Sky
If you study the drawing, you'll see that the sky in the background covers the top two thirds of the drawing. But you don't have to concern ourselves with the horizon level and what happens to the sky below it; the sky is behind the other elements, so all you have to do is create a full-page rectangle and drop it on the page:
1. Click on Background in the Layers roll-up (otherwise your sky will be created on the Text layer).
2. Using the Rectangle tool, create the rectangle from one corner down to the diagonally opposite one.
Make sure that the rectangle is at least as large as the page on all four sides, but you don't have to worry about aligning it precisely with the page. Before we declare the drawing done, we will apply electronic masking tape to the four sides to give it a nice finished look.
CInside Info One quick and accurate way to create a full-page rectangle is with DRAW's Add Page Frame command. Go to Layout / Page Setup and then click on Add Page Frame. That instantly creates a rectangle the exact size of the page.
Filling the Sky
This rectangle probably has an outline and no fill--precisely the opposite of what you want. To remove the outline (if it has one), click on the X from the on-screen color palette with the secondary mouse button. Then open the Uniform Fill dialog, either by clicking on the Fill tool and then the color wheel on the flyout, or by pressing the Shift+F11 hotkey. Then:
1. In the Show drop-down list, set the color model to CMYK. Normally, 100% Cyan would produce a fine blue sky, but by adding a bit of Magenta, it makes for a better black and white printout. Therefore:
2. Set Cyan to 50%, Magenta to 25%, and the other two to 0.
3. This color won't have an official name, but you can give it one. In the Color Name box, type in 50% Cyan.
4. OK this box.
Notice the Status Line. It is telling you that the rectangle you created is on the Background layer, that there is no outline, and that the fill is 50% Cyan. Had you not made up that name, the status line would have merely called it an "unnamed color."
