- Creating a new canvas (document) 
(press command N) 
- Interface navigation, drawing tools 
pressM then click and drag on your paper and draw rectangle (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool) press L for ellipse tool
*ellipse like a oval or circle
*polygon is a 6 sided shape
*flare is what happens when you get a number amount of circles as a result of pointing a camera to a bright light source 
(go to window workspace and essentials)
 pen tool allows you to create lines and curves
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)


monochromatic images: images made from one color or shades of a color.