The document provides step-by-step instructions for creating charts and graphs in Adobe Illustrator using Excel data, as well as for creating icons. It describes how to make pie charts and bar graphs by importing population data into tables, sorting the data, calculating percentages, and formatting the charts. It also outlines three methods for designing icons: tracing a JPEG or photo, converting typographic icons to vectors, or downloading icons under Creative Commons. Each process is broken down into clear individual steps with screenshots.

1. SESSION 2 DEMO:
session 2 demo:
CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND ICONS
charts, graphs, and icons
PLAN601E VERBAL ANDInformation Graphics (session 2)
VISUAL: INFORMATION GRAPHICS (SESSION 2)
PLAN601E Verbal and visual:

2. copy exercise files
make a local copy of folder: session 2 exercise files

3. charts in adobe illustrator
overview of tools and panels
creating pie charts and bar charts using excel data

4. introduction
to adobe illustrator
More detail on Course Blog under ‘Resource Library’

5. menus
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1) Create a new document.

6. chart
tool
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2) Use the Chart Tool to make 4” x 4” pie chart.

7. Let’s make two pie charts: one showing proportion of citywide population represented
by CD3 and another showing the proportion of CD3 represented by your census tract.
MENUS
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pop. data
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Steps: 1) open template.
cd3 vs.
[city - cd3]
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tract vs.
[cd3 - tract]
2) Paste population data into table.

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object
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4) Ungroup each chart three times.

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6) Create a palette. 5) Select part of chart you want to color with
select tool; Use eyedropper tool to color the polygon.

10. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
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find /
replace
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1) Clean up data utilizing Find & Replace.

11. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
area a
area b
area c
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2) Insert a column to add a letter code for each census
tract’s zone

12. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
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2) Insert a column and add a letter code for each census
tract’s zone

13. Use the sort function to organize census data based on the study area zones.
sort
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3) Sort the data based on the new column.

14. Let’s generate some percentages for households
where non-relatives are living.
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formula
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4) Hide extraneous columns; add a column; sum family and nonfamily HH with non-relatives; 5) Divide new column by total HH.

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6) Use Chart Tool to create 6” x 4” bar graph.

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7) Paste total HH into table; enter a new ‘dummy’ maximum
value in the last row; 8) Make a second chart and paste total nonrelatives into table. Add the same ‘dummy’ maximum, for scale.

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9) Build a color palette. Close table window for bar graph. Ungroup
both graphs 3 times; delete all lines and labels from non-relative
graph; use eyedropper to color bars with your palette.

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10) Use Align panel to overlay the two sets of bars; use the Direct
Selection tool to delete the far-most right bar (our ‘dummy’ bar).
Delete the horizontal tick marks along the x-axis.

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palette
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11) Add color to Total HH bars; 12) Ungroup all bars; use Selection
tool to create space between zones; 13) Add labels and use Rotate
tool for t; 14) Extend and modify line weights of axes.

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15) Add labels for percentages. Where text overlaps with axes,
delete background lines using Scissors tool.

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16) Use ‘Find Font’ to replace fonts with preferred; adjust boxes
and positions accordingly.

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17) Add labels for title, units, areas, key. 18) Use rectangle tool to
create background shading.

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19) Remove any unnecessary lines.

24. Creating an icon in adobe illustrator

25. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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1) Download a jpeg of an icon that has clean lines and few colors
and File>Place it in illustrator.

26. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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2) Select Object >Live Trace>Make and Expand to have
Illustrator approximate a series of vectors of the jpeg

27. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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3) Ungroup; Use the Direct Selection Tool to delete extraneous
vectors.

28. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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4) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into
InDesign.

29. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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5) Place a jpeg of a photo with a clear figure in Illustrator. Lock its
layer.

30. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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6) In a new layer, use the pen tool to trace the edges of the figure.

31. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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7) Trace other important visual features.

32. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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8) Add lines if needed to describe the figure.

33. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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9) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon.

34. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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10) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon.

35. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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11) Select any secondary line or shape overlaid on your flat color
and use Object>Path>Divide Objects Below to punch through
your shapes and create new polygons.

36. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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12) Find an icon in a font that you like.

37. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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13) Paste character into a new text box, select box with direct
selection tool, and use Type>Create Outlines.

38. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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14) Ungroup the vectors.

39. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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15) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into
InDesign.

40. You can also use icons that are available
for download under Creative Commons.
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www.thenounproject.org
www.iconmonstr.com