Preferences > Units > General: Inches, Stroke: Points, Type: Points

1. Open the lab template then Save As from the File menu and title the document with your name.
2. Go to the Layers palette then create a new layer. Name it 'Artwork' and assign it a color Orange. Also make all layers visible.
3. Turn on your 'Smart Guides'. This will snap your objects to your template so that you don't have to do any guesswork.
4. Color the Stroke and leave the Fill at None.
   Set your stroke to 10 pt.
   Select Ellipse tool > Find Center > Hold down Shift & Option
   Create a circle on the top of his head.
   
   
   
5. Copy your circle by selecting it and choose Edit > Copy and then select Edit > Paste In Front.
   
6. Select 'Scissorss tool' and click on the two side (left and right) anchor points - this will slice your path in two.
   
   
   
   
7. Hold down the Option and Shift keys and drag out from the middle of the eye.
8. Draw a smaller circle inside the left eye.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Select both the inner and outer circles of the eye, then Object > Group.
10. Copy and paste this new grouped eye and move it to align with the right eye in the template.
11. Draw the smile of the face.
12. With the Pen tool, trace the body and left arm.
13. Select the left arm, begin to drag the arm to the right, then depress the Shift key (to constrain the object's movement) and Option key (to make a copy of the object) simultaneously, and slide the object to the right of the body.
14. With the new arm is still selected, choose the Reflect tool and move.
15. Keep on working and finish the rest parts of the character. Apply your own imagination and creativity.
16. When you're done, save it as ai (Adobe Illustrator) with your full name then turn it in to Blackboard.