Instructions for XD Drawing

px stands for pixels

w stands for width

h stands for height

x stands for x-axis

y stands for y-axis

  1. Open Adobe XD.
  2. Select Custom Size and for width, put 1440px and height will be 1300px.
  3. Click on the ellipse/circle tool and while holding the shift key, draw a perfect circle that is 618 pixels in width and height.
  4. On the right toolbar, scroll until you see options to change appearance and change the color by clicking on the square next to "fill," and make the color a grey by copying and pasting this HEX, "#B4B4B4" into the typebox located next to the type, "Hex."
  5. Underneath "fill," there should be the text, "Border," beneath. Click so that the checkmark is unchecked next to it, there should NOT be a border around your circle.
  6. Click on the ellipse tool while holding the shift key and create a circle that is 90px in width and height.
  7. Go back to the right toolbar, find "Fill," drag the color cursor to the bottom left corner until the circle is black. Uncheck the border so there is no border.
  8. Select your black circle and using "ctrl+c", copy it. Then paste it, using "ctrl+v."
  9. Look at the right tool bar and locate where there is text that says, "Transform." There should be a w for width, an "h" for height, an "x" for the x-axis, and a "y" for the y-axis. Move the grey circle until the right tool bar shows the "x" as 411 and the "y" as 452.
  10. Move the left black circle until the right tool bar shows its x as 590 and its y as 648.
  11. Move the second black circle until the right tool bar shows its "x" as 777 and its "y" as 648.
  12. Select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle that is 679px in width and 102px in height.
  13. Using the fill tool on the left side, copy instruction 7's color instruction to make the rectangle black and uncheck the border tool.
  14. Move the rectangle until it the "x" is 381 and the "y" is 469.
  15. Draw one more rectangle using the rectangle tool located on the left tool bar. It should be 442px in width and 252px in height.
  16. Using the fill tool on the left side, copy instruction 7's color instruction make the rectangle black and uncheck the border tool.
  17. Move the rectangle until the "x" is 499 and the "y" is 251.
  18. Export the image as a jpg or png and email the picture to kgustaf@gmu.edu.

You should hopefully have successfully created this very basic drawing.

Original Drawing

original

Claudia's Drawing

claudia

Nikko's Drawing

nikko