For now I've just finished the fantastic lesson, and will offer up my finished project and work on the rest of it throughout the week, probably using the adobe.color.com site for a palette. This was a good deal of fun. At some point I realized that I needed to reset my AI working space, it was set up to the default, which I wasn't at all used to. But this lesson, from the principles themselves to the witty banter that accompanied it was exceptional, probably one of the best I've encountered. So kudos and hats off to you!