For this assignment I had to design a page for an article written about turtles. This introduced a number of new tools in InDesign such as wrap text, to arrange the words around the picture, and kerning which changed the spacing between letters in a word. I was very excited to work on this because…
For the final project I was tasked with making a card series and just like the Photshop Final, the Illustrator Final also brought everything I learned through the course around full circle. This project by far took me the longest to complete, but I was very confident in using the pen tool. Each house is…
For this the task was to fill 9 boxes with different logo designs. The major component of this assignment was the pen tool. The in-class tutorial helped me a lot but the pen tool is a skill that needs to be practiced a lot. I started off with some simpler logos but by the end…
The primary focus of this assignment was to work on using the pen tool to trace and create curves but I found this assignment helpful for many more reasons. It introduced me to the symbols tool bar to insert clip art and enhance my work. Gradients were also used to create depth and shadows around…
For this assignment the task was to create 36 boxes, each with a different and unique design. Then the boxes would be cloned and reflected to create a larger collage. I explored a lot with the shape tools and gradient colors for this and also learned that sometimes no stroke makes images look cleaner.
For the first assignment using Illustrator I had to go online and look for a tutorial. It took me a while to understand how to use the pen tool and to not rely entirely on shapes to create objects. At the end I was able to fully understand the pen tool and how to anchor…