Wednesday, December 8, 2010

4 Different Ways to Use Text

Project Description: To create the things on this page I used the instructions given to me by my teacher, and images online. There it text art, figure ground reversal, ligatures, and the usage of symbols. 

New Skills, Processes & Tools Learned: 
text stacking
divide tool
place tool
trace tool
Self Reflection: I enjoyed these  lot more than the past tutorials because it was more of a creative process. I like what i did with the french onion soup, penguin and figure group reversal pieces. I thought the tracing tool was pretty cool and i enjoyed playing around with the colors on that. 

Part/Proj: 10/10

Friday, December 3, 2010

Project Description: To create the shapes on this practice sheet I used victordiary.com 's learn AI in 30 days tutorials 8-12.It took me a few classes to work through and then I drew some flowers with my new skills.

New Skills, Processes & Tools Learned: 
Shape tools:Pathfinder tools
Drawing tools: Brush tool
Fill tools:Gradient tool, opacity tool

Self Reflection: Everything on these tutorials I found pretty easy. I had a good time messing with the brush tool, and liked the different transparencies. I tried using some things from the tutorial to draw the flowers (i.e. the stems are brush strokes, i used opacity on the petals and vase, etc.)
Part/Proj: 10/10