Assignments

Assignment #1- Icons

     The icon assignment was in introduction to using Adobe Illustrator.  This is my first vector graphic, so exciting :] but it shows how much art someone can make with the simple shape and line tools in illustrator.  We learned that even though a designer may be limited with a certain tool, Illustrator can help manipulate shapes and lines, and with a bit of creativity, someone can make a design they like.  I chose the photography icon right away because polaroids to me were always beautiful and I wanted to make something out of it.  The bakery was my second choice because cupcakes have always been an obsession with how cute they can be or how different cake decorators design the cupcakes.  I chose a rain icon because harsh rainy weather when I am sitting at home has always been one of my comfort zones.


Assignment #2- Textures

This is the assignment that taught me how to use the pen tool which is essential in illustrator to create designs.  I'm not a big fan of this one, but it taught me time management as well.  The top three were just black and white textures, the middle three used positive and negative space, and the bottom three used values as well.


Assignment #3- Color

This assignment taught me how to make the colors out of cyan, magenta, and yellow.  I also learned how to use guidelines to place the images exactly to make a circle out of them which was not difficult.  The pen tool was incorporated again to make the different shapes.

Assignment #4- Pop Art

This was my absolute favorite assignment because I love to color.  The objective was to learn about color and the schemes such as monochrome, triadic, split complimentary, and complimentary.

Assignment #5- Photo Mosaic

This assignment took patience to get all the little images the same size to make the mosaic.  The objective must have been exploring photoshop and layers to see what kinds of designs have been created.

Assignment #6- If I Crossed the Road

The assignment was to use porportion scale to create a page from Stephen Kroninger's book If I Crossed the Road.

Assignment #7- Blend Yourself

Assignment #8- See What I'm Saying

Assignment #9- Design With Type

Assignment #11- Type + Photo

The purpose of the assignment is to take a photo, add a paper texture, and add text in different blending modes for contrast.  I like how the different colored text creates contrast and the dark small text with the light background create the contrast, but arranging the larger text differently would make the design better.