Illustrator

Practice

We did this practice exercise so we could get used to using Illustrator. My favorite practice image that I did was probably my bowl of fruit because it looks the best. But, my least favorite practice images would be my fish. I don't like the fish I created that much because it looks really bad and didn't turn out the way I wanted it too. All in all, I do like using Illustrator and I am excited to learn how to use it more.

Vector Monster

For this design, we had to create a monster. I created 3-Eyed Fred. His name comes from the fact that he has 3 eyes. Creating Fred helped me learn more about the tools in Illustrator and become better at using those tools. My least favorite thing about Fred is that his toes do not look very realistic. However, my favorite thing about Fred is the ice-cream cone he is holding. Mostly, my favorite part about the ice-cream is the whip cream on top because I made it look like it spirals.

Personal Logos

For my personal logos, I used a bow, a shopping bag, and a pineapple to describe myself. I used a bow because I am a cheerleader and very much so a girly girl. Also, I used a shopping bag because I love shopping and absolutely love clothes and shoes. Lastly, I used a pineapple as my symbol because I feel as it sort of symbolizes traveling and the summer.

For my snowboards I decided to create two boards that I would actually see myself using if I was a snowboarder. For this assignment, we were told too make two snowboards but within those boards to use the following: a new brush, a new swatch, and design with text. My new brush is featured in the first board as you can see the patchwork. My new swatch is featured in the second board with the polka dots. Lastly, a design with text is also featured in the second board containing my name and the polka dots. I like, the first snowboard the most because of the new brush I used. But, I don't like the second snowboard as much because I don't love the polka dots but I still think it looks good. Overall, I like how the two boards have a similar look with the color palette I used, yet still look completely different.

Snowboards

Clipart

We used clipart as the base of this project. For my first clipart design (the one with the paint palette), the class followed our teachers lead. However, I used the things I learned from this practice clipart in the process of the clipart I created. For my clipart, I decided to focus on cheerleading because I am a cheerleader. I used 4 different clipart pictures. The clipart pictures were the following: the sign, the cheerleader, the bow, and the bulldog. I simplified the colors of all of the clipart and then added the school colors to the images. Adding color to the cheerleader was very difficult because the clipart would not allow my paint tool to work so I had to improvise. I like most that my clipart looks real and like something that the school would actually use. My least favorite part is the cheerleader's uniform because I couldn't do what I wanted as I ran into difficulties with that part (explained above). All in all, I really liked this project because I learned a lot about clipart and something I can use in the future.

Speech & Debate Logos

We used clipart as the base of this project also. For this project we had to create two logos for the 50th anniversary for the Speech and Debate Club. For the first logo, I gave it a background and made it more of an image. For the second logo, I didn't put a background and made it more of a logo rather than a full image. Overall, I think it was cool that we had a chance to create a logo for the 50th anniversary for the Speech & Debate Club.