project 1

Here is my 1st project for this class.
I created a fictional soccer team crest to be printed on a t-shirt. And I went ahead and traced a t-shirt silhouette to make it easier to see were and how the actual design could be used. The top image is the actual project submitted, the 2 other images are my own additions for the blog only.

I used all the tools requested in project, except the polar grid tools, but opted for the pattern fill for extra credit instead. Nice option.

I wanted this to be somewhat realistic, so I got on the internet and downloaded some football team crests. That is where the bat idea came from. I had a lot of fun practicing the reflect tool especially, lots of joining as well. The soccer ball was a challenge. I am sure I would do it differently after acquiring some more skills.

I enjoyed the project - although designs may seem simplistic, they can be very complex, that is what I'm really learning.

Outi

week 4 doodle

In this doodle I wanted to focus on finding ways to create focus on objects within the different groups of stars.

I used color, opacity, size and placement as way to create contrast. Not very complex, but fun to play with the principles.

The idea is that within each group there is a different element used, and then between the groups there are a few ways to see contrast. Ofcourse, I would never make it so confusing in a specific project. But doodles are doodles. Great practice.

week 3 doodle

My doodle of the week is this banner style combination of graphic elements. I downloaded a free vector file off the internet, used it as my tracing template (let's me focus on the practice of tools, rather than scratching my head with a creative idea). I did, however, leave out some of the creative elements of the original artwork, because they were beyond my skill right now.

I used fill and stroke in every object. I used arc, star, ellipsis, rectangle, line segment, and pen tools. Also the zoom tool, which is so handy. My favorite short cut is cmd+zero to fit the document to page, and cmd+plus and minus to zoom in and out on the fly too. I use them all the time now.

I had fun tracing the bird, I only traced one of course, then copied and pasted, then scaled them down to get smaller birds using the scale panel form the menu.
Fun.

Outi