In the past couple of weeks I have been able to advance my ability inside of Adobe Illustrator. We have currently done 3 projects inside of this software, creating a slice of pizza using different shapes and allowing us to advance skills in the shape tool, creating badges to develop our practice with multiple tools and the most recent one, creating a hamburger using multiple different tools. What I found the most difficult was using the pen tool as it is very easy to make the shape look rigid or bendy in weird ways that cripple the design that you’re trying to make. When creating the buns of the burger we had to mess around with the mesh tool and try to make the buns have a slight glow to them to make them look more vibrant and realistic. One thing that tripped me up while putting things together was remembering to use the drop shadow effect. When creating the hamburger you have to be completely sure that each piece of the burger lays down correctly in good positions and that everything overlays in a completely realistic way. When adding lettuce I decided to edit each piece and make mutliple different pieces to make it looks much more like actual lettuce. After finishing every other piece I moved onto the ketchup which ended up being the hardest piece. After finishing the ketchup I edited everything and finished the project. Summary -
MLA Citations -
“Illustrator's Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide.” Design & Illustration Envato Tuts+, design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustrators-pen-tool-the-comprehensive-guide--vector-141. “Meshes.” Conceptos De Modos De Color En Photoshop, helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/meshes.htm
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AuthorMy name is James Gerondelis, I am 14 and in the 9th Grade at Durham School of the Arts. This is my first year of Game Art & Design. Archives
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