1. What inspires you and why?
The feeling I get when I've created something that others will look upon and use motivates me and gives me a sense of accomplishment and success. I want to continue to design and create for others to enjoy what I make. 2. Do you feel more or less creative after the first semester of this course, why? I do feel more creative than before, especially seeing such amazing designs and projects. But in a way, I feel more dejected and less creative because I feel like I can't think of original and unique designs by looking at such great works. 3. On a scale of 1 (not so much) to 10 (expert), please rate your current confidence with Illustrator. 7-8. I feel comfortable with Illustrator, but I definitely see areas where I could practice on and improve. 4. Look at the design thinking methodology, do you think this process will work for you, why/why not? The design methodology seems like it would work for me, especially since I tend to get overwhelmed easily, but by breaking the assignment down I can take things step by step. It also helps that there are plenty of areas to get critique and feedback from others so that I can continue to refine my idea and design. 1) Using the shape tool is easy because the shapes can be perfectly symmetrical or not and still have a clean line no matter how you draw it.
2) The pen tool is hard because the anchors are difficult to plan and sometimes the lines do not curve the way I would like them to. 3) I like using the shape builder because the separate tools I use can be made into one cohesive shape. 1) What is vector art?
Vector art is art using a series of geometric and mathematical equations in order to have a piece that can be scaled or printed with clean lines. 2) Why would you want to use vector art (Illustrator)? Vector art is able to be scaled larger or smaller without worrying about the resolution being affected. The clean lines will stay clean no matter how you print or change the image. 3) Do you find Illustrator easier or more difficult than Photoshop? Right now I think that Photoshop is easier to use than Illustrator. I have gotten used to the tools and commands of Photoshop, and although many of them are the same, some of the things differ drastically and I am still getting used to it. The tool layout is also unfamiliar and it is uncomfortable not having a brush size changer or a color wheel on the side. 1) What do you like about your image?
I really like the dark shadows and shading that I added to make the image seem more sinister and evil. I feel that the dark aspects add to the spooky theme and make the cracks in the skin seem more horror-themed than gross or comedic. 2) What was difficult about the tutorial? The language barrier on the tutorial made it difficult to follow along as most of the tools were named different things. There were also some parts in the video were he went too fast and I had to replay the portion repeatedly to understand what he did. 3) Do you feel that your image is realistic looking, why? No, I don't feel like my image is realistic. The cracks in the skin are very obvious and there are also a lot of cracks. The exaggeration shows the photoshopping done to the image. The very dark and desaturated aspects of the photo also show intentional changes. Even though my images were taken from Google, the images are being used for an educational purpose and I am only using a small amount of such images. In addition, I am not using the images for profit and am repurposing them for my own use.
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May 2019
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