For this assignment I used numerous types of brushes to create the sorority letters and the pattern seen inside of the letters. For the background, I took a cloud pattern, added some gradience and therefore created a funky, abstract background. I am still getting introduced to photoshop and still have a lot to learn. Hopefully by the end of lecture this semester, I will be able to successfully create a more realistic pattern. 

Italy Assignment

My dream has always been to travel to Italy. My family comes solely from Italian roots. Listening to stories from my grandparents about their lives back in Italy is always a wonderful experience but I will never truly understand until I see for myself. Eventually, my family and I will travel to Italy (hopefully for my college graduation) but until then, photoshopping my face into a picture will have to suffice! This is my first time using Photoshop. I think it is a spectacular program and capable of creating images such as this, almost as if they were authentic. I am truly amazed and look forward to exploring the program further. 

Vector Illustration

This is my vector illustration of Tyra Banks' black and white photo. I took  more of a cartoon style approach because I found it difficult to make the shading look authentic. The most difficult part of her face to animate was her lips and eyes because they were the most detailed. This was my first attempt at recreating a human face with Adobe Illustrator while using the many tools we discussed in class. It was most definitely a challenge, but I look forward to exercising my skills in the future with other assignments.

Exquisite Corpse

 

For my exquisite corpse project, I chose to recreate the buff/t-rex, soccer playing dog. This project was definitely challenging because I had to make my own personal artistic decisions based on the original drawing which was not done by me. It was very hard to keep aspects of the body parts symmetrical. Overall, I considered this to be a fun assignment. It gave me a chance to fool around with the pen tool.

My Final Logo

I chose to create a fictional logo for a family winery. I researched many font styles and recreated this using the pen tool. I incorporated the two colors most frequently seen in a vineyard, a dark green, and a deep purple to correspond to the color of grapes when mashed and squeezed to create fine wine. I felt that the style of text I chose is both elegant and easy to read. When shrunken down to a smaller size to be placed on products, the logo is still legible. The grapevines around the initials of the company name I felt were appropriate graphics. 

Here is my final logo: