Project 9 Newsletter

       In this newsletter I worked with Paulina, Rinchen and Kevin. My groups newsletter was all about games like crossword puzzles, word search, jigsaw puzzles and spot the difference. My word search was based on web design vocabulary words. First I searched through my notes to create a list of words to put in the word search. Then I made the word search using a table in Microsoft word. I then placed it into web design and arranged the formatting. I also went to Illustrator Adobe to create an image that would suit the word search. I used the shape tools to create a magnifying glass with an eye in the middle. I chose to create that picture because you have to look closely to find the hidden words. Then I placed the picture on the top right corner. The boxes around the letters were part of the design to make it different from usual word searches. I did that to make it look unique.

Lab 23 Illustrator Shape Building Tool Reflection Journal

In this lab I experimented with the shape tool. I made pentagons, hexagons, stars flares, circles and rectangles. I put gradient in some of the shapes like blue and black gradient. I also used radial gradient. I changed the points on the star and styled it by changing the properties. I really liked this lab because I was able to use my creativity to make any shape and modify it. The flare tool and the star tool really caught my attention when I was doing this lab and I liked experimenting with different shapes. I used the polygon tool to also make triangles with a gradient design on it. The star tool had scissors on it and it looked really nice. This helps me with familiarizing myself with the tools in Illustrator Adobe and making myself more comfortable. This helps me in web design with combining these skills into making a well drawn picture in Illustrator Adobe.

Lab 22 Illustrator Blob Brush Tool Reflection Journal

In this lab I set up a new document in Illustrator Adobe and set the document to 4 by 4 inches. This time I experimented with the blob brush tool. I made circles and lines and for some of them I used the eraser tool to cut the line or circle in half and re-sized it. It was cool seeing it became two different objects when I used the eraser tool to erase a part and shrink or enlarge it. I used different styles for the blob brush tool in the panels and changed it according to how I wanted. I also changed the thickness of the stroke and the opacity.

Lab 21 Illustrator Paintbrush Tool Reflection Journal

In this lab I experimented with the paintbrush tool. I changed the properties of the paintbrush to make it more stylish. I decreased the opacity for some of the lines I drew with the paintbrush tool. I free-styled and it was similar to the pencil tool lab. I changed the mode of the panels for the the paintbrush. I changed the colors to make some of the lines stand out and to make it look appealing. I made some squiggly lines and played around with the tool.

Lab 20 Illustrator Pencil Tool Reflection Journal

       

       We used Illustrator Adobe to make this lab. In this lab we experimented with the pencil tool. The document was 4 by 4 inches. I used different colors and drew all sorts of lines and scribbles. I played around with the stroke and different types of the pencil tool. I also changed the size of the pencil tool and made it curvy and I just did whatever I wanted. It was the first lab using Illustrator Adobe. It was nice and fun to experiment with no restrictions of what to do.