ADOBE SPACE SHIP

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This is my space ship I made using the Space Ship tutorial in Adobe Illustrator. The project was fun however challenging. The tutorial was at times confusing but overall I figured it out and was able to make the space ship in the style it told me to. I learned a lot more about Adobe Illustrator with this project than the last one because this one was more in depth and I had to use more complex and difficult tools. Some of the tools I used were:
-The shape tool which helped me make t l body of the space ship, the moon, the stars, and the exhaust pipe of the space ship.
-The subtract from shape tool I also used a lot which helped me create the flames, and the two fins. I also used this tool to create the shadow which is above the window of the space ship and it is also below the fin on the body of the space ship.
-The gradient tool helped me design the body of my space ship. It allowed the color to go from a deep red to a bright red.

Overall, I liked this project better than the shapes project because once I was done with creating the space ship I was allowed to personalize it a bit, such as adding the stars and the moon to make it look as if it is actually flying through space. Things I would do better would be the flames, they seem squared off, I wish they were rounded off a little more. I would also have added a gradient to the dark blue background going from light blue to dark blue instead of just having one giant dark blue square. Things I like about this project is overall I think its an ascetically pleasing project and I would do it again. I completed the project by its due date and I followed all the instructions listed on the tutorial so, for a participation grade I would give myself 9/10. My spaceship and overall project i'm sure could be improved however, I don't think it is that bad looking so for an overall grade i would say 9/10.

Adobe Illustrator Practice

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Project Description: Once done with the photoshop project it was time to move on to adobe illustrator. On Mr. Boothby's Blog there is a link to a tutorial that teaches you how to use the pen tool, and pencil tool to draw basic shapes. I practiced certain shapes on illustrator and then i began drawing specific shapes required for this project.

New Skills:

- Pencil tool

     - Shape tool: drawing stars, squares, 20 point stars

- Pen tool

     - Using anchors to draw shapes

  

Overall view of project: These are my Adobe Illustrator practice shapes. There is a square, rectangle, circle, oval, pentagon, triangle, 20 point star, key, heart, speech bubble, my left and right hand, a leaf, a dog bone, a bunny rabbit, a shamrock, two matching puzzle pieces, and a clover. Some of these shapes are made with the pencil tool and other shapes are made with the pen tool. While doing this, I found out that the pencil tool was so much easier to use and create things compared to the pen tool. I used the pencil tool to draw shapes such as my hands and I just simply had to put my hand to the screen and trace which was relatively simple. However, when it came time for the pen tool I ran into difficulty. I found it difficult to use and connect anchors to create shapes such as the bunny rabbit. I will need more practice with the pen tool in the future. I would give myself a 9/10 for participation points because I completed the project in time and followed all of the directions. For an overall grade I would say 7/10 because my shapes drawn with the pen are not that great because I found this tool particularly difficult.