Firework Mood Board

This is the mood board I created for my firework seed packet idea. I researched all the different firework effects and found three that had interesting shapes that I felt I could work with, the Crossette, Kamuro, and Horsetail. From there I found pictures of all the types using google and my own pictures of Disney firework shows. Then I found illustrations and art of fireworks to see how they are rendered, for example through shape or expressive line which will help me in deciding how I want to render my packaging. Finally I found swatches that reminded me of fireworks like, dark blues of the night sky or brilliant pinks and purples of the fireworks themselves.

From the mind map in the last post I broke off and made another one. At the center is Disney and from there I broke off and built upon the fireworks path. Now I am doing research on types of fireworks.

Mindmapping for Seed Packet Project

This is the mind map I created in class today. From seed packets I thought of sun and that is the path I am continuingon for brainstorming.

Mario Mushroom

Creating this mushroom was my first time ever using the mesh tool. I orginially had trouble with joining the points together, but once it was explained I understood, and applied it to the rest of the piece. I feel that the body of the mushroom is more successful than the top. Going from the dark black to the light pink on the cap made shading very difficult because of the amount of shades needed inbetween. I continued to struggle with this throughout the piece which is why it still looks choppy. 

Illustrator CS6 Essential Training

CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and black and these colors are used for all print documents. RGB stands for red, green, and blue and should be used for web projects. The fill and stroke are located in the left tool panel. Once an object is selected the fill and stroke on that particular object will appear and from there can be manipulated. All vector artwork created in Illustrator are made up of paths. Paths are nothing more than line segments. While, anchors are endpoints for these line segments. If an anchor looks full than it is selected, while if the anchor is white inside than it is not selected. The handles on the anchors tell the path how to curve depending on how they are pulled.  When creating a shape utilizing the arrow keys allows one to add and subtract from the shape or open path. To join or average points one would go through the object menu, down to path then select join or average. The scissor tool cuts paths using anchor points while the knife tool is less accurate and tends to create a curvy line, to make the cut more accurate hold down Alt/option to create a straight line.

Logos Exercise

I did the right column of the logo tif. I used the pen tool and bent the curves as needed. After I used the pen tool I cleaned up some of my curves using the smooth tool. In my opinion the logo I had the most trouble with was the chili's logo.

Illustration CS6 Training Summary

Illustrator is a vector based image editing program. Images created within it can be infinitely expanded because they are not pixel based.  Raster based images become pixelated once expanded but this format may be needed for web or tablet based projects. In the touring the interface video he explained many of the tools, menus and shortcuts within the illustrator program. In the using rulers, guides and grids video he explains where to find all of these option in the menu and how they can be manipulated. Locking and hiding artwork can be done through the object menu or the layers panel. Artboards can be used for a multi-page document or for pages from the same project so they can all be saved in the same place. The direct selection and group selection tool can be very beneficial when modifying artwork. Grouping and ungrouping objects can be helpful when scaling or rotating and can be done through the object menu. The shift key is very important in scaling artwork so the piece stays proportional. The shift key can also be used to achieve precise rotations. Aligning objects allows each piece to be viewed equally.