Midterm- Illustrator/Photoshop self-portrait

For our midterm we were required to create a self-portrait using the Illustrator trace technique and the background for it had to be done in Photoshop. We were suppose to use our letters of introduction from the first day of class as inspiration. For my background I combined a few different things that I felt were important in my life or had some sort of impact on who I am today. I included a photo of the Eiffel Tower I took in Paris when I visited Europe the summer after my senior year, a map of my hometown of Harleysville, a photo of Tyler as well as the seal of Temple University, a couple figure drawings I had done as well as the invitation to my high school art show. In Photoshop I mainly changed the opacity of the pictures and in some cases the exposure and color balance to get to a point where every photo could be seen and was not being obstructed by or obstructing the view of something else. I created the self-portrait in Illustrator using the trace technique we were taught in class and treated it the same way I did the photos when I brought it into Photoshop. Overall I'm fairly happy with the final product. I found it difficult to create something that incorporated multiple aspects of my life without looking cluttered, and this was my third or fourth attempt at it. I'm interested to see what it will look like printed.

Text Drawings

Using Illustrator and only the text tools, we had to create four text drawings: a six word autobiography, expressive, representational and non-representational.

Vector Portrait

Using a picture of myself taken on a scanner in the lab, I had to create a vector portrait using Illustrator. I actually really enjoyed this project despite the amount of time it took to finish.

Cardinal

 

For my first time using the pen tool I was required to recreate a cardinal using a photograph found on the internet. I used the pen tool to create all my basic shapes, the eye dropper tool to match coloring, and opacity mainly for the background and different parts of the bird.

Pattern

In Illustrator we had to create a pattern which would then be laser cut at the Tyler printing center.
For my pattern I created a basic anchor shape using the basic geometric shapes and direct selection tool in Illustrator.

Illustrator homework 1: Self-portrait and interest

For our first Illustrator homework assignment we were told to create a self-portrait and illustrate one of our interests relying on the geometric shapes and tools available in Adobe Illustrator. For my self-portrait I create a basic outline of myself and tried to highlight some of my more obvious characteristics (i.e. my brown hair, the type of clothing I typically wear) using basic shapes and colors. For my interest I chose to create an iPod playing music since listening to music is one of my biggest hobbies. Once again, I kept it simple and tried to use only basic shapes to create the image.