In this assignment, I used the rectangle tool and played around with the opacity of each shape created. I used different shades of purple to keep with the theme. This assignment was pretty simple because you don't really need to be neat since it's abstract, anything can be out of place. 

CH attempt 2 is better lol than the other if u compare obviously cool swag cool I'm cool this is cool. For this second , all I used was the pen tool and the rectangle tool. Comparing this to my first attempt, my second attempt obviously looks nicer and you can see how I improved using the tools in Illustrator. In the image, there are no blank spots and the lines are more consistent now. I still have difficulty recreating the bushes and 'wavy' parts, but I was able to do it from the knowledge given to me from the other assignments. I feel like I did really good at recreating the house. It was simple to do since they were just straight lines. 

This assignment, we had to create typography art of whatever we wanted, but we had to use words that are related to graphic design. We had to use descriptive and technical terms to describe graphic design and also at least 10 different emotions about it. The font mostly used was Gobold Bold and the Bold Font.

I created this by using a silhouette of a hot air balloon, changed its opacity, then started fill it in with words chosen. For the colours, I chose different shades of purple because it matches the theme I currently have. I also used brown for the basket of the hot air balloon to make it seem like a real balloon. I had also added a background since the white background looked too plain to me, so I made a gradient background using a dark shade of purple and a light shade.

I used a hot air balloon because it symbolizes freedom and graphic design is freedom, you design whatever you like. The hot air balloon is also a type of transportation so like its part of your journey, you rise from the bottom(no experience) to the top(lots of experience). 

My own definition of graphic design is the freedom of creating whatever images and art on a digital screen. Graphic design is versatile and can be used for many things you can think of.

Words used: 

calligraphy

typography

painting 

thinking 

creativity

art

emotions 

combining 

design

logos 

brandmarks

thumbnails 

advertisement

imagination

business

originality

motivational

exquisite

ideas TY

sophisticated

photoshop

illustrator

computers

lines

stressful

power

passion

joy

busy

memorable

optimistic

ambition

frustrating

happiness

hue

palette

opacity

rulers

alignment

resolution 

warm colours

cool colours

CMYK 

RGB

JPEG

monochromatic

pantone

gradient

contrast

saturation

brand

grid

scale

margins

fonts

tint

structure

shade

PNG

HD

This assignment was pretty effortless. We had to use the pathfinder tool create these shapes from the outline as accurately as we can. Before learning how to use the pathfinder tool, I thought the 3rd shapes and on would be hard to create, but after learning about the pathfinder tool, it was actually easy to create those shapes. The shapes I used were the rectangle, ellipse and the polygon tool. We also had to choice to pick any colour to use, so I used purple because it matches my theme for this profile. The first shape, which is a train was kind of tricky to create because I had to rotate some of the shapes to the exact spot, but it work out fine. The train was the only picture where we just had to add shapes to, and the moon is also the only one where we had to use the subtracting tool. The rest is where we had to use both adding and subtracting tools. Overall this assignment was really easy.

This is it. I used the pen tool and eyedropper to create the logo excluding the circles since it was difficult to create by pen. I've just used the ellipse tool for that. I had also used the path finder tool to merge the white circle and a triangle together. Each piece, I made different layers do it's easier to keep track of. The part I had difficult with was the plane in the middle and I ended up filling in the outline of the plane and the inside seperately, Overall this assignment was simple to do. 

This is my simple cartoon recreation of Ponyo. I chose Ponyo because I really liked how the graphics from Studio Ghibli looked. Ponyo also reminded me of a singer I like since they sort of look alike. From the title, I had used the pen tool to create this image. The difficult part of recreating Ponyo was creating its hair since there were a lot of different directions the line had to go. The rest of Ponyo was easy to create because i just traced the old lines and I used different layer to keep track of each part of them. After completing all of the parts, I placed them together and fixed any imperfections. For the body of Ponyo, I used the default line stroke while the leaf, I used the calligraphy looking one. This recreation was simple, so it took about 1 1/2 hours to make.

For the complex cartoon recreation, I chose to do Sailor Saturn from Sailor Moon. I chose to do her because I really liked the aesthetic of her. For the background, I used the rectangle tool and made it a gradient, so it would match the original as close as it can. The clouds in the background was created by the ellipse tool. The rest was made with the pen tool. I would say the hardest part of recreating this was the eyes since there were many different shapes in them. I created the eyes by using different sublayers to make it simpler to work with and then I edit the shapes to match the original. The other facial features were easier to make along with the rest of the character. I really like the outcome of this recreation.

This was originally a doodle on paper, but then I created a digital version using Illustrator's pencil tool. I made it look messy because I was inspired by minimalistic one line drawings, but i used more than one line if you may noticed. It still satisfies me because it looks minimal/abstract. I've also changed the line type to one that looks like a calligraphy brush. I had a thought of putting the text "FACES+PLACES" but then i realized it's an actual brand, so I changed it to "CHAOTIC MIND" since it matched the image more. The person in the picture has a blank face, but in their mind, it's a chaotic mess. Many things are happening, but they cannot express it through their face, but though their eyes. That why their eyes look 'hypnotized' or blank. 

This is the mock up of the design on a white hoodie that was created using photoshop. The original hoodie had a different design on it, but I covered it using paint and replaced it with my design. 

Here are the designs I'm using for the hard surface vinyl assignment. The diamond looking thing in the middle is a logo of one of my favourite music group/duo called "MXM(BNMBOYS)." I recreated the logo by using image trace. The design on the right side of it was from a clothing brand called "BLACKHOODY," same with the one of the left. I chose to use this design because I really like how it looked on the shirt online and I thought it looked really stylish (to me). For the left design, I image traced the biohazard part and recreated the roses since the image trace didn't catch all the details of it, so I just took a silhouette of a rose from google images and traced that to fill it in. Then I used the magic wand tool to remove the white parts of the images.

This is the mock up of the design on phone cases. I chose these colours because I thought they'd look nice with each other and it sort of looks edgy (i guess). These mock ups were edited in photoshop.

We were given two classes to come up with a design for out schools mini olympics. This design was inspired by patches but these will be vinyl so the effect won't be as cool as patches. The "mini olympics" is going to be outlined white as you can see below in the mockup. If I had more time, I think I would've done a better job and thought more creatively. The images used were a spartan head from google, imaged traced and then coloured red. Also the wreath part was imaged traced and coloured red. For the text, I used one that looked "medieval" so it would match our school mascot. Then I made the text curve, so it would fit in the circle image. I feel disappointed in this design since it doesn't scream "SUPER," like how the teacher wanted it to be.

This is the mockup of our vinyl design for the band door. While creating mockups, we did many different varieties of designs before, but after consultation with teachers, we had decided to do this design for the door. The first attempt was with gold, but after looking at the door, gold wouldn't really match up with the door which was a orange/yellow wood colour. So instead, we used blue since the frame of the door was painted blue.

This mockup was created using illustrator... We used silhouettes of instruments/music notes and image traced them. The lines were created with the pen tool and the window was filled with a dark blue rectangle. Then the mockup was sent to the band teacher to confirm. 

Final Product~ 

The process for installing the vinyl was quite difficult for the windows, the rest of the vinyl on the door was pretty easy install. Installing the vinyl on the window was pretty tricky because we had to be slow with it and we had to keep it straight. Also the window wasn't smooth since there were old glue and tape residue on it. There were some bubbles that formed, but they were easily removed with the help of a knife and a squeegee. In the end, there were still some texture left on the window, but its not that noticeable from afar. Also, the music note from the actual mockup turned out different during the cutting of the vinyl. 

For the vinyl on the door, it was easier since it wasn't in a small tight space. We started off with doing the lines first, then individually added the instruments on. If you compare the final to the mockup, you can see we had made minor changes to the instruments since there were errors made during cutting the vinyl. For the upper vinyl on the door, we had to remove the numbers and name sign so we can easily install it on. In the end, the door looks really nice.

This assignment was pretty easy to do. We had to re create this image using rectangles with the exact colour and size in Adobe Illustrator. Setting up grids and rulers we could get the exact size the assignment asked for. For the finding the exact colour, I used the colour guide with CMYK options and typed in the codes for the specified colour.